There are differences between western culture and Chinese culture. We can see differences when we pay attention to the way words are used. Let’s look at the words about animals and plants. Most expressions in Chinese is about the dog, for example, “a homeless dog”, “a mad dog”, “a running dog” and “a dog catching a mouse”, have negative(消极) meanings. But in western countries, dogs are thought to be honest and good friends of humans. In English, people use the dog to describe positive(积极的) 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. However, Chinese love cats very much. But in western culture, “cat” is often used to describe a woman who is cruel(冷酷的). There are many other examples of how “cat” is used differently as well.
The rose is regarded as a symbol of love in both China and some western countries. 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.
The words about plants and animals are used in positive or negative ways in different cultures. We can learn about many differences in cultures by comparing how some words are used.
【小题1】The word “dog” in Chinese usually ______.
A. stands for friendship    B. has a negative meaning   C. has a positive meaning
【小题2】“Every dog has its day.” means “______”
A. Everybody in the world is lucky. B. Each person lives his own way of life.
C. Everybody has a time in life to be lucky.
【小题3】 Western people usually use “cat” to refer to “______”.
A. a tired person   B. a brave man  C. an unkind woman
【小题4】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Words show differences in cultures. 
B. Western people think cats to be good friends.
C. Rose is the national flower of all western countries.
【小题5】 This passage mainly tells us ______.
A. negative or positive things  B. different countries have different cultures
C. what dog and cat mean in English and Chinese

Timetables are important. They help you know what your classes are and when your classes are. They help you get to your classes on time. A class timetable has the names and time of all classes. A good timetable has other information(信息) too. You can write your teachers’names on it. In some schools, students have the same class in the same place every day—from Monday to Friday. The following timetable is fit(合适的) for those students.

Timetables are important. They help you know what your classes are and when your classes are. They help you get to your classes on time. A class timetable has the names and time of all classes. A good timetable has other information(信息) too. You can write your teachers’names on it. In some schools, students have the same class in the same place every day—from Monday to Friday. The following timetable is fit(合适的) for those students.

1.Why do we say the timetables are important?

A．Because they can help us do the homework well.

B．Because they can help us know about out subjects.

C．Because they can help us know a lot about our classmates.

D．Because they can help us know a lot about our teachers.

2.What does the timetable include(包括)?

a. the names of the subjects

b. the time of all classes

c. the classroom

d. the teachers’ names

e. the workdays of a week

A．a c d e            B．a b c e            C．a b d e            D．a b c d e

3.What class are the students having at 10:30 on Wednesday?

A．PE               B．Maths            C．English            D．Chinese

4.How many classes does Ms Feng have on Friday?

A．One             B．Two              C．Three            D．Four

5.Which of the following is Not right?

A．The students have an hour for lunch.

B．The students have seven lessons a day.

C．The students go to school five days a week.

D．The students do morning exercises and play ball games every day.

House of Porridge

Welcome to Clark’s Porridge House. We have different kinds

of porridge. We have meat porridge, vegetable porridge, and fruit

porridge is our special. It is only RMB 4 for one bowl. A bowl

of meat porridge is RMB 5.Vegtable porridge is RMB 3 for one

bowl, but RMB 5 for two. We have thin pancakes, too. They are RMB5

for ten. Come and taste delicious the food here. If you are too

busy to come, call us and we can deliver the food to you in

20 minutes.

Fill in the blanks according to the passage Only one word for

each blank

The owner of this porridge house is (1)____. The cheapest

is the (2)___porridge. If you eat a bowl of meat porridge and

five thin pancakes, you will pay RMB(3)____. (You can explain

it either in Chinese or in English.) The word“deliver”in the

last sentences probably means(4)____. If you order some good

in this restaurant at 6 o’clock, you will probably get it before

(5)_____