Whatisyourzodiac（生肖）animal?AccordingtotheChineselunarcalendar（农历）12animalsmark12differentyears.ItisthebasisoftheChinesezodiac.NowadaysChinesezodiacanimalshaveworldwidefameandareincreasinglypopularamongwesternpeople.

ThezodiacisanimportantpartofChineseculture.Peoplebelievethatthecharacteristicsofazodiacanimalinfluencethepersonalityofeverypersonborninthatyear.ForexamplepeoplebornintheYearoftheTigerareconsideredpowerfulandbrave.

Zodiacanimalsalsohavesomesocialfunctions.Whenpeoplethinkitisnotpropertoask:“Howoldareyou”theymaychangetheirquestionto“Whatisyourzodiacanimal?”Withthisquestionyoucanfigureoutroughlywhichyearsomeonewasbornandtheperson’sage.

ZodiacanimalsarenotspecialtoChina.ManycountriesshareasimilarzodiacculturewithChina.ForexampleintheJapaneseZodiacawildboar（野猪）takestheplaceofapigandtheVietnamese（越南的）zodiachasacatinsteadofarabbit.

Buthaveyoueverwonderedhowthese12animalswerechosentorepresenteachyear?AccordingtolegendtheJadeEmperor（玉皇大帝）invitedalltheanimalstojoinhimforChineseNewYear.Only12animalswenttoseehim.Asarewardhenamedayearaftereachoneintheordertheyarrived.Theoxwouldhavebeenthefirsttoarrivebuttheratsatonhisbackandjumpedoffjustbeforetheyarrivedtocomeinfirstplace.

1.Thecharacteristicsofazodiacanimalmayinfluencethe_____ofeverypersonborninthatyear.

A.appearanceB.personality

C.hobbyD.education

2.“Whatisyourzodiacanimal?”isaquestionusedtofindoutaperson’s______.

A.ageB.name

C.jobD.weight

3.IntheJapanesezodiacwedon’tseethezodiacanimal：_______

A.wildboarB.rabbit

C.dragonD.pig

4.Accordingtothelastparagraphweknowthat____wasthefirstanimaltoarrive.

A.oxB.Rat

C.pigD.Cat