双面打印 七年级英语阅读理解专项训练.docx

七年级英语阅读理解专项训练 3 月 29 日 班别___________________ 姓名_________________ (A) With the Chinese New Year coming, Let’s welcome the Year of the Tiger. Do you know anyone born in the Year of the Tiger? Whats their personality like? Are they brave, strong and tenacious (顽强的)? If so, then they are a typical “tiger”. In Chinese culture, tigers are considered the king of all beasts. They symbolize power, energy, protection, generosity and unpredictability (难以捉摸). Tigers are regarded as fearless creatures, so thats why in China you can see images of tigers on the walls of temples and houses toward off disasters and danger. Tigers have an important cultural meaning not just in China, but across Asia. As they mostly live in Asia, for many people in the West they have become a cultural symbol of Eastern countries. For example, strong economies in the East – Singapore, South Korea, China’s Hong Kong and Taiwan – were called “The Four Asian Tigers”. In the book Life of Pi (《少年派的奇幻漂流》), Canadian writer Yann Martel chose a Bengal (孟加拉) tiger as the partner for Indian boy Pi on his survival adventure in the Pacific Ocean. French fashion brand KENZO takes the tiger as its main theme when it tries to embody (体现) Eastern elements with European design. Instead of tigers, lions are considered as the king of all beasts in the West. Brave warriors (勇士) were given the name “the lion”. In Europe, the animal is a national emblem (标志) for England as well as for Norway, Spain, Belgium and 13 other countries. But in the West, tigers are also seen as a very powerful animal. In English, if you want someone to calm down, you can say to them, “easy tiger”. Another famous phrase is: “Eye of the Tiger”, which means fierceness and strength. Tigers are also one of my favorite animals. I first learned about the beauty of tigers as a child, while watching animal documentaries. If you ask my mom, she’ll tell you that my most precious toy while growing up was my toy tiger, which I still treasure dearly to this day