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How do you often spend your summer vacation？Do you sometimes get bored？Here are some ideas for you to help spice up（调剂） your holiday，and keep you busy either inside or outside．

A happy cook

Help your mom cook a dinner in the kitchen．Washing vegetables may be a good choice for you．You can also learn to make a simple meal，like egg﹣fried rice．When you eat a meal you have cooked，you'll feel very proud．

Make a photo wall

Collect your family photos．Choose some special ones with your family and make•photo t special wall．We can talk to parents and listen to family stories behind those photos．You can also DIY a photo album （影集） and keep the photos safe for a long time．

Help others

Encourage yourself to do something you can to help others every day．For example，give your seat to those who need it on the bus．give directions to someone who is lost，and pick up the litter on the road．These small acts will help make the world a better place．

Travel to the countryside

Traveling to the countryside is a great way to be close to nature．Experience life in the countryside with your parents，and find the differences between the city and countryside．Explain which one you like better，and write down your feelings．

41．A good choice to help mom in the kitchen is to 　　according to the passage．

A．	do the dishes
B．	wash vegetables
C．	sweep the floor
D．	take out rubbish

42．We can make a photo album by ourselves to 　　．

A．	make a photo wall
B．	choose some special photos
C．	keep the photos for long
D．	write down the family stories

43．　　will make the world a better place

A．	Helping others
B．	Collecting photos
C．	Learning to cook
D．	Experiencing country life

44．The writer advises us to 　　after coming back from the countryside

A．	cook egg﹣fried rice
B．	show our friends photos
C．	pick up litter on the road
D．	write down our feelings

45．The passage it mainly about 　　

A．	school life
B．	vacation activities
C．	after﹣class plans
D．	personal hobbies．

This year is the Year of the Cock．Just like other Chinese zodiacs（生肖） the cock means a lot．Do you want to know more about it？Read on．

☆Cock in Chinese culture

In ancient times，there were no clocks．The cock （old people it

was time to get up and start to work．So hard﹣working ancient

Chinese people were big fans of the cock．

Traditionally，people thought the cock was a bird that could avoid evil （邪恶的） things．The story says once cocks make their morning calls，all the evil things at night will leave．

The cock is popular with people for its courage．In ancient China，a lot of people liked to watch cockfighting （斗鸡） because the game was exciting．

The pronunciation of"cock"in Putonghua is the same as that of"chance"and"good luck'

☆What it means to be a cock

Those who are born in the Year of the Cock are said to be active．"They like to be the center of attention and always look beautiful"，the China Highlight website noted．

☆Big events in the Year of the Cock

On January 20，Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States．

☆In the first half of 2017，China launched （发射）its first cargo spacecraft （货运飞船）

Tianzhou﹣l，to dock （对接） with Tiangong﹣2．

☆On July 1，1997，Hong Kong returned to China.2017marks the 20th year of its return．

☆At the end of 2017，China will launch its fifth lunar probe （月球探测），Chang'e﹣5．

36．The cock could 　　people in ancient times．

A．	wake up
B．	lift up
C．	fight with
D．	talk with

37．Chinese people like the cock for 　　 reasons

A．	two
B．	three
C．	four
D．	five

38．The people born in the Year of the Cock may be 　　

A．	shy
B．	quiet
C．	brave
D．	active

39．One event in 2017is that 　　

A．	Tiangong﹣2was launched
B．	China will launch Chang e﹣5
C．	Hong Kong returned to China
D．	Trump became the new president of the UK

40．The best title of the passage may be 　　

A．	The Culture of the Cock
B．	Big Events in the Year of the Cock
C．	Talk about Cocks in the Year of the Cock
D．	Different Zodiacs，Different People．

Mr．Robinson works at an office．Every day，he drives a long way to get to work．In order to avoid heavy traffic，he has to get up early and go to work without having breakfast．He bought some bottles of milk and put them in a big box in his office so that he can drink the milk whenever he gets hungry．

One day．after arriving at his office as usual，he wanted to have some milk．But he found that two bottles of milk were missing．He thought it someone who works in the same office must have taken the milk．So at noon，he said to all his colleagues．I wish the person who stole my milk would return it and say sorry to me in the afternoon．In fact，anyone who touched the box left his or her fingerprints on it．so I can find out who did this by checking the fingerprints：After saying this．he went out for lunch．

