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Tigers are fierce(凶猛的) and strong animals. A tiger is a kind of catamount animal. It (1) a cat, but is much bigger than a cat. So people usually think they are very (2) . However, in Chinese (3) , tigers are also a symbol of strength. Tigers, together with Chinese Loong and Qilin, are the (4) of Chinese people.
Chinese people like tigers for many (5) . In The Book of Rites(《礼记》), it (6) that "tigers are good for people because they eat boars(野猪) which are bad for crops on farms". Chinese people also believe the fierce animal can scare out devils(恶魔) and keep the house (7) . An educational TV show says tigers are one of the most (8) animals to human beings today.
Because of its brave, adventurous character, the word "tiger" in Chinese is used as praise, for example, "tiger general", and children who are tough(坚韧的) and full of life and energy (9) "little tigers". Traditionally, children wear hats made (10) a tiger's head to protect them and bring them good luck during Chinese New Year.

1. looks like
2. dangerous
3. culture
4. protectors
5. reasons
6. says
7. safe
8. valuable
9. are called
10. in the shape of

我们结合句意和八年级所学语法规则逐一分析：
1. 句意为“它看起来像猫，但比猫大得多”，主语It是第三人称单数，短语look like要变为第三人称单数形式looks like。
2. 句意为“所以人们通常认为它们非常危险”，be动词后接形容词作表语，名词danger的形容词形式是dangerous。
3. 句意为“然而在中国文化中，老虎也是力量的象征”，固定搭配Chinese culture表示“中国文化”，直接填原形culture。
4. 句意为“老虎和中国龙、麒麟一起，是中国人的守护者”，定冠词the后接名词，动词protect变为复数名词protectors，符合语境。
5. 句意为“中国人喜欢老虎有很多原因”，many后接可数名词复数，reason变为reasons。
6. 句意为“在《礼记》中提到‘老虎对人类有益，因为它们会吃掉破坏农田庄稼的野猪’”，固定句型it says that...表示“文中提到/据说”，it是第三人称单数，say变为says。
7. 句意为“中国人也相信这种凶猛的动物能驱走恶魔，保家宅平安”，固定结构keep sth + adj.表示“使某物保持某种状态”，直接填形容词safe。
8. 句意为“一档教育类电视节目称老虎是如今对人类最有价值的动物之一”，the most后接形容词构成最高级，名词value的形容词形式是valuable。
9. 句意为“那些坚韧、充满活力的孩子被叫做‘小老虎’”，主语children和call是被动关系，用一般现在时的被动语态are called。
10. 句意为“传统上，春节期间孩子们会戴做成虎头形状的帽子来保护自己、带来好运”，固定搭配in the shape of表示“呈……的形状”，符合语境。