【1】I like the mascot very much, especially ________ colour.（it）

【2】As a student, you should get more and more ________.（know）

【3】We must obey traffic rules in order to keep ourselves ________.（save）

【4】Mr. Brown can still tell quite a few funny ________, although he is already in his eighties.（story）

【5】I did badly in the exam, but Li Ming did even ________（badly）than me.

【6】We were ________ sorry to be absent from the lecture last week.（real）

【7】When something ________ happens, we usually remember it well.（drama）

【8】She has a rather ________ past.（colour）

THE 2020 OLYMPICS will be held in Tokyo. All the athletes will live in the Olympic Village. What will their living environment be like?

The organizers recently showed off a few furnishings (家具陳設(shè)). Surprisingly, the bed frames (床架) are made of cardboard.

Athletes, especially heavier ones, might feel nervous about this. Will their beds break while they sleep on them?

Takashi Kitajima is responsible for the Olympic Village. He explained, “Those cardboard beds are stronger than wooden ones. They can stand up to 200 kilograms. Surely, no Olympic athlete weighs that much.”

The bed frames will be recycled after the Olympics. They will be turned into paper products. So, there will be little waste.

The Olympic Village will be completed in June. The Tokyo Olympics will open on July 24 according to the plan. But perhaps it will be delayed because of novel corona virus新冠病毒）.

【1】Where and when will THE 2020 OLYMPICS be held according to the plan?

It will be held ______________________.

【2】What are the bed frames made of?

They are made of ___________.

【3】Who is responsible for the Olympic Village?

______________ is.

【4】How many kilograms can these cardboard beds stand up to?

They can stand up to___________________.

【5】What will the bed frames be used to do after the Olympics?

They will be ____________________________.

The answer is “Not at all!”. In fact, it’s fun to work at Google. The American company has the best working environment in its home country.

The working environment at Google is relaxing. The company encourages its staff to do whatever they want to do. Google employees can design their own desks. They can write their ideas on the wall. When they feel tired, they can take a nap on the sofas. Animal lovers can even bring their pets to work!

To its employees, Google is like a community. In addition to offices and meeting rooms, there are game rooms, hair salons (美發(fā)廳) and gyms. After work, Google employees can go for a swim in the swimming pool or enjoy a massage.

And there is an interesting rule at Google: No staff member should be 100 feet (about 30 meters) away from food. Cafés, snack bars and restaurants are everywhere. All food is free. In the main cafeteria, there are thousands of different dishes. One Google manager says, “We care about our employees’ health. We encourage them to eat healthily. And our research shows that if people have enough food, they will make better decisions.”

Google also encourages its staff to learn new things. It offers many interesting courses to its employees. The employees can learn sign language (手語), cooking and drawing — all for free.

Google believes one should love his or her workplace in order to work well. That’s why it is trying hard to create the best working environment in the world.

【1】We can learn from the article that working at Google is________.

A.funB.boringC.stressfulD.exciting

【2】According to the article, Google encourages its employees to ________.

① learn new things ② keep a healthy diet

③ eat all day and all night ④ do whatever they want to do

A.①②③B.①②④C.①③④D.②③④

【3】According to the article, Google employees do not have to pay to________.

① enjoy a massage after work ② take a course in sign language at the company ③ eat at the snack bars at the company

A.①②B.①③C.②③D.①②③

【4】According to the article, why is Google trying hard to create the best working environment in the world?

A.Because it wants to attract more young people.

B.Because it wants to help its employees work well.

C.Because its employees often have to work long hours.

D.Because it wants to become the best IT company in the world.

We are bats! Many of you are now afraid of us, aren’t you? There has been a serious corona virus (冠狀病毒) outbreak (爆發(fā)) in China. Many people say the virus comes from us bats. They believe we are the killers! Grrr! We are angry about this! We bats have lived on Earth for 50 million years. How long have you humans been here? We have developed super immunity (免疫力). In other words, we can live with many viruses. How about you? Let us tell you: Some of these viruses can easily kill you!

Yes, we are very dangerous. We know this, so we try to stay away from you. We look ugly. That’s because we want you to hate us. We come out only at night — when most of you are sleeping.

However, some of you have perhaps forgotten how dangerous we are. You have killed our brothers and sisters and eaten their meat. The viruses in the bat meat attacked these people. How foolish they were!

I hope you will learn a lesson from the corona virus outbreak. Don’t eat or touch wild animals! Please!

Best wishes,

Bats

【1】This letter tells us we human beings should learn a lesson from the corona virus outbreak.

【2】Bats have killed many people these days.

【3】Bats came to the earth later than human beings.

【4】There are a lot of viruses in bats’ body.

【5】It is wrong to kill and eat wild animals casually（隨便地）.

