Happy New Year, everyone!
The year of 2014 is the Year of the Horse in the Chinese lunar calendar(農(nóng)歷). It begins on January 31, 2014, and ends on February 18, 2015. People say 2014 is the Year of Wood Horse. Wood is something about trees or green, so it is also called Year of Green Horse. 2014 is the ji?w? (甲午) year.
Horses are our good friends for a long time. In the past, horses helped people carry heavy things and travel far. Today many people ride horses for fun.
Horses are hard-working and loyal animals. So are the people born in the Year of Horse. They are true to others. If you have some friends like that, be nice to them. They could be your friends forever.

【小題1】The year of 2014 is the Year of the ____________.

A．SnakeB．DragonC．MonkeyD．Horse
【小題2】The underlined word “l(fā)oyal” in the last paragraph means __________ in Chinese.
A．令人畏懼的B．自信的C．忠誠的D．固執(zhí)的


【小題1】D
【小題2】C

解析試題分析：這篇短文中作者主要介紹了馬年的來歷，起止時(shí)間；馬的品性，以及在馬年出生的人常具備的特性等。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段的第一句The year of 2014 is the Year of the Horse in the Chinese lunar calendar可知，2014年時(shí)馬年；故選D。
【小題2】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)短文最后一段可知，本句是對馬的性格進(jìn)行描述，根據(jù)后面的If you have some friends like that, be nice to them. They could be your friends forever.可知，馬是很勤奮和忠誠的動物；故選C。
考點(diǎn)：文化類短文閱讀。

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