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.
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social, having rich feelings, friendly but complaining
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hard, ordered, but keeping old
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brave, confident, but careless
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peaceful, having a good manner, a business head but cold emotion
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active, outgoing, popular but selfish
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fascinating(迷人的), thoughtful, but doubtful
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active, self-confident, wise but proud and angry
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kind, helpful, elegant but sad
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wide, clever, warm, unsatisfied but slick(圓滑的)
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confident, helpful, happy, but dressy
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realistic, loyal(忠誠的), practical
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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.