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　　Tom Popper is a businessman. He divorces（離婚） his wife. His father traveled to many far places around the world when he was young. When his father dies, a box with a penguin in it shows up at his door. Later，because of  his mistake, more and more penguins arrive. Popper decides to send them to the local zoo. However, his children fall in love with penguins, so he decides to keep them.

　　At the same time, Popper is asked to buy an old restaurant named Tavern on the Green. When Popper was a child, he often went to eat there with his father. This time, he is asked to knock the restaurant down and build a new house.

　　With the help of the penguins, Popper becomes closer to his children. However, because he spends more time caring for the penguins, he is losing his job. He then decides to send the penguins to the local zoo and pay more attention to buying the restaurant. His children are disappointed at his decision. Popper then finds a letter from his father which was sent to him with the first penguin. In the letter, his father tells him to be close to his children and love them, just as this penguin would love. He realizes his mistake and takes the penguins back. Then he and his family travel to the South Pole (南極)to send the penguins to their real home. At the same time, he successfully buys the restaurant .But he doesn't knocked it down; instead, he opens it again.

　　1．Why did more and more penguins arrive?

　　A. Popper's father sent more penguins to Popper later.

　　B. Children asked Popper to do it.

　　C. Popper's mistake

　　D. They escaped from the local zoo.

　　2．We learn from the paragraph 2 that the restaurant was ______ to the Popper and his father.

　　A. meaningful                     B. terrible

　　C. beautiful                       D. educational

　　3．The meaning of The underline part "knock th e restaurant down" is _____.

　　A. 拆除                         B. 買

　　C. 敲                           D. 擊落

　　4．What did Popper do with the penguins finally?

　　A. He sent them to the local zoo.

　　B. He sent them to the South Pole

　　C. He sent it to his children as pets.

　　D. He killed them.

　　5．What can we learn from this passage?

　　A. One should keep work-life balance.        B. We should love animals.

　　C. We should spend more time with family.    D. penguins are so lovely.

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