Question

【題目】 Every Chinese has his or her own Chinese zodiac sign (known as Sheng Xiao), and so does each year. 2020 is the Year of the Rat. The rat is also the first in the rotation (循環(huán)) of the 12 zodiac signs.

Of the many stories that _______ these animal signs and their arrangement (安排), the most famous one is that of the Great Race. As the story goes, Jade Emperor, or Yudi, wanted to find a way to measure (測量) _______. So he organized a race. The first twelve animals to make it across a river would have a place on the zodiac calendar in the order they _______.

The rat rose with the sun to get an early start. _______ the rat was small and couldn’t swim very well, he asked some bigger animals for help. While the tiger and horse refused, the _______ ox agreed to carry the rat across. Yet, just as they were about to reach the other side of the river, the rat_______ the ox’s head and won first place. The ox came in second, with the powerful tiger right_______ him. The rabbit who was small but afraid of falling behind jumped across stones and logs (木頭) _______ and came in fourth. Next came the dragon, the snake and the horse.

Then Jade Emperor looked out at the river and found the sheep, the monkey and the rooster were on raft (木筏). They worked together to push it across the river. When they made it across, the three agreed to give the _______ place to the sheep, followed by the monkey and the rooster. Next came the dog. The last animal was the pig, who had gotten hungry and stopped ________ and sleep before finally reaching the finish line.

So, each year is connected with one of the animals in this order.

【1】A.proveB.questionC.explain

【2】A.rotationB.timeC.arrangement

【3】A.startedB.arrivedC.stayed

【4】A.BecauseB.IfC.When

【5】A.hard-workingB.open-mindedC.kind-hearted

【6】A.fell offB.jumped offC.climbed to

【7】A.behindB.beforeC.beside

【8】A.lazilyB.quietlyC.quickly

【9】A.seventhB.eighthC.ninth

【10】A.eatingB.runningC.to eat

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【6】B

【7】A

【8】C

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】

文章主要介紹了中國十二生肖的排列順序的由來。

【1】

句意：在許多解釋這些動物標(biāo)志及其排列的故事中。

prove證明；question質(zhì)疑；explain解釋；根據(jù)句意理解及后句the most famous one is that of the Great Race. As the story goes, Jade Emperor, or Yudi, wanted to find a way to measure (測量) ___2___.可知，這里說的是“解釋”，故選C。

【2】

句意：故事說，玉帝想找到一種方法來衡量時間。

rotation旋轉(zhuǎn)；time時間；arrangement安排；根據(jù)句意理解及常識以及文章最后So, each year is connected with one of the animals in this order.可知，這里指的是“時間”，故選B。

【3】

句意：第一批過河的十二只動物將按照它們到達(dá)的順序在黃道歷法上占有一席之地。

started開始；arrived到達(dá)；stayed停留；根據(jù)句意理解及后文Yet, just as they were about to reach the other side of the river, the rat___6___ the ox’s head and won first place. The ox came in second可知，這里指的是“按照到達(dá)的順序排列”，故選B。

【4】

句意：因為老鼠很小，不會游泳，所以他向一些大的動物求助。

Because因為；If如果；When當(dāng)……時；根據(jù)句意理解可知，the rat was small and couldn’t swim very well, he asked some bigger animals for help.兩句之間是因果關(guān)系，且前句是表示原因，所以用because引導(dǎo)，故選A。

【5】

句意：當(dāng)老虎和馬拒絕時，心地善良的牛同意把老鼠扛過去。

hard-working努力工作的；open-minded思想開放的；kind-hearted熱心的；根據(jù)句意理解及前句While the tiger and horse refused和后句的agreed可知，這里說的是“牛很熱心”，故選C。

【6】

句意：老鼠從牛頭上跳下來，贏得了第一名。

fell off摔下來；jumped off跳下來；climbed to爬到……；根據(jù)句意理解及后句won first place可知，這里指的是“從牛頭上跳下來”，故選B。

【7】

句意：公牛排在第二，強大的老虎緊隨其后。

behind在……后面；before在……之前；beside在……旁邊；根據(jù)句意理解及前句The ox came in second可知，這里表達(dá)的是“緊隨其后”，所以用behind，故選A。

【8】

句意：那只兔子雖小，但害怕落在后面，它很快跳過石頭和圓木，名列第四。

lazily懶惰地；quietly安靜地；quickly快速地；根據(jù)句意理解及后句came in fourth可知，這里表達(dá)的是“快速地跳過”，故選C。

【9】

句意：三個人同意把第八位讓給羊。

seventh第七；eighth第八；ninth第九；根據(jù)句意理解及上文的描述Yet, just as they were about to reach the other side of the river, the rat___6___ the ox’s head and won first place. The ox came in second, with the powerful tiger right___7___ him. The rabbit who was small but afraid of falling behind jumped across stones and logs (木頭) ___8___ and came in fourth. Next came the dragon, the snake and the horse.可知，這里指的是“羊排在第八位”，故選B。

【10】

句意：最后一個動物是豬，它餓了，停下來吃東西睡覺，最后才到達(dá)終點線。

eating吃，現(xiàn)在分詞或者動名詞形式；running跑，現(xiàn)在分詞或者動名詞形式；to eat吃，動詞不定式；根據(jù)句意理解及前句who had gotten hungry和后句and sleep可知，這里表達(dá)的是“停下來去吃”，英語是stop to do sth，故選C。