2012年新目標(biāo)九年級英語Unit12單元檢測試題及答案
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 f lower 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.
( )31. the word “dog” in chinese usually .
a. shows peace
b. stands for friendship
c. has a negative meaning
d. has a positive meaning
( )32. “every dog has its day” means “ ” in english.
a. everybody in the world is lucky
b. each person lives his own way of life
c. if one works hard, he’s sure to succeed
d. everybody has a time in life to be lucky
( )33. western people usually use “cat” to refer to(指代) “_______”.
a. a tired person b. a brave man
c. a homeless person d. an unkind woman
( )34. which of the following is true according to the passage?
a. words show differences in cultures.
b. chinese people prefer dogs to cats.
c. western people regard cats as good friends.
d. rose is the national flower of all western countries.
( )35. what’s the best title for the passage?
a. negative or positive?
b. different countries have different cultures
c. rose means the same in chinese and english
d. what dog and cat mean in english and chinese
c
that litt le “a” with a circle around it is most commonly used as the “at” symbol. the symbol is usually found in e-mail addresses. surprisingly though, there is no official (官方的) name for this symbol, there are lots of strange ways to describe the @ symbol. before the @ symbol became the popular symbol for e-mail, it was used to show the cost of something. for example, if you bought 6 apples, you might write 6 apples @$1.10 each.
as e-mail is becoming more and more popular, the @ symbol or the “at” sign is used between a person’s online user name and his mail server address, for example, the symbol’s use on the internet made it necessary for people to put this symbol on keyboards in the countries that had never seen or used the symbol before.
the actual origin (起源) of the @ symbol remains a mystery. according to an ancient western legend, during the middle ages before the invention of the printing press (印刷機(jī)), every letter of a word had to be written by hand for each copy of a book. the monks (僧侶) looked for ways to make the letters of common words less. although the word “at” was quite short, it was quite a common word in texts and documents. as a result, they circled around “a” and created @.