Here are some interesting offices around the world.Let's take a look!
The loneliest office
Where is the loneliest office in the world？It is near a glacier（冰川） in the Tanggula Mountains in Tibet.It's Luobu Renqing's office.He wants to protect the glacier's water from pollution.
Working in the woods
Look at the tube office in Spain!Half of the office is dug into the ground in a forest.Workers can enjoy the beautiful view through the window while working.This also helps the office stay cool during hot summers.
Going into a cave（山洞）
Do you want to work in a cave？The workers of an Internet company in Sweden do this.The company turned a big cave in the White Mountains into offices.The caves is 30 meters underground，so it's very safe and cool.
Container（集装箱）offices
A company moved its office to an empty container in Los Angeles，US.People work in shipping containers.Here，people use skylights（天窗） when they are working.This saves a lot of money and energy.
（1）Where is the loneliest office？
| A． |
In China. |
| B． |
In Spain. |
| C． |
In Sweden. |
| D． |
In America. |
（2）Why is the cave office safe and cool？
| A． |
Because it's in a forest. |
| B． |
Because it's an Internet company. |
| C． |
Because it's 30 meters underground. |
| D． |
Because people use skylights when they are working. |
（3）Which office can save lots of money and energy？
| A． |
The loneliest office. |
| B． |
The tube office. |
| C． |
The cave office. |
| D． |
The container office. |
Once upon a time，a hippo（河马）lived in a river next to a big tree．
One day，a bird came and nested （筑巢）in the tree．The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy（羡慕）that he couldn't think of anything else．Every day he would think why he wasn't born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so lucky to be so big and such a good swimmer．
Finally，the hippo made up his mind that he would come out of the river，climb the tree and start singing．However，when he tried to climb the tree，it was very clear that the hippo didn't have wings to fly，or claws to climb with．
Realizing that he would never climb up the tree，he angrily hit the tree until it came crashing to the ground．Then he stepped onto the leaves of the fallen tree，and began singing．
Unfortunately，hippos can't sing，either．All that came from his mouth were terrible noises，and when the other animals heard this，they all came around to make fun of the hippo．
He was so ashamed by this．He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over．He used all his strength to raise the tree back up again，and look after it until it completely recovered（康复）．
Complete the summary of the passage above with one word for each blank.
Once upon a time，there was a hippo living in a river next to a big tree.He （1） the bird's singing.He wondered why he wasn't （2） in singing songs.
Finally，the hippo （3） to come out of the river，climb the tree and start singing.Unluckily，he （4） to climb the tree.He was so angry that he hit the tree until it fell over.Then he began to sing on the leaves of the fallen tree.But he couldn't sing，either.Other animals came to （5） at him because of his terrible noises.
At last，he felt ashamed to knock the tree over.He tried to help the tree recover.
Li Bai was born in 701.He was also given the name"Taibai".The name meant"Venus" in ancient Chinese.Legend says that before Li Bai was born，his mother dreamt that Venus fell into her arms.Some people believed that Li Bai was a god.When Li Bai was five years old，his family settled in a town in today's Sichuan province.
●Making Iron into a Needle
There is a legend about Li Bai.He was not a very hard﹣working student when he was young.He often skipped school.
One day when he was walking by the river，he saw an old woman.She was working on a large piece of iron.
He asked，"What are you doing？"
She said， "I'm making a needle."
"But how can you make a large piece of iron into a needle？"
She replied，"I must work hard every day."
Li Bai suddenly understood the importance of hard work，and he started to work hard at school.
●Friendship with Meng Haoran
When Li Bai travelled to Xiangyang in Hubei，he went to visit a famous poet called Meng Haoran.He was twelve years older than Li Bai，but they became friends.They both loved travelling to beautiful mountains and rivers.
When Meng Haoran left for today's Yangzhou，Li Bai wrote a poem about it，Seeing Meng Haoran off at Yellow Crane Tower.
