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Maneki Neko

Most guests to a Japanese restaurant will be familiar with a toy cat in the front window. It seems to be waving to people on the street, asking them to go inside the restaurant. 1. The cat is usually white in color and holds a gold coin.

If you look at Maneki Neko dolls closely, you will notice that some dolls wave with their left arm and some with their right.2. Cats that are waving with their right arm mean, “Welcome wealth”. Maneki Neko has these meanings because of a Japanese legend about a very special cat.

3.. One day, a rich man was hunting in the area when it started to rain. 4.He saw the cat waving him,so the man walked toward the cat. At the same time, lightning hit the tree and it fell to the ground. 5. So he gave the priest a lot of money to show his thanks.

Though around 400 years old, this friendly cat still welcome people with a wave, just as it did to the rich man in the rain.

A. He stopped under a tree near the temple.

B. The man believed that the cat had saved his life.

C. This is Maneki Neko, or “Waving Cat” in Japanese.

D. In the 17th century, a poor priest lived with his cat at a temple in Tokyo.

E. Waving with the left arm is the traditional pose and means, “Welcome guests”

1.C 2.E 3.D 4.A 5.B 【解析】本文介绍了招财猫的来历，以及招财猫挥手表示的含义。 1.C 根据后文的Maneki Neko has these meanings because of a Japanese legend about a very special cat.可知Maneki Neko有日语的含义，故选C。 2.E ...

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