American Classroom Rules
1. If the teacher asks a question, you should give an answer. If you do not understand the question, you should put up your hand and ask the teacher to repeat the question. If you don’t know the answer , it’s all right to tell the teacher that you don’t know . Then he or she knows what you need to learn.
2. There is no excuse for not doing your homework. If you can not go to school, you should call your teacher or your classmate and ask for the homework. It is your responsibility to find out what homework you have missed. It is not the teacher’s job to remind you of missed homework.
3. You must not be absent(缺席) on a test day. If you are badly ill, call and let the teacher know you will not be there for the test. If your teacher allows you to take a makeup , you should take the test within one or two days after you return to class. Bad illness is the only reason for missing a test.
4. Be on time! It’s not polite to be late. Also, it bothers other students. If you must come in late, be sure to do it quietly. Have your books out of your bag before you come into the classroom. Then go to your seat and sit quietly. In the US, it is not necessary to knock at the door before you come into the classroom.
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According to a new Ministry of Education survey，student safety has become a big problem．Nearly 50 percent of students say they are worried about robbery(抢劫) on the way to and from school．Now in many big cities in China，some school has taught an unusual lesson：self—protection(自我保护)．Students like this lesson as there are no exams or boring classes．And they can learn how to save lives and know how to stop danger before it really happens．

Chen Haoyu，a teacher at Beijing No．25 Middle School and a self—protection expert(专家)，gives young students advice on how to deal with danger．

If you are robbed．Keep calm．If you cannot cry for help or run away，give the robber your money．Try to remember what the robber looks like and tell the police．

If you are in a traffic accident．If a car hurts you，you should take down the car number；if it is a bicycle，try to contact your parents before you let the rider go．This is because you don’t know how seriously you are hurt．

If it is raining hard and there is lightning(闪电)．

Don’t stay in high places and keep away from trees．

When there is a fire，get away as fast as you can．Put wet things on your body and try and find an exit(出口)．Do not take the lift!

If someone is drowning(溺水)，if you can’t swim，don’t get into the water．Cry out for help．

Remember that danger is never as far away as you think．Take care of yourself at all times!

1．Why do students like the self—protection lesson?

A．Because there are advice on exams．

B．Because they can learn how to protect themselves．

C．Because they like self—protection experts．

D．Because they are free to do anything during the lesson．

2．The underlined word “contact” means ________．

A．end up      B．wait for               C．search for              D．get in touch with

3．If your house is on fire，you must ________．

A．put dry things on your body

B．run quickly and take the lift

C．run away and find an exit as quickly as you can

D．take everything you have and then run away

4．If you see a child fall into the river．but you can’t swim，you ________．

A．should cry out for help                                B．can jump into the river and save him

C．can do nothing                                       D．telephone the doctor

5．What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Self—protection                                   B．How to Take Care of Yourself

C．The Popular Lesson                                D．An Interesting Lesson