2021年四川省南充市仪陇县中考英语模拟试卷（三）（附答案详解）.docxVIP

第 =page 1 1页，共 =sectionpages 1 1页 2021年四川省南充市仪陇县中考英语模拟试卷（三） Why did Chinese people in the past or even sometimes today call their sons dog son？Being modest（谦逊的） is a very important part of Chinese culture.The use of the termdog son is a good (1) of this. Chinese people believe that dogs are humble （卑下的） animals.When Chinese parents use dogson to refer to their sons，they are showing modesty.Most parents do want their children to be (2)，of course.However，they dont usually (3) this in front of others.Instead，they try to play it down （淡化） .This is (4)to how even rich Chinese people sometimes c