In China, people talk about “Shuxiang”, which is very interesting. For example, 2006 is a “dog year”, and when a baby is born in this year, we say he or she is a little dog. Shuxiang usually brings people good luck. There are 12 animals below.
social, having rich feelings, friendly but complaining
hard, ordered, but keeping old
brave, confident, but careless
peaceful, having a good manner, a business head but cold emotion
active, outgoing, popular but selfish
fascinating(迷人的), thoughtful, but doubtful
active, self-confident, wise but proud and angry
kind, helpful, elegant but sad
wide, clever, warm, unsatisfied but slick(圆滑的)
confident, helpful, happy, but dressy
realistic, loyal(忠诚的), practical
hard, honest, simple, lucky but careless
6. When a baby is born in 2008, we can say he or she is a little .
A. pig B. rat C. tiger D. snake
7. If we call a boy a little horse, when was he born?
A. In 1998. B. In 2000. C. In 2002. D. In 2004.
8. Mr Lu, our English teacher, was born in 1976, a dragon year. Can you choose the right description of his characteristics?
A. He is a active, self-confident, resourceful but proud and angry
B. He is kind, helpful, artistic but sad
C. He is active, outgoing, popular but selfish
D. He is fascinating, thoughtful but dressy and doubtful
9. If someone is brave, confident but careless, we can guess he was born in a year.
A. rat B. dog C. horse D. tiger
10. Which of the following is not true?
A. In China, when me talk about “Shuxiang”, it means twelve animals.
B. From the passage, we can know 2010 is a hare year.
C. Shuxiang perhaps brings you good luck, but we shouldn’t believe it.
D. A cock year always comes after a monkey year.
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6.B根据2006 is a “dog year”可知2008年是在其两年后，往后推两年为鼠，故选B。
7.C题目给出的是马，而2006年是狗年，狗与马相差4年，故为2002年选C。
8.C根据所目所给的龙年，找到龙年相关的信息，发现是具有active, outgoing, popular but selfish的特点，故选C。
9.D 抓住题目给出的特点brave, confident but careless，对比12个生肖，不难发现是第三个也就是虎，故选D。
10.B细节题。2006年是狗年，2010年是四年后即虎年而不是免年，故B不对，其它的正确。