| Information about Li Bai |
●He was born in 701. ●He was also called（1） ，which meant"Venus" in ancient Chinese. ●His family settled in a town in today's Sichuan province when he was five. |
| （2） about Li Bai |
Making Iron into a Needle One day when he was walking by the river，he saw an old woman working on a large piece of iron.After the communication，he understood it was important（3） . |
| Friendship with Meng Haoran They became friends because they have（4） . The poem named Seeing Meng Haoran of 'at Yellow Crane Tower shows（5） . |
After Donald Trump became the 45th American president，a new video of his granddaughter Arabella went popular once again on the Internet．In this video，the little girl wore a qipao，a kind of traditional Chinese dress．She stood in front of a table to recite（背诵） ancient Chinese poems．These poems are familiar（熟悉的） to most Chinese people and they are often recited by Chinese kids．Arabella made the video to remember Chinese Monkey Year ，which ended on January 27th，2017．
Arabella's family are interested in Chinese culture．They can even make Chinese dumplings and sing Chinese songs．Arabella began to study Chinese when she was 18 months old．Now she can speak very good Chinese．Early in February，2016，4﹣year﹣old Arabella，recited a Tang Dynasty poem in Chinese．Her mother sent her video online and won lot of"likes"from all over the world．
On Sonia Weibo，many users thought Arabella was a wonderful and surprising girl．"I'm glad to see the little angel（天使） loves Chinese culture，"wrote a user called"orange"．
"At least the video shows that Trump is serious about education and never closes the door to foreign culture，"said another user named"stAU79"．
71．What did Arabella wear in the new video？（根据短文内容回答问题）
72．When did Arabella begin to learn Chinese？（根据短文内容回答问题）
73．How old is Arabella now？（根据短文内容回答问题）
74．从文中找出与下面句子画线部分意思最接近的单词．
"I'm glad to see the little angel loves Chinese culture，"wrote a user called"orange".
75．The underlined word" they"refers to ．
Story 1
Julia said to Sam， "I will either ask you ten easy questions or one．really difficult question． Think well before you choose． If you behave well， I'll give you a candy．" Sam thought for a while and said， "My choice is one really difficult question．" "Now tell me this： ‘What comes first， Day or Night？，" Sam said with a smile， "It's Day， mom．"
"Why？" Julia asked．
"Sorry， you promised me that you will not ask me a SECOND difficult question!'
Story 2
Steve entered a doctor's room． He looked very unhappy．
"Doctor，" he said， "you must help me． I swallowed（吞）a cent a month ago．"
"Oh， my god!" said the doctor． "Why have you waited so long？ Why didn't you come to me on the day you swallowed it？"
"To tell you the truth， Doctor，" Steve replied， ‘‘I didn't need the money so badly then．"
Story 3
In a cinema during a performance Linda gets up， makes her way along the row of seats and goes out into the restroom．
A few minutes later she returns and asks the man sitting at the heading of the row，"Excuse me， was it your foot I stepped（踩）on when I was going out a moment ago？"
"Yes， but it doesn't matter． It didn't hurt at all．"
"Oh， no， it isn't that． I only want to make sure that this is my row．"
（1）What's the relationship between Julia and Sam？
A． Classmates．
B． Friends．
C． Sister and brother．
D． Mother and son．
（2）How long has the cent stayed in Steve's stomach？
A． For one day．
B． For one week．
C． For one month．
D． For one year．
（3）Linda asked the man the question in order to ．
A． say "sorry" to him
B． say "hello" to him
C． say "goodbye" to him
D． make sure that it was her row
阅读短文，根据短文内容判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）．
An old lady went out shopping last Tuesday．She came to a bank and saw a car near the door．A man got out of it and went into the bank．She looked into the car．The keys were in the lock．
The old lady took the keys and followed the man into the bank．The man took a gun out of his pocket and said to the clerk，"Give me all the money!"
But the old lady did not see this．She went to the man，put the keys in his hand and said，"Young man，you're stupid!Never leave your keys in your car，someone's going to steal it!"