During lunch，he was thinking about what he should say to the person who would say sorry in the afternoon．But when he got back to the office，no one said anything to him．To his surprise，all his milk，even the box was missing．What a pity!Sometimes a little tolerance（宽容）can make our life easier．

31．Mr Robinson goes to work by 　　．

A．	car
B．	bus
C．	taxi
D．	subway

32．The underlined word"colleagues"means 　　in Chinese．

A．	同事
B．	同学
C．	伙伴
D．	队友

33．After Mr．Robinson found the milk was missing，he 　　．

A．	called the police
B．	checked the fingerprints
C．	said something unfriendly
D．	thought some more milk

34．Mr．Robinson thought himself a（an）　　person．

A．	honest
B．	clever
C．	friendly
D．	undemanding

35．The result was 　　for Mr．Robinson．

A．	humorous
B．	interesting
C．	enjoyable
D．	unexpected．

Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic（大西洋）coast．He put up a notice to want a farmhand．A short man came to see the farmer．"Are you a good farmhand？"The farmer asked him． "Well，I can sleep when the wind blows．"Answered the little man． Although puzzled（迷惑）by this answer，the farmer agreed that he could work on the farm．The little man worked hard around the farm，busy from morning to evening，and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work．

Then one night the wind blew strongly from the sea．Jumping out of bed，the farmer rushed to the farmhand's sleeping room．He shook the little man and shouted，"Get up!A storm is coming!Tie things down before they are blown away!"

The little man turned over in bed and said firmly（坚定地），"No sir．I told you，I can sleep when the wind blows．" The farmer got so mad that he wanted to kick the farmhand off at once．Instead，he hurried outside to prepare for the storm．To his surprise，he discovered that everything had been tied down．Nothing could be blown away． The farmer then understood what his farmhand meant，so he returned to his bed to also sleep when the wind blew．

When you've prepared everything well for yourself，you have nothing to fear．Can you sleep when the wind blows during your life？

76．Why did the short man come to see the farmer？　　

77．Was the farmer satisfied with the farmhand at first？　　

78．What was the farmhand doing when the wind blew one night？　　

79．Who tied everything down before the storm？　　

80．What can you learn from the farmhand？　　

If you live in Shanghai or Bejing，you may see some orange bicycles on streets these days．

These orange bikes are from a company called Mobike．You can order a bike through its app on your phone．When you find the bike，you just scan the QR code（扫二维码）so you can use it．You don't need to return the bike to a station，just park it somewhere．

China was known as"the kingdom of bicycles"around 30years ago． But lately more people choose to drive cars and catch the subway，fewer people choose to ride bicycles．Now，bike rental（租赁）services like Mobike are bringing biking back to people's lives． "In those days，I got the feeling that Chinese people were trying to be modern and push away the past．So they did not want to be linked with bicycles，"said Ines Brunn，a German woman who opened a bike store in Beijing．"But now I believe changes in people's tastes will shape new thinking on bikes．"

Now，online rental services make biking much more fashionable（时髦的），but it's still not easy to ride bikes in Chinese cities．Cars usually take up bicycle lanes（车道）．Bikers have to ride next to cars in car lanes， which can be very dangerous． This is why Beijing will build over 3，200km of new bike lanes．Drivers who park on bike lanes will be punished．Traffic signs will be put on roads to better protect bikers．

46．You can 　　first when you find the bike that you have ordered．

A．	phone the company
B．	ask the manager for it
C．	use it right away
D．	scan the QR code

47．After you use the bike，you can 　　

A．	park it somewhere
B．	return it to a station
C．	ride it home
D．	send it to the company

48．The underlined word "linked"means 　　

A．	compared
B．	connected
C．	covered
D．	filled

49．Because of 　　，biking has become more fashionable now．

A．	the color of the bikes
B．	the opening of bike stores
C．	online rental services
D．	changes in people's tastes

50．The last paragraph（段落）of the passage tells us 　　．

A．	it's easy to ride bikes in Chinese cities
B．	it's dangerous to park a car in car lanes
C．	bikers will be punished on bike lanes
D．	something will be done to protect bikers