Do you have a great friend? Someone who is there for you in good times and in bad times? The story of Hoshi and Zen _______ the power (力量) of friendship.

Hoshi is an American Eskimo dog. He had his _____ removed (移除) because of a disease when he was 11 years old. ___ he is now blind.

It is ____ for Hoshi, a few months before his operation (手术), his owner got Zen. She was a small dog ___ a local rescue shelter (救护所) who could see just fine!

When Zen started to realize that Hoshi was going blind, she did what a good friend would do. Zen began to lead the _____ for Hoshi. She _____ a seeing eye to another dog!

Zen now leads Hoshi around in the great outdoors, so he doesn't hurt _____ They are now best friends and __ all of their time together going hiking, swimming and going on other adventures (冒险).

As Helen Keller once said, "Walking with a friend in the dark is _____ than walking alone I n the light."

I was an outgoing boy. I had a group of good friends. I always did well in class and I was good at sports. Then a new boy called Alan came to our school. First, he got a higher score than me in a test. Then he joined the school soccer team. He is a good soccer player. Some students started to think he was better than me. I am really angry about it. What's worse, some of my best friends became his friends. What can I do?

Nick

You are a very smart boy. But you can't be the best in the world at everything.

This is my advice. You should do your best in everything. But if Alan is better than you at some things, you should congratulate him and be happy for him. When your friends see that you can know your shortcomings, they will respect you and still be your friends.

Good luck!

Nancy

A．Basketball

B．Soccer

C．Tennis

D．Baseball

   Since May 1st, 2015, Beijing has started to allow blind people to take guide dogs onto the subway. How much do you know about guide dogs? How do guide dogs help blind people?

Sometimes, they play with you like common pet dogs. But as soon as they wear their special coats, it's time to start work. They are guide dogs and they help to guide blind people. Those dogs that are smart and have a good temper can be guide dogs.

To help blind people, dogs need to learn many skills and pass tests. At the age of about 1 year old, dogs are trained at schools. There, they learn skills such as finding and following a clear road, moving around obstacles (障碍物). They also need to learn an important lesson known as "intelligent disobedience (智能抗命). For example, blind people ask the dog to go forward when crossing a road. But if a dog knows that a car is coming, it will not move until it is safe.

At about 10 to 20 years old, guide dogs retire (退休). Some of them stay at their owners' homes and become their pets, and others may go back to training schools and live there.

A．a, b, c, d

B．a, b, c

C．a, c, d

D．a, b

   A lion was getting tired of hunting. He called all animals and passed an order. "Every day one of you should come by yourself as my food." All animals started to obey this order.

It was the rabbit's day. The rabbit was very sad. As he was going to the lion's den (兽穴), he came across an old well (井). He looked into it. It was very deep and dangerous. He made a plan in his mind.

The lion was very angry that no animal had come that day. The rabbit slowly came towards the lion. The lion shouted, "Why are you late?" The rabbit humbly (低声下气地) replied, "On my way another lion chased me. I got away with much difficulty to give my life to you."

The lion was pleased with the rabbit. But the thought of another lion in the jungle made him angry. The lion shouted, "Do you know where he lives?" The rabbit replied, "Yes, sir. Please come with me."

The rabbit took the lion to the old well. He said, "Sir, that lion lives in this well." The lion looked into the well. He mistook his reflection (倒影) for another lion. He shouted and there was an echo.

He thought that the other lion was shouting too and jumped into the well. That was the end of the lion.

A．the rabbit

B．the lion's den

C．the old well

D．the plan

A．pleased

B．angry

C．excited

D．bored

   On March 25, 2017, many people and public business across the city of Shenzhen turned off their lights for an hour at night and organized activities to mark Earth Hour, which aims to push environmental protection and support low-carbon (低碳) lifestyles.

Between 8:30 p.m. and 9 p.m., electricity use in the city was reduced by 144, 900 kWh, equivalent to (相当于) reduction of 47.39 tons of coal and 144.5 tons of CO₂.

As the clock drew close to 8: 30 p. m., Futian Shangri-la, Shenzhen also turned off some of the lights. An Earth Hour activity was held in the hall. The hotel also encouraged guests to join the global event by reducing the use of electric appliances (设备), including lights and air conditioners.

At the activity at Shangri-la, the hotel management invited guests to take part in a soap recycling activity. Guests were encouraged to make pieces of soap out of the used soaps that the hotel had collected from its rooms. The soap pieces will be given to communities that need them.

Many people turned off the lights at home and spent time with their family walking in the Lianhua Hill Park, while some running clubs organized their members to run for an hour to mark Earth Hour.

It is the ninth year since Earth Hour activities began to be held in China. Earth Hour is a global environmental event by World Wildlife Fund and is held on the last Saturday of every March. This year's event attracted millions of people from 170 countries around the world to express their worries about environmental protection and global warming problems.

A．a, b, c

B．a, b, d

C．a, c, d

D．b, c, d

   To many students, joining social media "circles" (社交圈) is now more important than making new friends in real life. And it's easy. If you have a mobile phone, you can download many apps such as Weibo, QQ and WeChat.

 "I love to check my friends' updates (最新消息) I also enjoy news and jokes shared on social media," said Wang Wei, 14,from a middle school in Shenzhen. While enjoying these, Wang distances himself from real life, "I love playing the plane-shooting game on WeChat, but have no interest in playing chess with my classmates," said Wang.

Deng Yunyun, 14,from Xuhui Middle School in Shanghai, said that social media has influenced (影响) their normal life. Last month, his school held a basketball match, and a student hurt his leg. Instead of giving him some help, students were busy updating their blogs about the accident. "I think they need to learn to balance (平衡) their real life and online life, and what worries parents and teachers a lot is safety," said Deng.

 "Many students are happy to tell their interests to their 'friends' on social media. And this could bring them danger," said Miss Wang, a teacher from Shenzhen. "For example, WeChat's shake-shake function allows users to connect to other users nearby."

Be careful. Do not use the locating (定位) function at any moment, do not give your name, and do not post the photos of your community," said Wang.

Counting before numbers

Before the invention of written numbers, people used many different ways 【小题1】 count things.

At first, people used 【小题2】 (they) fingers, and even their toes. 【小题3】, they could only count small numbers in this way.

After that, they began to make small 【小题4】 (mark) on sticks and bones. This helped them count 【小题5】 (big) numbers. They used them to count things 【小题6】 the days of month, the amount of food and the number of animals they had.

Then people began to use tokens made from clay 【小题7】 small stones. This helped them count even bigger numbers. They often put the tokens on pieces of string so that they could carry them around 【小题8】 (easy). This developed into tools like the abacus.

Finally, people began to develop systems of 【小题9】 (write) marks to show different numbers, and this 【小题10】 (lead) to the Hindu-Arabic system (0-9). We are still using this system today.