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体裁：民间传说 话题：属相 词数：249 时间：15′
A cultural explanation of the animal signs in Chinese folklore(民间传说) is that the animal signs serve a useful social function for finding out people's ages.Instead of asking__1__ how old a person is，people often ask__2__ his or her animal sign is.This would place that person's age within a(n)__3__ of 12 years，and with a bit of common sense，we can__4__ the exact age.More often，though，people ask for animal signs not to__5__ a person's exact numerical age，__6__to simply know who is older among friends and acquaintances(相识的人)．