The man looked at the old woman for a few seconds．Then he looked at the clerk，and then he took his keys，ran out of the bank，got into his car and drove away quickly，without any money．
51．The old lady came to a bank last Tuesday．
52．The man left his keys in the lock of his car．
53．The old lady gave the keys back to the man．
54．Someone stole the man's car．
55．When the man went away，he did not take any money from the clerk． ．
Once upon a time，a fox was walking along a road．He saw some beautilul grapes hanging over a high wall．He stopped to look at the grapes．They looked nice to eat．The fox wanted to eat the grapes very much，but he couldn't reach them．So he jumped as high as he could．Sometimes his nose touched a grape，but his mouth could not reach it．The fox jumped and jumped until he was very tired．
Finally he stopped jumping and walked away with his nose held high．He said，"I don't need those grapes．They look nice but I'm sure they are sour．"
In our dailly life，when people can't get something they want，they may say，"The grapes are sour．"
根据短文内容，判断句子的正误，正确的填T，错误的填F．
（1）The fox was walking along a river．
（2）The grapes were beautiful and looked nice to eat．
（3）The fox didn't want to eat the grapes very much．
（4）The grapes were too high for the fox to get．
（5）Today，when people can't get what they want，they often say it's not good． ．
An elephant and a crocodile were once standing beside river． They were disputing which was the better animal．
"Look at my strength， "said the elephant． "I can pull up a tree， roots and all， with my trunk．"
"Ah! But your skin is not nearly so thick as mine， "replied the crocodile． "No knife or tooth can cut through it．"
Just as they were coming to blows， a lion happened to pass．
"My dear friends !" said the King of all animals， going up to them． "Let me know the cause of your disagreement．"
"Will you kindly tell us which is the better animal？ "cried both at once．
"Certainly， "said the lion， pointing across the river． "Do you see the soldiers metal hat on that wall？"
"Yes! "replied the beasts．
"Well， then， "continued the lion， " go and get it， and bring it to me， and I shall be able then to decide between you．"
Upon hearing this， off they started．The crocodile， being used to the water， reached the opposite side of the river first， and was soon standing beside the wall．
Here he waited till the elephant came up． The elephant， seeing that the crocodile had no way of reaching their goal， raised his long trunk， and took down the hat quite easily．
They then made their way together back again across the river． The elephant was trying to keep up with the fast﹣moving crocodile in the water and became careless． When he was forced to turn sharply to avoid a floating tree branch， the elephant dropped the hat and it fell to the river bottom． The crocodile noticed the accident， so down he dived， and brought it up in his huge mouth． They then returned， and the crocodile laid the metal hat at the lion's feet． The King took it up， and turning to the elephant， said："You， because of your size and trunk， were able to reach the hat on the wall but， having lost it，you were unable to get it back． And you， said the lion to the crocodile， "although unable to reach the hat， were able to dive for it and save it． You are both wise and able in your own ways． One is no better than the other．"
（1）The underlined word"disputing"in Paragraph 1 means ．
A． playing
B． quarrelling
C． complaining
D． deciding
（2）What did the crocodile think was best about himself？
A． His big mouth
B． His strong skin
C． His swimming skill
D． His dangerous teeth
（3）How did the lion deal with the animals disagreement？
A． He ordered them to fight．
B． He made a quick decision．
C． He suggested a competition
D． He asked them to describe themselves
（4）What caused the elephant to drop the hat？
A． The hat got wet in the river．
B． He hit a floating tree．
C． He was trying to swim too fast
D． He wanted to fight the crocodile
（5）How were the elephant and the crocodile able to complete their task？
A． By working together
B． planning carefully
C． By sharing their ideas
D． By listening to the lion
Zak's grandfather，Stan， was very famous．Why？ Because he had a very，very，very long white beard．
One day Zak asked his grandfather，"When you sleep，do you put your beard over or under the quilt（被子）？""I'm not sure． I never care about that． "said his grandfather，"I'll look tonight．
Stan got into bed that night and pulled up the quilt． Then he remembered his grandson's question．Aha! His beard was under the quilt． But wait． Did that feel right？
He lifted his beard from under the quilt and put it above it． This also didn't feel right． So he put the beard under the quilt again． But he soon felt it would be better if it were out． The beard went in
and out﹣first under the quilt ，then over it，under ， over ， all night long．
Stan spent a sleepless night． In the morning ，he was so tired and unhappy that he cut his long beard right off!
Stan's wife was so happy． She advised Stan to cut that beard off many times，but he never did it． Now a simple question made him do that．
（1）Why was Stan very famous？
A． Because he had a big family．
B． Because he was very old．
C． Because his grandson was very clever．
D． Because he had a very ， very， very long white beard．
（2）Did Stan have a good sleep that night？
A． Yes．
B． No．
C． Maybe．
D． Sure．
（3）What did Stan do with his beard at last？
A． He put his beard over the quilt．
B． He put his beard under the quilt．
C． He cut his beard off．
D． He cared about his beard after that．
（4）How did Stan's wife feel when she noticed her husband's short beard？
A． She was very happy．
B． She was worried．
C． She was angry with him．
D． She didn't care about it．
（5）From the passage ， which of the following sentences is true？
A． Stan's wife asked him a question one day．
B． Stan never cared about Zak ， his grandson．
C． Stan was sleepless that night because of his beard．
D． Stan listened to his wife's words to cut his beard off．
Mr． Smith is telling two funny stories of his police work．
Story A
I remember catching a"thief"in a clothes shop once． It was strange． The man was hiding a yellow sweater inside his coat． I thought he had stolen it， so I caught him． We found later that his wife gave him the sweater for his birthday， but he hated it． He just wanted to return it to the shop for money， but he didn't want his wife to see him! We soon let him go．
Story B
Another day， a man called Bob went into a bank on Sixth Street． He wrote on the back of an envelope， "Give me the money! Or I'll kill you． and gave it to the bank clerk． She gave him ＄100，000 and the man ran away． Then we received a phone call from the bank clerk． She told us to go to the man's house in Candy Town and get him． We caught him as soon as he got out of the elevator． He couldn't believe that we found him so quickly． We told him that his name and address were on the front of the envelope he used!
