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(5-1) A Japanese IT firm has officially introduced an "office cat" policy to combat the stressful environment of the workplace. A total of nine furry friends freely wander around in the office and do whatever their little hear desire. (5-2)Hidenobu Fukuda, who heads the firm, introduced the pet policy, upon request from one of his employees, allowing staff to bring their own cats to work. Employee Eri Ito is grateful for the animals’ comforting ways. “Cats are sleeping just beside us. It's healing.” she said. (6)Not only does Fukuda encourage bringing cats to the job, but he also encourages his employees to rescue cats from overpopulated shelters or streets. He gives 5,000 yen, about 45 US dollars a month to those who rescue a cat. While the positives are many, there are still some obstacles. “Sometimes a cat will walk on a phone and cut off the call, or they shut down the computers by walking onto the off switch.” Ito says. (7)Still, cats in the workplace have been a tremendous success for the company. The policy has led to various other companies doing the same.
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预览三道题各选项，由选项中的 animal、cats、employees、firm 等词可知，新闻内容与公司员工和动物有关，尤其是与猫有关。 第5题各选项主语均为It,由 donates、permits employees、allows workers 等词可推It 指公司，结合四个选项语义推测本题可能考查公司的一些政策。 第6 题均以动词原形开头，且都和救助动物(猫)有关系，可能考查公司或员工如何救助动物。第7题各选项主语均为 It， 根据各选项中的动词 contributed、helped、led、resulted 可推测，It 此处指某种行为，本题考查内容与这种行为带来的影响有关。
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5. What do we learn from the news report about the Japanese IT firm?
B)。【详解】新闻开头提到，日本一家 IT 公司正式推出了一项“办公室猫”政策，以改善紧张的工作环境。根据这一政策，这家公司允许员工把自己的猫带进办公室，因此答案为B)。
6. What does Fukuda encourage his employees to do?
B)。【详解】新闻中提到福田不仅鼓励员工带着猫工作，还鼓励员工从动物数量过多的动物收容所或大街上救助猫。此处在收容所和大街上的猫都可以理解为无家可归的猫，因此答案为B)。
7. What does the news report say about the firm's policy?
C)。【详解】新闻最后肯定了“办公室猫”政策的积极影响，认为带猫上班对于公司来说是一项巨大的成功，其他公司也纷纷效仿这一政策，因此答案为 C)。