As we know, there are differences between western culture and Chinese culture. We can see  differences  when we pay attention to the words that are used. Let’s look at the words about describing animals. Most phrases in Chinese about the dog. For example, “ a  homeless dog”, “a running dog”,  and “ a dog catching a mouse”, have negative meanings.

But in western countries, dogs are considered honest and good friends of humans. In English, people use dogs to describe positive behavior. For example, ”You are  lucky dog” means you are a  lucky person.   And “Every dog has its day” means__________. To describe a person’s serious illness, they say “sick as a dog”. The  word “dog-tired”  means “ very tired”. The  words  about animals are used in positive or negative ways in different cultures. We can learn about many differences in cultures by comparing how certain words are used.

1.The correct Chinese meaning about “ a homeless dog” is “_________”.

2.In English ,people use dogs to describe positive behavior because____________.

3.Which sentence is right to fill in the blank in the passage?

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

5.What ‘s the best  title of the passage?

根据短文内容和所给汉语提示，写出短文空白处各单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。

At school many things happen to us. We may feel   66  （激动的）when we succeed in a school play. We may feel sorry if we lose an important   67  （比赛）. We want to keep the memory in our lives. How to keep memories? Our teacher, Mr. Smith, has taught us how to   68  （记住）things to make our own yearbook. A yearbook is a  69  （种） of book which is used to memory wonderful moments. It’s usually made at the end of year. Last   70 （十二月）, we began to make our yearbook.  71  (首先) we chose the persons that had done something   72 （特殊的）, then some   73   （学生） interviewed them, some   74  （写）down their stories, others took photos of them. Finally our teacher helped us to put the things   75（一起）. Then we had our first yearbook.

从方框中选出适当的动词并用其适当形式填空。有的需要加助动词或不定式符号。

         take    fall    be   find  drive    

I am a taxi driver in London. I 91_____________ a taxi driver for nearly ten years. It’s a nice job most of the time. I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day.

At 11 pm last Sunday，I 92 ______________a woman home from a party. She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog and she climbed in through the window.”

I waited and waited. After half an hour, I decided 93______________ out what was going on. I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief. Luckily the woman came downstairs. She         94 _____________ asleep and forgot about the dog and me!

“Thank you for coming in time, or I will 95______________ to the police station.” I said to her.

根据下列短文，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

Reading is an activity that people enjoy a lot in their free time.

Some like reading newspapers and   1.  enjoy novels or comic books. My  2.   books are those about the lives of great people. Reading them always  3.  me a lot of ideas on how to make my own life better.

Great people are remembered not  4.  they were handsome or beautiful, but because they did not give up  5.  their lives were difficult. They tried to use every chance to change their lives and make the world better.

One good example is Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two brothers who invented the   6. . The plane has made the world into a small village. Hard work, not good luck, is the   7.   why the Wright brothers could   8.   this convenient machine and become great people. Today we will remember them when we see planes  9.  the sky.

Whenever I read stories about great people, I always   10.  a lot from them and they encourage me to move forward.

This is why I enjoy reading about great people’s lives.