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【題目】閱讀下面短文,根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,從下面方框中的A-E選項中,選擇適當(dāng)?shù)倪x項補全短文。

As we know, there are differences between Western culture and Chinese culture.【1】. Let’s look at some words about animals and plants. Most expressions in Chinese about the dog, for example, “a homeless dog”, “a mad dog”, “a running dog” and “a dog catching a mouse”, have bad meanings.【2】. In English, people use the dog to describe good actions. For example, “you are a lucky dog” means you are a lucky person. And “every dog has its day” means each person has good luck sometimes. To describe a person’s serious illness, they say “sick as a dog”. The word “dog-tired” means very tired.【3】. But in Western culture, “cat” is often used to describe a woman who is unkind. There are many other examples of how “cat” is used differently as well.

【4】. People think the rose stands for love, peace, courage and friendship. And the rose is the national flower of England, America and many other countries.

【5】. We can learn about many differences in cultures by comparing how some words are used.

A. However, Chinese love cats very much.

B. The words about plants and animals are used in good or bad ways in different cultures.

C. We can see differences when we pay attention to the way words are used.

D. The rose is regarded as a symbol of love in both China and some Western countries.

E. But in Western countries, dogs are considered to be honest and good friends of humans

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】E

【3】A

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】本文通過對比不同國家對于動物和植物的一些詞語使用的差異來展示背后文化的差異。

【1】句意：當(dāng)我們關(guān)注單詞的使用方式時，我們可以看到差異。從后句的“Let’s look at some words about animals and plants.”（讓我們來看看有關(guān)動物和植物的一些單詞。）得知要拿單詞舉例子了，所以前句是在引出觀點：單詞的使用方式是有差異的，故選 C。

【2】句意：但在西方國家，狗被認為是誠實的，而且是人類的好朋友。后面開始講解在英國環(huán)境下“狗”的用法，發(fā)現(xiàn)與中國語境下的用法是不一樣的，所以這句話起到了轉(zhuǎn)折的作用，引出了下文，故選 E

【3】句意：但是，中國人非常愛貓。從后句中發(fā)現(xiàn)話題轉(zhuǎn)向了貓，而且句首有but，說明填空這一句在講的也和貓有關(guān)，故選 A。

【4】句意：在中國和一些西方國家，玫瑰被視為愛情的象征。原文“People think the rose stands for love, peace, courage and friendship.”（人們認為玫瑰代表愛情，和平，勇氣和友誼。）說明這段話題轉(zhuǎn)向了植物——玫瑰，故選 D

【5】句意：關(guān)于植物和動物的詞語在不同的文化中被以好的或壞的方式使用。這是最后一段，起著總結(jié)全文的作用，所以這句話有總結(jié)的作用，故選B。