Dragons can be friendly or fierce (兇狠), they can bring good luck or cause death, but one  thing is sure——people  talk about  them almost everywhere in the world.
In Chinese culture, dragons are generous and wise, although  they can be unpredictable. The dragon was closely connected  to  the royal  family: the emperor's robes (禮袍) have a symbol of a gold dragon with five claws. According  to popular belief,  if you were born  in  the year of the dragon, you are intelligent, brave, and a natural leader.
But in the west, dragons had a different reputation (名聲). The very first text in English, the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, tells the story of a Scandinavian hero, Beowulf, who fights and kills a dangerous dragon but is himself killed in the fight. However, across the border in Wales, the red dragon which appears on the Welsh flag is a positive symbol, indicating strength and a sense of national identity.
Why should  the dragon have a different character  in different parts of  the world? Some experts believe it is due to the animals that the myths grew out of.  In the west, the  idea of  the dragon probably came  from  the snake—an animal which people hated and were afraid of.
But in China, the idea of the dragon may have come from  the alligator--a shy animal which lives in rivers, but which  is usually only seen when  there  is plenty of water--a good sign for agriculture(農(nóng)業(yè)). So the Chinese dragon was a bringer of good fortune.
小題1:將劃線句子翻譯成中文。
_____________________________________________________________
小題2: 閱讀填詞，每空一詞。
In China, people think the dragon may have come from the ____ which is a shy animal. However, in the west, they think the dragon may come from the _____ that they hated and scared.
小題3:What  are  the  differences  between Chinese dragons and western dragons? (從文中找
出相關(guān)描述的英語單詞或短語，每空至少一個(gè)。)
Chinese dragons：_____________        Western dragons：___________.

小題1:在中國(guó)文化中，龍雖然可能有無法預(yù)測(cè)性，但是它是慷慨無私和有智慧的。
小題2:alligator, snake
小題3:generous and wise /a bringer of good fortune, a positive symbol/a sense of national identity.

試題分析：這篇文章主要講了不同的國(guó)家對(duì)于龍有不同的看法。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In Chinese culture, dragons are generous and wise, although  they can be unpredictable.可知答案是在中國(guó)文化中，龍雖然可能有無法預(yù)測(cè)性，但是它是慷慨無私和有智慧的。。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)in China,the idea of the dragon may have come from  the alligator龍可能來自鱷魚 。In the west, the  idea of  the dragon probably came  from  the snake。在西方，人們認(rèn)為龍來自蛇�？芍獞�(yīng)填alligator, snake。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In Chinese culture, dragons are generous and wise, although  they can be unpredictable. 在中國(guó)文化中，龍雖然可能有無法預(yù)測(cè)性，但是它是慷慨無私和有智慧的。the red dragon which appears on the Welsh flag is a positive symbol, indicating strength and a sense of national identity.紅色龍出現(xiàn)在威爾士旗是一個(gè)積極的象征,顯示力量和民族身份的感覺。故填generous and wise /a bringer of good fortune, a positive symbol/a sense of national identity.。
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