（B）

Wearealreadyfamiliarwiththe12animalsignsoftheChinesehoroscrope(占星术).Somepeoplethinktheycandescribeyourcharacteristicsandforetellfutureeventsinyourlife.Aperson’sanimalsignisconnectedtohisbirthyear,.Eachanimalhasadifferenttypeofcharacter.

Afterwehavelearnedthetext“starsigns”,weknowthatpeopleintheWesthave12starsigns.Theastrology(占星学)isthestudyoftherelationshipbetweenthemovementsofthestarsorplanetsandhowtheyaffectpeopleandevents,Thehoroscopeisadescriptionofyourcharacterandthethingsthatwillhappentoyou,basedonthepositionofthestarsorplanetsatthetimeofyourbirth.IntheWest,thehoroscopeisakindofculture,likeanart.Manypeopleloveditandstudiedit.Itisseveralthousandyearsoldandbasedonlongstudy.Itisusedtoforetellfeelingsandfutureevents.Butitisnotreal.Itisjustatoolandsomepeoplemaynotbelieveit.Peoplecanoftenseeitinnewspapers,magazinesandwebsites.

ThehoroscopeissopopularinChina.PeopleinChinaliketolearnaboutitjustforfun.

()1WhatdosomepeoplethinkoftheChinesehoroscope?

AItcantellthebirthdateofaperson.

BItcantellthecharacteristicsofaperson

CItcanbeusedinscience

DItcanhelppeopleknowhowtodothings.

()2TheastrologyhasbeenlovedbypeopleintheWestfor______.

AthousandsofyearsB3hundredyears

CmillionsofyearsDnotlong

()3Yourbirthyeardecidesyour______.

AstarsignBanimalsignCfanilyDfuture

()4Readingthehoroscopeisjust______formanypeopleinChina.

AdangerousBboringCinterestingDeasy-going

()5WhichofthefollowingisTUREaccordingtothepassage?

ATheChinesehoroscopedescribeaperson’spastandfutute.

BTheastrologydescribeswhathappenedtoapersoninthepast.

CTheChinesehoroscopeandtheastrologyareveryusefulandtheyaretellingthetruthaboutourlives.

DTheChinesehoroscopedescribesaperson’scharacterandforetellshisfuture,butsomepeopledon’tbelievethat.