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牛津版(深圳·广州)2018-2019学年初中英语八年级下册Module 3 Unit 5第2课时Reading (2)
Animals are our friends. There are many zoos in the 1It's good to 2 animals in zoos. Zoos have many advantages, I think.
Firstly, zoos are places for people to see 3 kinds of animals. Without zoos, most people would4see a real bear or tiger.
5 , zoos can take good care of animals. Zoos give 6 to animals and. clean them on time every day. In the wild, it is not always easy for an animal to find food. So sometimes it goes 7. But animals in zoos never go hungry.
Thirdly, people protect the animals in zoos and offer them safe places to live 8 Animals are living in zoos safely and happily. In the wild, some kinds of animals are 9 and endangered. But zoos give these animals a chance to live. Without zoos, there would be 10 kinds of animals in the world. People should do more things to protect animals.
The plum blossom (梅花) is the number one of the Chinese Top Ten Famous Flowers. It is very important to Chinese people because of its history and cultural meanings. The plum blossom came from the south of China. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Plum blossoms are popular with Chinese people and often used as home decoration during Spring Festival. The city of Nanjing has designated plum blossom as the city flower and the Plum Blossom Festival is held every year. Thousands of people visit the Plum Blossom Hill and enjoy the flowers in the snow.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Firstly, this kind of flower has five petals (花瓣). They are a symbol of happiness, good luck, long life, smooth sailing (一帆风顺) and peace.
Secondly, when a heavy snow comes and all the other flowers fall, only plum trees stand straight and blossom in rich colors to bring people the news of early spring. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Because it blossoms in the cold winter, the plum blossom is seen as one of the "Three Friends of Winter". Do you know what the other "Three Friends of Winter" are? They are pines and bamboo. The plum blossom is also one of the "Four Gentlemen" of flowers in Chinese art.
Thirdly, it plays an important role in Chinese literature. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Many poets and painters have been drawing inspiration from plum blossoms and they have created a lot of great works.
A. The plum blossom is famous for its cultural meanings. B. So the plum blossom also means courage, hope, beauty and the new life. C. For this reason, people call them "Three Friends of Winter" D. It has been in Chinese poetry and art for hundreds of years. E. Later it was introduced to Japan, Korea and Vietnam. |
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