A. transport B. spread C. wheels desire D. development E. tool

We do not know when people invented wheels. But once it was invented, knowledge of the wheel ______ quickly across the world. It is easy to move things with wheels. The first example of wheels dated from about 3,500 to 3,000 BC. The cart or wagon was the first vehicle which had wheels. At that time, they were pulled by humans or animals. Today, there are still carts drawn by animals in many countries. These carts are mainly used to move things or ______ people. Around 2,000 BC, the chariot（雙輪敞蓬馬車）appeared. It moved even faster than the cart, so it soon became an important ______ in the war and later was introduced to other ancient countries, such as Egypt, Persia, Greece and Rome.

The invention of wheels is very important to the ______ of new transportations. Without wheels, the invention of bicycles, motorcycle, cars, trains, and planes may not be possible.

【1】________

【2】________

【3】________

【4】________

_______ we arrived at the base, we had learned what Asian elephants eat— fruits, sticky rice (糯米), the skin of corn (玉米) and the bark (樹皮) of banana trees. After we had prepared these special foods for the elephants, we tried to feed them. We stood still (站著不動) outside the elephant cage. The elephants came over to get food using their trunks (象鼻). _______, I felt very nervous. Would the elephants hurt me? But it turned out that the elephants were very docile (溫順的). They took food from my hand gently（溫柔地）. How lovely they were! One of the elephants took food only from me. I guess it probably liked me_______ than others.

After lunch, it was_______for the elephants to take a bath. Three volunteers needed to work _______ to bathe an elephant. One stood in the middle to hold the hose (水龍帶), and the other two brushed the two sides of the animal. It _______ that the elephants enjoyed their baths very much.

We also helped to clean the _______ living areas. Through this volunteer trip, I found that Asian elephants were very lovely. I hope ________ of us can help to protect them and learn to live in harmony with nature.

【1】A.InB.DuringC.AtD.On

【2】A.takes careB.takes care ofC.to take care ofD.took care of

【3】A.WhenB.AfterC.AsD.Before

【4】A.At firstB.At lastC.At leastD.At most

【5】A.muchB.moreC.manyD.a lot

【6】A.changeB.yearC.timeD.turn

【7】A.upB.togetherC.withD.alone

【8】A.lookedB.likedC.soundsD.seemed

【9】A.elephant’sB.elephantsC.elephants’D.elephants’s

【10】A.allB.bothC.neitherD.none

You have probably never _______ Amy Hayes, but she is a most unusual woman. She lives in a house in the UK that she built _______out of rubbish. The windows and doors come from old buildings around her town that _______. The top of the house is an old boat turned upside down. And the gate _______ rocks and old glass bottles. Amy isn’t the only one _______ is good at recycling. Jessica Wong from Hong Kong uses old clothes _______ bags. Her bags are _________cute and useful that many people love them. She also plans to write a book about new ways to use old clothes. She hopes people ________ read her book and enjoy it.

【1】A.usuallyB.oftenC.everD.always

【2】A.SomethingB.AnythingC.EverythingD.Nothing

【3】A.hear ofB.heard ofC.hear fromD.heard from

【4】A.herselfB.themselvesC.himselfD.itself

【5】A.was pulledB.was pulled ofC.were pulled downD.were pulled in

【6】A.is made fromB.is made inC.is made onD.is made of

【7】A.whereB.whoC.whatD.when

【8】A.makingB.to makeC.madeD.makes

【9】A.soB.suchC.moreD.very

【10】A.mayB.mustC.needD.can

A: Hello. Could I speak to Mary, please?

B: Sorry, she isn’t in.【1】?

A: This is Jill, Mary’s friend.

B: Hello, Bill! Mary has gone to see the doctor.

A:【2】?

B: She has got a headache and a cough.

A:【3】?

B: Yes, she has. She has got a high fever.

A: Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.【4】?

B: Ever since last night.

A: Please tell her to have a good rest when she’s back. Take medicine on time and drink more water. 【5】.

B: Ok, I will. I also hope so. Thank you.

A: Tom, how was your winter holiday?

B: It was terrible. 【1】

A: Why was that?

B:【2】

A: It was true.【3】

B: I listened to the class on the internet and did my homework every day.

A:【4】

B: I spent at least six hours in studying online every day.

A: Oh, that was too long.【5】

B: I think they were Ok. But they really hurt my eyes.

A.Why not going outside?

B.What did you think of the online classes?

C.Because there was novel corona virus spreading in the world.

D.How much time did you spend in studying online every day?

E.I always stayed at home and didn’t go anywhere.

F.What did you do at home?

G.What happened to you?

—________

A.All right.B.That' all right.

C.That's right.D.Don't say that.