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1、6英語(yǔ)悅讀之文化篇(A)Asweknow,therearedifferencesbetweenwesterncultureandChineseculture.Wecanseedifferenceswhenwepayattentiontothewaywordsareused.Let’slookatthewordsaboutanimalsandplants.MostexpressionsinChineseaboutthedog,forexample,“ahomelessdog”,“amaddog”,“arunningdog”and“adogcatchingamouse”,h
2、avenegative(消極的)meanings.Butinwesterncountries,dogsarethoughttobehonestandgoodfriendsofpeople.InEnglish,peopleusethedogtodescribepositive(積極的)actions.Forexample,“youarealuckydog”meansyouarealuckyperson.And“everydoghasitsday”meanseachpersonhasgood1uckoneday.Todescribeaperson’sseriousillne
3、ss,theysay“sickasadog”.Theword“dog-tired”meansverytired.However,Chineselovecatsverymuch.Butinwesternculture,“cat”isoftenusedtodescribeawomanwhoiscruel(冷酷的).Therearemanyotherexamplesofhow“cat”isuseddifferentlyaswell.TheroseisthoughtofasasymbolofloveinbothChinaandsomewesterncountries.Peopl
4、ethinktherosestandsforlove,peace,courageandfriendship.AndtheroseisthenationalflowerofEngland,Americaandmanyothercountries.Thewordsaboutplantsandanimalsareusedinpositiveornegativewaysindifferentcultures.Wecanlearnaboutmanydifferencesinculturesbycomparing(比較)howsomewordsareused.1．Theword“d
5、og”inChineseusually_________.A．showspeaceB．standsforfriendshipC．hasanegativemeaningD．hasapositivemeaning2．“Everydoghasitsday”means“_________”.A．eachpersonliveshisownwayoflifeB．ifoneworkshard,heissuretosucceedC．everybodyintheworldisluckyD．everybodyhasatimein1ifetobelucky3．Westernpeopleusu
6、allyuse“cat”toreferto(指代)“_________.”A．a(chǎn)tiredpersonB．a(chǎn)bravemanC．a(chǎn)homelesspersonD．a(chǎn)nunkindwoman4．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?A．Wordsshowdifferencesindifferentcultures.B．Chinesepeoplelikedogsbetterthancats.C．Westernpeoplethinkofcatstobegoodfriends.D．Roseisthenationalflow
7、erofallwesterncountries.5．What’sthebesttitleforthepassage?A．NegativeorPositive.B．DifferentCountriesHaveDifferentCultures.C．RoseMeanstheSameinChineseandEnglish.D．WhatDogandCatMeaninEnglish.(B)Iftherosecanbesaidtobeaspecialflower,thentheapplecanbesaidtobeaspecialfruit．Itisv
