【Asweknow,therearedifferencesbetweenwesterncultureandChineseculture.Wecanseedifferenceswhenwepayattentiontothewaywordsareused.Let’slookatthewordsaboutanimalsandplants.MostexpressionsinChineseaboutthedog,forexamp】
Asweknow,therearedifferencesbetweenwesterncultureandChineseculture.Wecanseedifferenceswhenwepayattentiontothewaywordsareused.Let’slookatthewordsaboutanimalsandplants.MostexpressionsinChineseaboutthedog,forexample,“ahomelessdog”,“amaddog”,“arunningdog”and“adogcatchingamouse”,havenegative(消极的）meanings.Butinwesterncountries,dogsarethoughttobehonestandgoodfriendsofhumans.InEnglish,peopleusethedogtodescribepositive（积极的）actions.Forexample,“youarealuckydog”meansyouarealuckyperson.And“everydoghasitsday”meanseachpersonhasgoodlucksometimes.Todescribeaperson’sseriousillness,theysay“sickasadog”.Theword“dog-tired”meansverytired.However,Chineselovecatsverymuch.Butinwesternculture,“cat”isoftenusedtodescribeawomanwhoiscruel（冷酷的）.Therearemanyotherexamplesofhow“cat”isuseddifferentlyaswell.
TheroseisregardedasasymbolofloveinbothChinaandsomewesterncountries.Peoplethinktherosestandsfor（代表）love,peace（和平）,courageandfriendship.AndtheroseisthenationalflowerofEngland,Americaandmanyothercountries.
Thewordsaboutplantsandanimalsareusedinpositiveornegativewaysindifferentcultures.Wecanlearnaboutmanydifferencesinculturesbycomparing(比较)howsomewordsareused.
()1.Theword“dog”inChineseusually_______.
A.showspeaceB.standsforfriendship
C.hasanegativemeaningD.hasapositivemeaning
()2.“Everydoghasitsday.”means“_______”.
A.Ifoneworkshard,he’ssuretosucceed.B.Everybodyintheworldislucky.
C.Eachpersonliveshisownwayoflife.
D.Everybodyhasatimeinlifetobelucky.
()3.Westernpeopleusuallyuse“cat”toreferto(指代)“_______”.
A.atiredpersonB.abravemanC.ahomelesspersonD.anunkindwoman
()4.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?
A.Wordsshowdifferencesinculture.B.Chinesepeoplepreferdogstocats.
C.Westernpeoplethinkcatstobegoodfriends.
D.Roseisthenationalflowerofallwesterncountries.
()5.Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?
A.Negativeorpositive.
B.Differentcountrie