Every year in the U.S.,people celebrate April 12 as the National Drop Everything and Read Day.It is a day to celebrate books and reading. And it’s also the birthday of the writer Beverly Cleary.

Beverly Cleary is a famous writer of children’s books.Some of her most famous books are Ramona the Pest,The Mouse and the Motorcycle,Henry Huggins and Dear Mr.Henshaw.

Ms. Cleary was slow to learn to read herself. She was born in 1916,and found the cooks of the time not interesting. Later on,Ms.Cleary because a librarian. One day,a student asked her where he could find books about children like himself.She got to know there weren’t many books about ordinary(普通的)children,and she set out to write them.

Ms. Cleary wrote until she was 83,writing over 40 books in all. This April 12,she turned 103.More than 91 million(百万)copies of her books have been sold,and the stories have been translated(翻译)into many different language.

One of Ms. Cleary’s most famous characters(人物)is Ramona Quimby,also known as Ramona the Pest. In the book Ramona Quimby,Age 8,Ramona talks about a reading activity in her class called “Drop Everything and Read(D.E.A.R).”During D.E.A.R.,students can go wherever they want in a classroom and read whatever they choose to read.

After that,people celebrate D.E.A.R. Day on Ms.Cleary’s birthday,and use Ramona to promote(宣传、推广)it.As time goes on,D.E.A.R. Day turns into D.E.A.R. month. Now,in some classrooms,D.E.A.R.has become a daily activity.

1.What do people in the U.S. do on April 12 every year?

A.They promote Ramona the Pest B.They celebrate Ms. Cleary’s birthday.

C.They celebrate books and reading. D.They do nothing but read books.

2.How old is Ms. Cleary?

A.83. B.91. C.99. D.103.

3.Ms. Cleary began to write books about ordinary children because .

A.there were not such books B.a student asked her to do so

C.she wanted to become famous D.she was a good librarian

4.Which of the following is true?

A.D.E.A.R. Day is Ramona’s birthday.

B.D.E.A.R. is from one of Ms.Cleary’s books.

C.D.E.A.R Day has a history of 8 years.

D.students only read Ms.Cleary’s books on 12 April.

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We all know health is the most important in our life and we know smoking is harmful to people’s health. But not many people know about the danger of second-hand smoke.

Second-hand smoke is the smoke that comes from the smoker’s breath. If people breathe in second-hand smoke from time to time, they could get sick from it. It can cause lung cancer (肺癌) and many other diseases.

But how serious is the problem of the second-hand smoke? The World Health Organization (WHO) did a study of 194 countries. They found that second-hand smoke causes about 600,000 deaths every year. That is about 1% of the world death and it leads to a lot of trouble and pain.

Second-hand smoke is especially harmful to children because their bodies are growing. According to a study, around 165,000 children under 5 die each year because of second-hand smoke. Most of these deaths happened in Africa and Southern Asia where health care is very poor.

You can do something to keep yourself and other people away from second-hand smoke. You can ask the smokers, such as your parents, to smoke outside. And, if someone smokes close to you, you’d better hold your breath or just walk away.

1.The underlined word “breath” in the passage means “ ” in Chinese.

A.脉搏 B.呼吸 C.感染 D.传染

2.According to the passage, which statement is right?

A.There are 194 countries in the world.

B.The total death of the world is about 600,000.

C.Second-hand smoke is worse for adults than children.

D.Health care is very poor in Africa and Southern Asia.

3.What does the writer think is the most important in life?

A.Health. B.Friendship. C.Love. D.Money.

4.How can you keep away from second-hand smoke?

A.Standing close to the persons who smoke. B.Asking your parents to go out of your house.

C.Walking away from the smokers. D.Holding your breath all the time.

5.The best title of this article may be “ ”.

A.Smoking B.Second-hand Smoke

C.Giving up Smoking D.Smoking is harmful to children

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