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The Pentagon

五角大楼

    美国号称世界头号军事大国，其武力干涉几乎渗透到全球，有人开玩笑说：“只要五角大楼打个喷嚏，整个地球都会震动。”五角大楼是什么? 让我们揭开它神秘的面纱，好好地认识一下这座建筑的运作职能吧。

    The Pentagon，or the headquarters of the US Department of Defense，is one of the largest office buildings in the world，taking up a total land of 583 acres．The five-sided structure itself occupies an area of 29 acres．Each of its five outside wails is 921 feet long．It has three times the floor space as the Empire State Building or half again as much space as either of the New York's World Trade Center towers．

    Working inside this huge building are over 25 000 employees，one half of them being civilians and the other half members of the U．S． armed forces．During the last year of the Second World War there were 37 000 people，both military and civilian，working inside the Pentagon．In the Korean and Vietnam War periods，31 000．The employees are scattered among hundreds of offices that occupy a floor space of 3705793 square feet．

While inside the building they tell time by 4 200 clocks，drink from 685 water fountains，utilize 280 rest rooms，consume 30 000 cups of coffee，6 000 tins of milk and 5 000 bottles of soft drinks of various kinds every day，with a total staff of 600 persons preparing and serving food and drinks to the Pentagon employees，daily．

    Notes

    Pentagon n．五边形；五角大楼　　  civilian n．平民

    military n．军人　　　　　　　　  scatter v．分散

    utilize v．利用；应用　　　　　　 consume v．消耗

    Comprehension question

The building is called “the Pentagon ”because________．

A．it is the largest building in the world

B．it lies in the U．S．A．

C．it has five sides

  D．it is a secret place

第二节　书面表达（共一题，满分25分）
　　请你根据下面的提示写一篇短文。
　　你今年暑假到一家肯德基（KFC）快餐店做保洁员（cleaner）工作。你每天工作七个小时，为期三周。这项工作辛苦且枯燥，你感到非常疲劳，几乎半途放弃。每天你都要起早贪黑地工作。在新学期开始之前，你终于坚持完成了这项工作，并由此认识到了劳动（labor）的意义。你认为这是一次成功的体验。
　　注意：1．必须使用第一人称。
　　　　　2．词数100左右。

完成句子，每空只填一词。

1.但是毫无疑问,他无愧于“一代杰出球员”的称号。

But ______ _____ _____ _______ _______ he deserves the title “outstanding player of his generation”. 

2.有些地方几乎全部被杂草覆盖,造成严重破坏。

Some areas are almost completely covered in weeds, ________ ＿＿＿＿　＿＿＿＿＿. 

3.因为接触到这种化学物质，这些动物死亡了。

The animals have died ＿＿＿　＿＿＿　＿＿＿＿＿＿＿　＿＿　coming into contact with this chemical.

4.她对电脑游戏的兴趣现在在下降。

Her interest in computer games is now _____ _____ _________．

5.任何在医院纵火的人都要受到惩罚。

Whoever ＿＿＿＿　＿＿＿＿　＿＿＿ the hospital will be punished.