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北大附中学河南分校2015-2016学年八年级下学期英语3月月考卷
What do you think of black cats? Are they unluckier than cats of other colors? Many people in Western countries think so. Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), did a study on cat colours and people's understandings of cat personalities.
The study found that people do judge(判断) cat personalities by color. Scientists did a survey(调查) on the Internet. There were 49 statements (描述) matching five cat colorings with 10 personalities. People think orange and bi-colored (双色的) cats are friendly, tri-colored (三色的) cats are not generous, and white cats are calm, lazy and shy. As for black cats, people think they don't have special personalities.
But why do so many people dislike keeping black cats as pets? People think black cats have less special personalities, which might be because of their bad reputation (口碑). They think black cats may bring bad luck, especially at Halloween. Movies and television shows also make people believe that.
Although people have these ideas, UC Berkeley scientists give another reason: people don't think black cats are pretty enough. After all, nothing can show black cats are unluckier than other cats. “You can't judge a cat by its color, because it's the personality of the cat, not the color, that will let you know if the cat is right for you,” Cathy Marden, a scientist said.
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People used their given names when they were among family members. But in social life, they called each other by their courtesy names to show respect. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} If you were talking about yourself, or if your elders were talking about you, the given name would be used instead of the courtesy name.
Men would get their courtesy names when they turned 20. It was a symbol of adulthood(成人). {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} For example, Mencius' name was Meng Ke (孟). His courtesy name was Ziyu (子舆). Both Ke and Ziyu mean "carriage(马车)". Zhuge Liang's given name was Liang, which means "bright". His courtesy name was Kongming, which means "very bright".
A. This was mostly done among people of similar ages. B. Women would get their courtesy names after getting married. C. In ancient China, people's names had three parts D. One's courtesy name often had something to do with one's given name E. And his courtesy name was Taibai. |
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