（1）What does Mr． Smith do？
A． A policeman．
B． A bank clerk
C．A thief
D． A teacher．
（2）Mr Smith caught the man in the clothes shop ．
A．by exchange
B．by chance
C．by mistake
D． by accident
（3）Why did the man want to return the sweater to the shop？
A． Because he didn't want his wife to see it．
B． Because he hated it．
C． Because he liked money more than the sweater．
D． Because he liked money best．
（4）Bob was caught so quickly because ．
A． the police had guns
B． he received a phone call from the bank clerk
C． the police waited for him outside the elevator
D． his address was found on the envelope he used
（5）What do you think of Bob？
A． He is brave
B． He is careful
C． He is careless
D． He is clever
Once upon a time，there was a forest where all the animals lived happily together．One day a family went to spend the day in the countryside，and one little boy left his socks there．Soon after the family left，a goose came by and found the socks．（71） They fit so well，and he liked them so much that he wouldn't take them off．He spent his days walking through the forest in the socks．
（72） And some of them were a bit envious（嫉妒的）that he was getting so much attention．Before long，in that forest，there began appearing monkeys in shirts，a rabbit with a hat on，and even a little pig who wore a pair of glasses!
Doctor Bear shook his head，telling people，"（73） Animals don't wear clothes，and we don't need them．"But the rabbit didn't listen to him．（74） One day，the rabbit tried to fit into his hole without first taking his hat off．He was stuck in that hole all day．Those who listened to the Doctor's advice didn't have any accidents．
（75） Wearing them had been very silly，They had only done it to make others envious of them，and to get attention．
把A﹣E五个选项填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整、正确．
A．This can't be good．
B．The goose decided to try them on．
C．He said Doctor Bear was just old﹣fashioned．
D．The animals realized that they didn't need clothes at all．
E．All the animals talked about the goose's new look．
An old gentleman whose eyesight（视力）was falling came to stay in a hotel room with a bottle of wine（酒）in each hand．On the wall there was a fly which he took for a nail（钉子）．So as soon as he hung them on，the bottles fell broken and the wine split all over the floor．
When a waitress discovered what had happened，she felt really sorry for him and wanted to give him a hand．
So the next morning when he was out taking a walk in the garden，she put a nail on the wall exactly where the fly had stayed．
Now the old man entered his room．The smell of the split wine reminded him of the accident．When he looked up at the wall，he found the fly was there again!He walked to it carefully and hit it with all his strength．
On hearing a loud cry，the waitress rushed in．To her great surprise，the poor old man was there sitting on the floor，his face was pale and a lot of blood was running on his right hand．
37．We know from this passage that ．
A．the old man had poor eyesight
B．the old man's hands weren't so strong
C．the bottles of wine were too heavy
38．Picture was the thing the old man saw on the wall for the first time．
39．The nail was put on the wall by ．
A．the old man
B．a gardener
C．the waitress
40．The waitress must be a girl．
A．careless
B．kind﹣hearted
C．dangerous
41．The old man's hand was badly hurt because ．
A．the hotel's service was terrible
B．he drank too much wine
C．he mistook the nail for a fly．
There were three big fish in the lake．One of them，Demo，was wise；another one，Jimmy，was half﹣wise；Martin，the third one，was stupid．
Some fishermen came to the bank of the lake with their nets．The three fish saw them．
Demo decided at once to leave，to make the long and difficult trip to the ocean．He thought，"I won't discuss with these two about this．They love this place so much that they call it home and will stay on．How silly they are!They still haven't realized we are in great danger now．Their ignorance will cost them their lives．"
Seeing the wise fish had left，Jimmy thought，"My guide has gone and now I've lost my chance to escape．"He felt sorry for it and then thought，"What can I do to save myself from these men and their nets？Perhaps I should pretend （假装）to be already dead，giving myself totally to the water．"So he did that．He went up and down with the water，helpless，within arm's reach of the fishermen．
"Look at this!The best and biggest fish is dead．"One of the men lifted him by the tail，and threw him up on the ground．He rolled （滚动）over and over and moved secretly toward the water，and then，back in．
The third fish was aimlessly jumping about，trying to escape with his speed and cleverness．The net，of course，finally closed around him，and as he lay in the hot frying﹣pan bed，he thought，"If I get out of this，I'll never live again in the limits of the lake．Next time，the ocean!I'll make it my home．"
