题目内容
Maneki Neko
Most guests to a Japanese restaurant will be familiar with a toy cat in the front window. It seems to be waving to people on the street, asking them to go inside the restaurant. 1. The cat is usually white in color and holds a gold coin.
If you look at Maneki Neko dolls closely, you will notice that some dolls wave with their left arm and some with their right.2. Cats that are waving with their right arm mean, “Welcome wealth”. Maneki Neko has these meanings because of a Japanese legend about a very special cat.
3.. One day, a rich man was hunting in the area when it started to rain. 4.He saw the cat waving him,so the man walked toward the cat. At the same time, lightning hit the tree and it fell to the ground. 5. So he gave the priest a lot of money to show his thanks.
Though around 400 years old, this friendly cat still welcome people with a wave, just as it did to the rich man in the rain.
A. He stopped under a tree near the temple.
B. The man believed that the cat had saved his life.
C. This is Maneki Neko, or “Waving Cat” in Japanese.
D. In the 17th century, a poor priest lived with his cat at a temple in Tokyo.
E. Waving with the left arm is the traditional pose and means, “Welcome guests”
1.C 2.E 3.D 4.A 5.B 【解析】本文介绍了招财猫的来历，以及招财猫挥手表示的含义。 1.C 根据后文的Maneki Neko has these meanings because of a Japanese legend about a very special cat.可知Maneki Neko有日语的含义，故选C。 2.E ...
Here is a 2-way student exchange. Fred, 19 , spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.
Fred knew little German when he arrived. But after 2 months of studying, the language became easy for him. School was very different from what he had looked forward to and it was much harder. Students stood up politely when the teacher came into the room. They took 14 subjects while American students usually took 6 in the US.
Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was the law(法律) . All the children had to do their activities with their family. Fred also missed having a car. In Germany, you should walk to go out to have a good time.
At the same time, in America, Mike was forming his own ideas. He says,’ American schools are too easy for our level but I have to say that I like it a lot in Germany , we do nothing except study. Here we take part in many other activities.
Differences between American school life and German school life | ||
Items | American students | German students |
Class rules | They don’t have to stand up when their teacher come in | They have to1.up and show respect(尊敬) to their2. |
3.life | They do their own things alone. | They have to listen to their4. |
School5. | They have six and they are very easy for them | They have 14, but the lessons are much more6. |
Going out | They can7.cars | They have to8.all the way |
School activities | They have9.other activities | They have to10.hard all the time. |