Question

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 how 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.Why should we stand to the right of moving stairs?

A. Because it’s dangerous to stand to the left.

B. Because it’s a traffic rule which we must follow.

C. Because we must wait for others to move first.

D. Because we should make way for people in a hurry.

4.From the passage we can know the writer is a ________.

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

5.The passage is mainly about ______.

A. the rules of acts in public    B. the ways of communication

C. the problems of meeting people    D. the knowledge of social life

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.A

【解析】文章大意：这是一篇日常生活类阅读，主要讲了一些公共行为准则，咳嗽打喷嚏怎么办，在这方面如何教育孩子。还有一些有关开关门，上下楼梯等一些公共场合应注意的行为礼节，同时谈论了国外在这些方面的行为准则。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段的句子“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.”当你咳嗽打喷嚏的时候你最好转过身远离其他人并用你的手遮挡你的嘴，由此可知答案选B。

2.细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“If you come to a door and someone is following you，hold the door.”如果你来到门前，后面有人跟着，要按住门，故答案选A。

3.判断推理题。根据第四段“I knew I had to discuss the problem with my students.”可知，我知道我必须和我的学生讨论这个问题，可知作者是老师，故选D。

4.判断推理题。根据短文中的句子“I knew I had to discuss the problem with my students.”(我知道我必须和我的学生讨论这个问题)可知作者是一位老师，故选D。

5.主旨大意题。根据可咳嗽或打喷嚏时的行为方式，开门时的礼貌方式，上下电梯时的行为方式，可知全文可知主要讲公共行为准则，故答案选A。