56．The passage is a
A．diary
B．story
C．notice
57．The underlined word"ignorance"in the passage means" "in Chinese．
A．冲动
B．勇气
C．愚昧
58．Jimmy thought that he could escape from the fishermen by ．
A．traveling to the ocean
B．pretending to be dead
C．jumping here and there
59．Who was caught by the fishermen at last？
A．Demo
B．Jimmy．
C．Martin．
60．What can we learn from the passage？
A．It is important to make proper changes in time．
B．Good chances are always given to the honest．
C．The stupid can also succeed with great efforts．
The local people of La Gomera can carry on conversations by whistling（吹口哨） from far away． For face﹣to﹣face conversations，they Spanish．But when they need to speak over a distance（距离），they whistle．
La Gomera is a small island．This island is almost shaped like a circle．It is very mountainous．Walking from one place to another may be a slow and difficult job． That is why whistling is so useful to the local people． A message can easily be whistled over a couple of miles， while to travel that same distance on foot might take an hour．
A good whistler can be heard and understood five miles away．His whistling can be farther away when it is windless． It is said that the record is about nine miles．Anyone who a top whistler will agree that this record is quite possible．
A whistle travels farther than a shout， and is easier to understand． When a person shouts， he cannot pronounce his words well． But if a whistle is heard， it will be heard clearly
Whistling is popular at La Gomera， and many methods of whistling are used…
（1）How do people of La Gomera speak over a distance？
A． By shouting．
B． By whistling．
C． By travelling．
D． By recording．
（2）What can we know about La Gomera from Paragraph 2？
A． It is very mountainous．
B． It lies between two circles．
C． It is easy to travel there．
D． It is hard to find a job there．
（3）What helps a whistle travel farther？
A． A windless day．
B． A long distance．
C． A useful message．
D． A clear pronunciation．
（4）What will the writer talk about in the last paragraph？
A． Disadvantages of whistling．
B． Stories of a top whistler．
C． Different methods of whistling．
D． Examples of good whistlers．
Animals are our friends． Sometimes they make trouble， but sometimes they can help us．And they hope to live a happy life， too． Here are two real stories from our readers．
The first story is from Ray．"My cat， Tiger， hates it when I use my iPad because it takes my attention away from him． One year， I had a fall at home and was on the floor for 16 hours， During this time， I was unable to move and couldn't get to the phone to call for help． Tiger stayed by my side until he disappeared under my bed． 'What's he up to？' I wondered． To my surprise， he started to push something towards me． It was my iPad，which I didn't realize had fallen off the bed and onto the floor．He probably didn't know what it was， but he knew that it made me happy． Thanks to Tiger， I was able to communicate with my friend， Becky， who then told my doctor．"
The second story is from Colin． "Years ago， my friend Julius saved a bird﹣a wild 'Mom' cockatoo（鹦鹉） from the side of the road and kept it as a pet in a big cage（笼子）．It lost one of her wings， so she was unable to return to the wild． Soon， two wild cockatoos came visiting and one 'Dad' bird wanted to find his way into the cage． The 'Mom' cockatoo in the cage was soon expecting． But as she couldn't fly，'Dad' cockatoo built a home in the tree， keeping off everyone who got close to 'Mom' cockatoo． 'Baby' cockatoo would spend his days flying off with his dad， leaving his mom behind．She would sit and wait until they returned home each afternoon．The family stayed together happily．"
After reading the stories， don't you think we should get along well with animals？ No matter they are our pets or live in the wild， they have their feelings． We should respect every life in the world．
（1） is the owner of the cat．
A． Becky
B． Julius
C． Colin
D． Ray
（2）The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 2 refers to the ．
A．phone
B． cat
C．iPad
D．bed
（3）"Mom" cockatoo didn't return to the wild because ．
A．Julius caught it as a pet
B． She was badly hurt and couldn't fly
C． she preferred the life in the cage
D．"Dad" cockatoo built a home in the tree
（4）The main idea of the passage is that ．
A． Ray， Becky and Colin are animal lovers
B． we shouldn't use iPad too much
C． friends should help each other
D． we should respect every life in the world
（5）In which part of a newspaper would you probably read the passage？
A． Sports news．
B． People and animals．
C． Health．
D． Travel．
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