五、根据首字母提示完成短文，每空一词
Long ago, there was a man. People c42 him Lord Ye (叶公). It was said that Lord Ye loved dragons very much. E43 in his room was about dragons. The walls of his house were covered with dragon p44, and the doors and windows were carved (雕刻) with dragon designs.
“I love dragons best,” Lord Ye always said to o45 people. When the real dragon in the sky heard this, he f46 very happy. “Lord Ye loves dragons so much. I should v47 him and thank him,” thought the real dragon. So he f48 to Lord Ye’s house. He put his head into Lord Ye’s window and called out, “Lord Ye, are you here?”
You might think Lord Ye was very h49 to see a real dragon, but in fact, when he saw the real dragon, he was very frightened. He ran a50 as fast as he could.
From that day on, people knew that Lord Ye o51 loved pictures of dragons, not real ones.
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六、阅读与回答问题
When talking about popular Chinese novels (长篇小说), *Journey to the West* often comes to mind. It is a classic novel by Wu Cheng’en and was published in the 16th century. *Journey to the West* is one of the most famous Chinese works in the West.
Its popularity (受欢迎) has made it an inspiration (灵感) for many Western works. For example, Fred Ho, an American musician, wrote an opera called *Journey Beyond the West: The New Adventures of Monkey*.