Question

Long long ago, the Jade Emperor (玉皇大帝) organized an animal race. The first 12 animals to win could get a ___in the Chinese Zodiac (十二生肖), and have a year named after them.

The cat and the mouse both______ the ox (公牛) to wake them early on the day of the race. That day, the ox ______to wake them, but without success. So the kind ox carried them on______back and started running when the race began. The mouse _____ just when the ox was going cross the last river. He knew that he could _____ beat the cat. So he pushed the ______off the ox’s back. When the ox reached the other side of the river, the mouse jumped off and ran to the finishing line, just______ the ox. The tiger came third.

So the 12-year cycle (循环) begins with the mouse. The ox comes after him. The tiger ______the ox. The rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog and pig come after them. The cat was _______to finish the race, almost dying in the river, but she has no place in the zodiac.

So that’s why cats kill mice. They can never forget what happened in that race long long ago!

1.A. place B. prize C. sign D. skill

2.A. promised B. helped C. hated D. asked

3.A. loved B. refused C. forgot D. tried

4.A. her B. his C. their D. your

5.A. made up B. took up C. woke up D. dressed up

6.A. never B. still C. perhaps D. almost

7.A. monkey B. cat C. tiger D. dog

8.A. for B. against C. before D. after

9.A. leads B. cheats C. reminds D. follows

10.A. fast B. lucky C. easy D. free

1.A 2.D 3.D 4.B 5.C 6.A 7.B 8.C 9.D 10.B 【解析】本文介绍了十二生肖的来历。 1.句意：前12个获胜的动物可以在中国生肖中获得一席之地。A. place位置；B. prize 奖品；C. sign标志；D. skill技巧。十二生肖是按照动物的名字排列的位置。B/C/D三项的语意不对。故选A。...

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