Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to pick up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived there, I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a weak, elderly voice.
After a long pause, the door opened. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
When we got into the taxi, she gave me an address, and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown?”
“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.
“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. “I’m on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don’t have any family left. The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
I quietly reached over and shut off the meter(计价器).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl.
Sometimes she’d ask me to slow down in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
In the early morning, she suddenly said,” I’m tired. Let’s go now.”
We drove in silence to the address she had given me.
“How much do I pay you?” she asked.
“Nothing.” I said.
“You have to make a living,” she answered. “Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered.
Almost without thinking, I gave her a hug(拥抱). She held on me and said, “You gave an old woman a little moment of joy.”
【小题1】The old woman chose to ride through the city in order to ______.

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.
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 a long way toward helping students realize how to be polite and think 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, of 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 effort 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.
【小题1】When you cough or sneeze, you should _________.

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