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.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 |
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 |
From the passage we can know the writer is a _________.
A.doctor | B.traveler | C.parent | D.teacher |
The passage is mainly about _________.
A.the rules of behavior in public |
B.the ways of communication |
C.the acts of kindness among people |
D.the knowledge of social life |
Victoria Middle School Report Student: Jenny Brown
Math |
B |
good work all year |
Chinese: |
A |
does well this year |
English: |
A+ |
very interested in it and does a very good job |
Science: |
C |
A little weak in this subject |
Computer: |
D |
not really interested and needs to improve |
Sports: |
A |
captain of girls’ soccer team, and also on the basketball team |
Total Grade |
B |
Date:1/4/10 Signed: Ms DingWhose school report is it?
A.Victoria’s | B.Ms Yang’s |
C.Jenny Brown’s | D.We don’t know |
Which subject of the following was Jenny best at?
A.Math | B.Chinese | C.Science | D.English. |
How did Jenny do in sports?
A.Well | B.So-so | C.Very badly. | D.Badly. |
From the report, we can know that Jenny.
A.is good at computer |
B.does well in Chinese |
C.like science better than math |
D.is the captain of the basketball team |
Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Jenny is very interested in English. |
B.Jenny is the best student in her class. |
C.Jenny doesn’t do well in math at all. |
D.Jenny does well in all the subjects. |
The students were having their chemistry(化学)class. Miss Li was telling the children what water was like. After that, she asked her students. “What’s water?” No one spoke for a few minutes. Miss Li asked again, “Why don’t you answer my question? Didn’t tell you what water is like?”
Just then a boy put up his hand and said, “Miss Li, you told us that water has no color and no smell. But where to find such kind of water? The water in the river behind my house is always black and it has a bad smell.” Most of the children agreed with him.
“I’m sorry, children.” said the teacher, “Our water is getting dirtier and dirtier. That’s a problem.”Miss Li was telling the children what _________ was like.
A.water | B.air | C.earth | D.weather |
Most of the children __________ the boy.
A.agreed with | B.wrote to | C.heard from | D.sent for |
The water in the river has color and smell because it is getting _________.
A.more and more | B.less and less |
C.cleaner and cleaner | D.dirtier and dirtier |
We can see walls everywhere in the world. But the Great Wall of China is the biggest of all. The Chinese call it. “The Ten-thousand-Li. Great Wall.” It’s in fact (事实) more than 6,000 kilometers long. It’s 4-5 meters wide. In most places, five houses or ten men can walk side by side. When you visit the Great Wall, you can’t help wondering (疑惑) how the Chinese people were able to build (建造) such a great wall thousands of years ago. Without any modern machine (机器), it was really very difficult to build it. They had to do all the work by hand. It took millions of men hundreds of years to build it.
The Great Wall has a history of over two thousand years. The kings began to build the first parts of it around two thousand seven hundred years ago. Then, Qin Shihuang had all the walls joined up (连起来). He thought that could keep the enemy (敌人) out of the country.
Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest. Not only Chinese people but also people from all over the world come to visit it.The Great Wall is the biggest of all walls in _______.
A.China | B.Europe(欧洲) | C.the world | D.Asia (亚洲) |
How long is the Great Wall ?
A.It’s less than six hundred kilometers. |
B.It’s more than six million kilometers. |
C.It’s six thousand kilometers. |
D.It’s over six thousand kilometers. |
It took ________ men _________ years old to build the Great Wall.
A.millions, millions | B.hundreds of, hundreds of |
C.millions of, hundreds | D.hundreds of, millions of |
The Great Wall was built ________.
A.by people all over the world |
B.without any modern machines |
C.with some other countries’ help |
D.by all Chinese Kings. |
Your seat number is ___________.
A.9, Row 6 | B.6, Row 9 | C.9, Row 1 | D.6, Row 1 |
If you are late for the play, you’d better ___________.
A.walk around |
B.call up your friends |
C.make much noise |
D.walk into the theatre quietly |
You should ____________ at the theatre.
A.use cameras and videos |
B.sell your ticket |
C.check your seat number |
D.talk with your friends freely |
Here is a 2-way student exchange. Fred, 19 , spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.
Fred knew little German when he arrived. But after 2 months of studying, the language became easy for him. School was very different from what he had looked forward to and it was much harder. Students stood up politely when the teacher came into the room. They took 14 subjects while American students usually took 6 in the US.
Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was the law(法律) . All the children had to do their activities with their family. Fred also missed having a car. In Germany, you should walk to go out to have a good time.
At the same time, in America, Mike was forming his own ideas. He says,’ American schools are too easy for our level but I have to say that I like it a lot in Germany , we do nothing except study. Here we take part in many other activities.
Differences between American school life and German school life |
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Items |
American students |
German students |
Class rules |
They don’t have to stand up when their teacher come in |
They have to __ |
____ |
They do their own things alone. |
They have to listen to their __ |
School ___ |
They have six and they are very easy for them |
They have 14, but the lessons are much more _ |
Going out |
They can _ |
They have to ___ |
School activities |
They have____ |
They have to ___ |