A Audrey is a Chinese-American student. She has found many value (价值观) differences between the
Chinese and Americans.
About money 
     ● The American children love to make money by themselves. Chinese children always ask their parents
for money. 
     ● American parents don't think it is useful to send their children to an expensive university. Chinese parents
would do anything to send their children to good universities even if it could make them very poor. 
 About school 
     ● Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups. Many Chinese girls take part in
academic (学术的) groups.  
     ● American students usually feel happy when they get B in an exam. Chinese students feel sad when they
get B.
American parents and Chinese parents 
     ● American parents allow their daughters or sons to go out with their friends if they come back home at
the certain time. Chinese parents usually don't allow their children in middle school to go out with their friends
at night.
American teachers and Chinese teachers 
     ● During parent-teacher meetings, American teachers will always find good things to say to The parents,
even to those with the worst grades. But Chinese teachers often tell the parents the mistakes that their children
made at school.

(     )1. American children prefer making money by themselves.                               
(     )2. All American and Chinese parents send their children to expensive universities.    
(     )3. Chinese girls spend more time doing sports, singing and dancing than American girls.
(     )4. Chinese children aren't allowed to go out with their friends at night.             
(     )5. American teachers look at the bad side of the students as much as they can.        

     When you go to the doctor's you may often have your eyesight checked. The doctor makes you read a
chart with big and small "E's"on it.
     Do you know where the chart came from?
     It's called the Snellen Chart. It was made by Herman Snellen, a Dutch doctor, in 1863.
     When reading the chart, you should stand five metres away from it. Your eyes should also be at the same
height as the 10th line of letters. You should then read the letters from the top line to the bottom line. The
letters get smaller as they get nearer the bottom.
     Doctors can find out if you are short-sighted, long-sighted, or if you have good eyesight, by the line which
you can read.
     If your doctor thinks you need glasses, they'll tell you to go to hospital to get them.

(     )1. The doctor often uses a Snellen chart to check your eyesight.
(     )2. The Snellen Chart was invented by an American doctor.
(     )3. When the doctor checks your eyesight, he will ask you to stand 5 metres away from the chart.
(     )4. If you can only read a few big letters from the top, you probably are long-sighted.
(     )5. The underlined word "them"in the last line refer to (指) "glasses".