“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”That may seem a strange thing to say． But touching things can help you to see them better． Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round． But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth* and cool the ball is． You can feel how heavy the glass is． When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it． With your skin, you can feel better． For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins*  in your pocket． You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too.

All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means． They hear it often． Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up． In shops, we touch things as we might buy: food, clothes． To see something well, we have to touch it.

There are ways of learning to see well by feeling． One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that touching your skin． Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin． At first, it is not easy to feel these things． You are too used to them!

Most museums are just for looking． But today some museums have some things to touch． Their signs say, “Do touch!” There you can feel everything on show． If we want to see better, reach out and touch． Then you will really see!

1.By touching things, ______.

A．you will have a strange feeling

B．you will learn how to reach out your hand

C．you can tell the difference of the things

D．you can tell what colours they are

2.When people buy things in shops, they often _______.

A．try them on first

B．keep their right hands on them

C．ask about them

D．feel and touch them

3.Why does it say “At first, it is not easy to feel these things”? Because _______．

A．the things are used by people, too

B．people feel the things too often

C．people know how to use the things

D．the things are easy to feel

4.Which of the following is true?

A．Touching is more important than seeing.

B．Our feet, fingers, hands and skin can help us buy food.

C．People have to learn to see by feeling as they grow up.

D．Visitors can feel the things on show in some museums.

5.Which of the following can be the best title of the story?

A．Touching by Feeling．                    B．To See or to Feel?

C．To See Better—Feel．                   D．Ways of Feeling.

Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each.
Children in the US will leave their parents’ home when they grow up.They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs.They often write to their parents or telephone them.And they often go to visit their parents on holiday.
Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs.Americans think it is important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.
Parents ask children to do some work around their house.And in many families, parents pay their children for doing some housework so that hey learn how to make money for their own use.
【小题1】The size of most American families is ____ that of other countries’.

It is interesting to visit another country, but there are some problems when you don’t know the   31  very well. It may be   32  to talk with the people there. We may not know how to use the telephone in the country that we are visiting. We may not know how to buy   33   we need. In a   34  country we might not know where to eat or what to order in a  35 . It is not easy to decide how  36  to tip waiters or taxi drivers. When we need help, we might not know how to ask for help. It is not pleasant to have an experience   37  that.   38  a short time, however, we learn what to do and what to   39 . We learn to enjoy life in another country and then we may be   40 to leave.