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C 跨学科 中国十二生肖 (2024·镇江中考)
Zodiac animals are important to the Chinese people for long. Many years ago, a president from a foreign country v 1 China. At the dinner, he presented people with a riddle, "There are twelve things that can be given to all the Chinese, and each person can get his or her o 2. What are the twelve things?" The answer is of course the "12 zodiac animals". As a cultural sign that stays with a person since his or her b 3, the zodiac animal of the year plays an important role in e 4 life. Even today, many Chinese people will use "What is your zodiac animal?" instead of "How old are you?" when they ask about a person's a 5.
In ancient times, people formed clans(部落). Different clans had different signs. The clans usually used the looks of animals. O 6, an important meeting was held. At the meeting, the animals used by the most powerful clans were d 7 as the zodiac animals.
Just l 8 China, many other countries also have similar systems of zodiac animals. For example, India has a system of 12 zodiac animals, which is a 9 the same as that of China, with only the lion in the place of the tiger. The Vietnamese(越南的) system has the cat instead of the rabbit, but the other e 10 animals remain the same. It is widely believed that it was the Chinese zodiac culture that spread to the countries nearby.
1. visited 2. own 3. birth 4. everyone’s/everybody’s/everyday 5. age
6. Once 7. decided 8. like 9. almost 10. eleven

答案： C 【文章大意】本文介绍了中国的十二生肖及其文化影响。
1.visited 2.own 3.birth 4.everyone’s/everybody’s/everyday 5.age 6.Once 7.decided 8.like 9.almost
10.eleven