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Whether we're young or old, rich or poor, we have one thing in common: The moon has always looked down at each of us when it lights up the night sky.
Just like a mirror (镜子), the moon
reflects the sun's light. It can also reflect people's feelings. This is probably why the moon is always popular among Western and Chinese music, poems and other forms of literature. So when we look at the moon, what exactly do we see looking back at us?
Well, that depends on who's looking.
The ancient Greek poet Sappho, for example, saw the moon as a woman who lit up space with her beauty.
Later in England, however, the moon's image (形象) was completely different. In the Middle Ages, English people often drank to get away from difficult life. In their eyes, the moon was a man who liked drinking. In London, at least three pubs(酒馆) were named Man in the Moon. It's probably because the bright moon at night looks like a man's red face after drinking. A popular song sung in pubs at that time even went, "Our man in the moon drinks wine..."
Chinese Tang dynasty poet Li Bai's Quiet Night Thought reads, "I look up to the mountain moon, and then I look down and think of home." Similarly, Zhang Jiuling wrote in another poem, "Looking at the moon and thinking of one far away." So in Chinese culture, when people look at the moon, they may miss their hometown or someone. Very interesting, right?
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C
)4. 新考法 学
科融合 What does the underlined word "reflects" mean?
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A
)5. What does the moon probably stand for in ancient Greece?
A. A beautiful woman.
B. The hometown.
C. A wine-loving man.
D. The person who you miss.
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D
)6. Why were the pubs named Man in the Moon in London during the Middle Ages?
A. Because people believed that a man lived on the moon.
B. Because people liked looking up at the moon while drinking.
C. Because people wanted to get away from their difficult life to the moon.
D. Because people thought a man's red face after drinking just looked like the bright moon.
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C
)7. 新考法 句
子回填 Which of the following can be put in the "
"?
A. The bright moon caught Li Bai's attention.
B. There were many famous poems in ancient China.
C. The moon is also a popular subject in Chinese poems.
D. Chinese people eat mooncakes while enjoying the moon.
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B
)8. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The exploration into the moon.
B. The moon's image in different cultures.
C. Different ways to praise the moon around the world.
D. The relationship between the moon and people in different times.
