When you cough or sneeze, you’d better turn your head away from others and cover your mouth with the full part of your hand. And then, you should say, “Excuse me.”

This seems so simple, but it is surprising how many kids have never been told to do this. Actually, I notice adults all the time who cough and sneeze in public without placing a hand over the mouth. One important thing I point out to the kids is that after they sneeze or cough on their hands, they should wash their hands as soon as possible. If not, they will be passing those germs (细菌) along to everything and everyone they touch.

If you come to a door and someone is following you, hold the door. If the door opens by pulling, pull it open, stand to the side, and allow the other person to pass through first, then you can walk through. If the door opens by pushing, hold the door after you pass through

After a few weeks of seeing kids try to get through doors in the school and watching them enter restaurants as the door hit other people, I knew I had to discuss the problem with my students. Teaching them small acts of kindness, such as letting someone else go through a door first as they hold it open, may seem unimportant, but it can go along way toward helping students realize hot to be polite and thank others. Once they’ve been told, they’re halfway there.

When we have to go up moving stairs, we will stand to the right. That will give others who are in a hurry a choice of walking up the left-hand side of the moving stairs. When we are going to enter a lift, the underground, or a doorway, we will wait for others to exit before we enter

After college when I moved to London, I was surprised at how polite everyone was in the subways. I was even more touched when I traveled to Japan. In both places, people made efforts to make way for others. On moving stairs, everyone stood to the right and walked to the left. On lifts, everyone would stand over to the side and allow others to exit before they would begin to enter.

1. When you cough or sneeze, you should ________.

       A. touch everything                                     B. cover your mouth

       C. point out to the kids                                D. pass the germs to others

2. If you come to a door and someone is following you, you’d better _______.

       A. hold the door                                       B. pass through

C. close the door                                      D. stand to the side

3. From the passage we ca know the writer is a ________.

       A. doctor                 B. traveler               C. parent                 D. teacher

4. A. The passage is mainly about ______.

       A. the rules of behavior in public                   B. the easy of communication

       C. the acts of kindness among people            D. the knowledge of social life

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One cool April 22 morning, people started the day as usual.Yet it was not a normal day. What’s so special about April 22? The answer is simple.It is Earth Day. People all over the world celebrate this important day.The idea of having a special day to celebrate Earth began in the 1960s.Life was very different then. Few people talked or even thought about the environment.Most people had no idea how dirty our air and water were.

On April 22, 1970, twenty million (百万) Americans joined the first Earth Day activities. They showed that people really did want to do something about the environment. Since then laws have been passed to protect the air, water, land, and animals.

The vehicles such as cars and buses you ride in must pass tests to make sure they don’t cause too much pollution.Thanks to this law, cars today release (排放) about half as many bad chemicals as cars did back in 1970.As a result, the air we breathe is cleaner than it once was.

Rivers and lakes are also cleaner today than they were in the 1970s.It’s a good thing because they needed a lot of help.The Cuyahoga River in Ohio was so polluted that rubbish and oil on the river even caught fire! Today, the river is cleaner.It no longer burns. It’s healthy enough for birds, fish, and other animals.

Now the celebration has spread to other countries.More than 175 countries take part each year.

In 2007, people in China paid much attention to a big problem.People were throwing away 27 million plastic bags a day! People had “Bye-Bye Throwaway Culture Week.” They wanted everyone to see how polluted it was to throw away so many plastic bags.In 2008, China passed new laws against them.

Every April 22, millions get together to clean and protect Earth.They also celebrate how far we have come.Our job is to put this knowledge to work. You can help keep our planet healthy too!

1. Is Earth Day on April 22?

2. What caught fire on the Cuyahoga River?

3. How many countries take part in the celebration each year now?

4. Why did Chinese people have “Bye-Bye Throwaway Culture Week”?

5. What the purpose of celebrating the Earth Day?

In every little girl’s toy box, there might be a Barbie Doll. Barbie is 50 years old this year. It was designed in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler. She and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara. The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair (交易会) New York on March 9th, 1959. This date is used as Barbie’s birthday.

Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fifty-year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars. Mattel says 90% of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll. And girls aged three to six own an average (平均) of about twelve.

When Mattel created Barbie Dolls half a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend. Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world. They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world.

1. Who designed the first Barbie Doll in 1959?

A. Mattel.          B. Elliott.          C. Barbara.         D. Ruth Handler.

2. A Barbie Doll cost _________ dollars in the first year after it appeared.

A. 3               B. 50             C. 90              D. 27,000

3. What does the underlined word “legend” mean in the passage?

A. 传播            B. 传奇          C. 传承           D. 传达

4. The writer doesn’t tell us __________.

A. Barbie Dolls are very popular with girls    

B. Barbie Dolls sell well around the world

C. what the first Barbie Doll was based on

D. the doll Barbie was named after Barbara

5. What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Barbie’s birthday                       B. Barbie Dolls

C. A lovely girl named Barbie               D. Why are Barbies popular

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