短文填空(四) 动物文化+带名字的手术帽
A [2020·原创]
China and Western countries may have different cultural beliefs about certain animals, but when it comes to pigs, we have somehow reached an agreement—that pigs are ugly, lazy, stupid and shameless. But the truth is that pigs do have some fine qualities.
Just look at the idioms and phrases in our languages. In Chinese, we have the likes of “Boiling a dead pig” and “A pig looking in the mirror is still a pig”. And in English, there are expressions such as “eating like a pig” and “sweating like a pig”. None of them are exactly praise.
For starters, science had proved that pigs aren't stupid at all. According to a paper published last year in the International Journal of Comparative Psychology, pigs are “mentally and socially similar to dogs and chimpanzees(黑猩猩)”. By training, pigs can learn some skills, such as dancing and swimming. They like to play. They have good long-term memories. And they can tell between who treat them well and those who don't.
There are popular pig characters in cartoons too. In the UK cartoon series Peppa Pig, the four members of the cartoon's pig family teach children from all over the world about love, friendship, and the value of family. And in China, The Adventures of Mcdull, has been recounted in films since 2001. “People care too much about the immediate results, but Mcdull is slow and patient, and not afraid of repeating failure,” said Mcdull's creator Brain Tse. “He has a heart of gold.”
Perhaps these are the qualities of pigs to keep in heart when we celebrate the New Year—their wisdom, cuteness, patience and bravery.
根据上面短文内容填空。
1.We Chinese know that “Boiling a dead pig” may mean that someone is and “A pig looking in the mirror is still a pig” refers to(指) the person who is .
2.According to the passage, in fact, pigs . And it's the to clear their names now.
3.Pigs may be as as dogs and chimpanzees. They can learn some skills, such as dancing and swimming if they are trained. Also they can something for a long time, so they can tell between who treat them well and those who don't.
4.In the UK cartoon series Peppa Pig, children can love, friendship, and the value of family from the four pigs. While The Adventures of Mcdull teaches people to , not afraid of repeating failure.
5.Pigs get no from Chinese and Western cultures, but their good qualities should
in heart when we celebrate the New Year—their wisdom, cuteness, patience and bravery.
B [2020·原创]
The doctors and nurses wore the same suits, hats and masks, and it was difficult to tell who was who when doing an operation.
To solve the problem, Rob Hackett, an anesthesio-logist(麻醉师) in Sydney, Australia, had an idea to write his name on his hat. In the beginning, his workmates didn't take it seriously, and even someone laughed at him, “Don't you remember your name?”
Dr Rob showed his thoughts on the website, “As we all know, doctors are a stressful job, and when facing with life and death danger, we have to race against time to try to save patients' lives. We need to create a culture that allows us to rebuild health care. We need to develop a system that reduces mistakes.”
A year later, Rob had the last laugh. Surgical(外科手术的)hats with names have been accepted around the world because of the following advantages:
· This simple method can reduce human mistakes in medical care. Doctors found that doing this can find proper doctors and nurses in time, which greatly saves the time of communication.
· The idea is to make patients feel human. The patient lies on sickbed, knowing who is doing the operation. This is also a kind of comfort which lets the patient feel less nervous.
·In addition, writing names on the surgical hat is a new way to promote(促进) the recycled use of hats, with environmental benefits.
