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Ⅰ.完形填空 体裁：民间传说　话题：属相　词数：249　时间：15′ A cultural explanation of the animal signs in Chinese folklore(民间传说) is that the animal signs serve a useful social function for finding out peoples ages.Instead of asking__1__ how old a person is，people often ask__2__ his or her animal sign is.This would place that persons age within a(n)__3__ of 12 years，and with a bit of common sense，we can__4__ the exact age.More often，though，people ask for animal signs not to__5__ a persons exact numerical age，__6__to simply know who is older among friends and acquaintances(相识的人)． According to Chinese legend，the twelve animals__7__ one day as to who was to__8__ the cycle of years.The gods were asked to decide and they held a__9__：whoever was to reach the__10__ bank of the river would be first，and the__11__ of the animals would receive their years__12__ their finish. All the twelve animals__13__ at the river bank and jumped in.__14__ to the ox，the rat had jumped upon his__15__．As the ox was about to jump ashore，the rat jumped off the oxs back，and__16__ the race.The pig，who was very lazy，__17__ up last.That is why the rat is the__18__year of the animal cycle，the ox second，and the pig last. The turning cycle of twelve animal signs was a__19__ method for naming the years in traditional China.The animal signs for one another are in an established__20__，and are repeated every twelve years. 1．A.probably B．possibly C．directly D．perfectly 答案　C　[根据后面的people often ask...可知人们并不直接询问别人多大了。] 2．A.what B．how C．when D．whether 答案　A　[what引导宾语从句，且在宾语从句中作is的表语。] 3．A.effect B．zone C．arrangement D．cycle 答案　D　[生肖12年一个循环。] 4．A.grasp B．infer C．mark D．achieve 答案　B　[根据一个人的属相可以“推测”一个人的年龄。] 5．A.calculate B．make C．apply D．set 答案　A　[从后面的simply know who is older among friends and acquaintances可知，人们问属相不是想计算一个人的实际年龄。] 6．A.or B．and C．but D．though 答案　C　[not...but...“不是……而是……”。] 7．A.fought B．quarreled C．disliked D．hesitated 答案　B　[根据下面的w