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Superstitions

  There are over one million superstitions(迷信), and most people believe at least one or two of them.Many people are superstitious about numbers.They think that there are lucky numbers and unlucky numbers.The number 13 is often considered unlucky.In some parts of the world, buildings have no 13th floor and streets have no houses with the number 13.In Japan, “4” is considered unlucky because in Japanese the word “four” is pronounced the same as the word “death”.The Japanese never give gifts of four knives, four napkins, or four of anything.

  What are the lucky numbers? Seven is a lucky number in many places, and “8” is considered a lucky number in Japan and China.In China, businesses often open on August 8, and many couples register to get married at eight past eight on August 8.Superstitions about numbers are so widespread that some people-called numerologists-make a living by giving advice about numbers.In 1937, when the Toyoda family of Japan wanted to form a car company, they asked a numerologist if “Toyoda” would be a good name for the company.The numerologist said it would not be.He explained that “Toyota” would be a better name for the company.The family took his advice.As a result, millions of people drive “Toyotas” and not “Toyodas”.

  There are many other kinds of superstitions.There are superstitions about eating, sleeping, sneezing and itching.There are superstitions about animals and holidays and horseshoes.There are even superstitions about superstitions.Those superstitions tell people how to reverse bad luck.When the Japanese bump heads, they immediately bump heads again.According to a Japanese superstition, the first bump means their parents will die, but the second bump “erases” the first bump.To reverse bad luck in general, people turn around three times, turn their pockets inside out, or put their hats on backwards.

(1)

It can be inferred that superstitions about numbers are ________.

[  ]

A.

popular all over the world

B.

accepted by many people in the world

C.

valuable to businessmen

D.

dangerous to common people

(2)

From this passage we can find that ________.

[  ]

A.

a numerologist is an expert in maths

B.

Japan’s development depends on numerologists

C.

a numerologist is a superman

D.

the Japanese have a strong belief in numerologists

(3)

The word “reverse” in this passage means ________.

[  ]

A.

cause to go in the opposite direction

B.

read carefully

C.

turn over in the mind

D.

make…worse

(4)

If we see a Japanese bumps his head once again, we can know that he is ________.

[  ]

A.

mad

B.

angry

C.

superstitious

D.

foolish

(5)

What’s the writer’s purpose to write this passage?

[  ]

A.

To persuade us to believe superstitions.

B.

To warn us against the danger of superstitions.

C.

To show us some facts of superstitions.

D.

To show us the magic power of superstitions.

答案:1.B;2.D;3.A;4.C;5.C;
解析:

(1)

推理判斷題。第一段第二句話“許多人都是數(shù)字迷信者”,故B項(xiàng)“世界上許多人都接受這一觀點(diǎn)”正確。A項(xiàng)“世界各地都很流行”、C項(xiàng)“對商人來說很有價(jià)值”、D項(xiàng)“對普通人來說太危險(xiǎn)了”都與文意不符。

(2)

推理題。第二段中指出日本人非常迷信數(shù)字,故D項(xiàng)“日本人非常迷信數(shù)字”正確。A項(xiàng)“數(shù)字迷信者是一位數(shù)字專家”、B項(xiàng)“日本的發(fā)展取決于數(shù)字迷信者”、C項(xiàng)“數(shù)字迷信者是個(gè)超人”與文章內(nèi)容不符。

(3)

詞義理解題。文中第三段第五句話“迷信告訴人們?nèi)绾无D(zhuǎn)化厄運(yùn)”,所以A項(xiàng)“向相反方向轉(zhuǎn)化”符合題意。B項(xiàng)“認(rèn)真閱讀”,C項(xiàng)“轉(zhuǎn)變思想觀點(diǎn)”,D項(xiàng)“使得更糟”都與原文不符。

(4)

細(xì)節(jié)題。文章第三段講當(dāng)日本人撞了一下頭后,他們會(huì)立刻再撞一下。因?yàn)楦鶕?jù)日本的迷信,撞第一下的時(shí)候意味著他的父母會(huì)死去,而撞了兩下就意味著可以取消第一下的負(fù)面作用。所以我們說看到日本人再次撞頭時(shí),我們就知道他很迷信。A項(xiàng)“瘋狂”、B項(xiàng)“生氣”、D項(xiàng)“愚蠢”都與題意不符。

(5)

作者意圖推斷題。通讀全文便可知道C項(xiàng)“告訴我們有關(guān)的一些事實(shí)”為正確答案。A項(xiàng)“勸我們信迷信”、B項(xiàng)“告誡我們迷信的危險(xiǎn)作用”、D項(xiàng)“告訴我們迷信的神奇力量”都與文意不符。


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