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【題目】 Many countries have different ideas about different animals, but when we talk about pigs, we may have the same idea of them---the pigs are ugly, lazy and stupid(蠢的).

Just look at the idioms(習(xí)慣) in Chinese. We have “Boiling a dead pig, ” and “A big looking in the mirrors still a pig.” And in English, they have “eating like a pig” and “sweating like a pig,” None(沒有一個)of them are good.

In fact, there are some good things about pigs. And maybe now is the best time to clear(澄清)their names because 2019 is the Year of the Pig in China.

First, pigs are not stupid. Their EQ is like dogs and chimpanzees(黑猩猩). They can remember things for a long time. And some pigs can learn things from people.

Second, pigs are very clean animal. On farms, they live in dirty places, so they are very dirty. In the wild(野外). Pigs are very clean.

Third, pigs are very friendly animals. Some people keep them as pets. Of course, people keep the small kind, not the big kind. Small pigs are very cute.

There are cute pigs in cartoons, too. Peppa Pig, for example, a UK cartoon, becomes popular in many countries. The four pigs in the cartoon teach children about love, friendship and family. In China, we have McDull(麥兜), a pig who works hard to make his dream come true.

【1】How many idioms are in the passage?

【2】What does Peppa Pig teach children?

【3】What good qualities(特質(zhì))do pigs have according to the writer?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Four

【2】It teaches kids about love, friendship and family.

【3】Pigs are not stupid, they’re very clean and friendly animals.

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹不同國家對動物的印象不同，但是對于豬，基本都是貶義詞，但是其實，豬也有很多優(yōu)點：聰明，愛干凈，性格友好，卡通動畫里也有豬的可愛形象。

【1】根據(jù)第二段“‘Boiling a dead pig, ’…‘sweating like a pig’”可知，文中介紹了兩個中國的以及兩個英語里的習(xí)語俗語，所以一共四個。故答案為Four。

【2】根據(jù)最后一段“The four pigs … love, friendship and family ”可知，《小豬佩琪》教會孩子們愛，友情以及家庭。故答案為It teaches kids about love, friendship and family.

【3】根據(jù)第四、五、六段“First, pigs are not stupid”，“Second, pigs are very clean animal”以及“Third, pigs are very friendly animals.”的描述，豬是一種聰明的，愛干凈的，且性格友好的動物。故答案為Pigs are not stupid, they’re very clean and friendly animals.