It was a cold,windy night with a bright full moon in the sky. I was standing at a lonely bus stop waiting for my ride home. I heard a bus coming,so I turned to look. I saw the numbers 666 on the bus. For western people,the number 666 is evil (邪惡) ！

I was too frightened to get on. I stopped a passing taxi,jumped in and left there.

   A number of years ago I took a Chinese class but things quickly turned sour when the teacher asked me what my favorite number was. “Four ,” I answered. The teacher's face went pale. “No,no no!You. .. you evil!” she screamed. I didn't want to cause trouble. “4” really has been a favorite number of mine since I was a little American boy. Of course,I lost that teacher. But the experience gave me a new favorite number “8” which I proudly declare safe in the knowledge that my Chinese friends will praise (稱贊) my choice.

   In Chinese,there are numbers for making a lot of money “888” and those for of a long life “99”. But there also is a number for death “4”. That is why you should never give your Chinese friends four of anything. That is also why every Wang,Liu and Zhang wanted to get married on August 8 ,2008. Please remember 13 and Friday mean bad luck for western people,but 9 means good luck.

   Numbers are just one thing. To Chinese people a full moon is good luck. But in the West a full moon is a sign of bad luck. I tried to get praise from my Chinese friends but I couldn^ make myself comfortable to see the full moon and 666 in this dark night.

() 1. Where does the writer come from?

   A. China   B. Canada   C. Japan   D. America

() 2. When the writer was very young,his favorite number was.

   A. 4   B. 666   C. 8   D. 99

() 3. are bad lucks for western people.

   A. 666 and 888   B. Friday and four

   C. 99 and 888   D. Thirteen and Friday

() 4. The passage is mainly about .

   A. numbers for good luck

   B. numbers for bad luck

   C. numbers mean differently in different countries

   D. numbers for good luck are the same in the world

1. D 2. A 3. D 4. C

閱讀提示：本文介紹了不同的國家對數(shù)字的不同理解。說明數(shù)字的含義不是一成不變的。

1. D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段中的倒數(shù)第二句“‘4’ really has been a favorite number of mine since I was a little American boy. ”可知答 案為D.

2. A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段倒數(shù)第二句“‘4’really has been a favorite number of mine since I was a little American boy.”可知答案 為A.

3. D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第三段中的最后一句話“Please remember 13 and Friday mean bad luck for western people,but 9 means good luck. ”可知答案為D.

4. C推理判斷題。通讀短文可知：數(shù)字在不同的國家意義也不相 同。可知答案為C.

題目來源：2016年啟東中學(xué)作業(yè)本英語閱讀理解與完形填空4 > Week 19 Know our world 了解我們的世界

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