题目
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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" .
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 numerologist--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 "Toyota" and not "Toyoda" .
There are many other kinds of superstitions. There are superstitions about eating, sleeping, sneezing and itching(抓痒). There are superstitions about animals and holidays and horseshoes.
There are even superstitions about superstitions. Those superstitions will 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.
In the United States, baseball players sometimes wear their caps backwards when their team is losing. It looks silly, but the baseball players do not mind if it helps them win the game.
小题1:It can be inferred that superstitions about numbers are .
A.popular neither in Japan nor in China |
B.popular only in Japan and in China |
C.popular both in Japan and in China |
D.causing great troubles both in Japan and in China |
A.change to bad luck | B.cause to go in the opposite direction |
C.change for the worse | D.exchange |
A.he is mad | B.he is happy | C.he is superstitious | D.he is very sad |
A.persuading us to believe superstitions |
B.showing us some facts of superstitions |
C.showing us the magic power of number |
D.showing us a numerologist |
答案
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:B
解析
小题1:根据短文描述可知在日本和中国都有数字迷信,故选C。
小题1:根据下文bad luck不好的运气,可知选B,这些迷信会告诉人们如何转变霉运。
小题1:根据When the Japanese bump heads, they immediately bump heads again. 及下文描述可知选C。
小题1:根据There are over one million superstitions(迷信), and most people believe at least one or two of them.及本文描述可知本文主要告诉我们一些关于迷信的事情。故选B。
核心考点
试题【There are over one million superstitions(迷信), and most people believe at least o】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
A
Food
British people like good food, and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month. Fast food is also very popular---30% of all adults have a hamburger every three months, but 46% have fish and chips!
Sports
British people don’t do a lot of sports. Only 17% of people go swimming every week, about 9% go cycling and 8% play golf--- and only 6% of people play football (but 32% go to watch it).
Cinema and TV
Films are very popular in Britain, and about 60% of the young people go to the cinema every month. At home, men watch TV for about three hours every day ---30 minutes more than women.
Holidays
British people love going on holiday, and have 56 holidays every year. Most of these holidays aren’t spent in the UK---27% are in Spain. 10% are in the USA, and 9% are in France. Maybe this is because the weather in Britain isn’t very good!
Presents
British people don’t send others expensive presents like other Europeans. They often send chocolates, wine and flowers of good quality.
小题1: Which food could be more popular among British adults, a hamburger or fish and chips?
A.A hamburger. | B.Fish and chips. | C.Both. | D.Neither. |
A.men | B.women | C.young people | D.old people |
A.Three hours. | B.Three hours and a half. | C.Two hours. | D.Two hours and a half. |
A.Spain | B.France | C.America | D.Australia |
A.Chocolates. | B.Wine. | C.Flowers. | D.Money. |
But why do people want to do nothing but read while traveling to work in a train? Perhaps they are tired, or else they sit behind a newspaper to shut themselves off from the world.All the same, most men would notice a woman struggling with a heavy case and jump up to help her and a pretty girl sitting opposite wouldn’t escape their attention either.In this case a paper is useful because they can have a good look at her from behind it without her knowing.Perhaps they do nothing but read.There are stories of girls and young men who met in the rush hours, got married, and went on traveling in the same train hand in hand.
小题1:The main idea of this passage is that______.
A.people in Britain are great newspaper readers |
B.why people read newspaper when they travel by train |
C.people do nothing but read in a train |
D.when people go to work in a train, they do different things |
A.is a custom just among men who can read | B.is something the British do only traveling in a train |
C.is a daily activity most people enjoy | D.can help people in many ways |
A.he is trying to get some business news |
B.he wants to have a rest |
C.he hopes to escape the attention of a pretty girl |
D.he doesn’t want to talk with other people around him |
A.It is interesting for a man to help a woman in trouble |
B.it is considered a man’s duty to offer help to a woman in need |
C.the woman is too weak to carry a heavy case |
D.men are often more interested in other things than reading newspapers, especially when women are in trouble |
Red is a hot color. Americans often use it to express heat. They may say they are red hot about something unfair. When they are red hot they are very angry about something. The small hot tasting peppers found in many Mexican foods are called red hots for their color and their fiery taste.
Pink is a lighter kind of color. People sometimes say they are in the pink when they are in good health. It probably comes from the fact that many babies are born with a nice pink color that shows that they are in good health.
Blue is a cool color. The traditional blues music in the United States is the opposite of red hot music. Blues is slow, sad and soulful. Someone who is blue is very sad.
The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it is an unnatural color for humans. A person who has a sick stomach may say he feels a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very sick from high waves may look very green. If a person is green at his job, he may be a newcomer and inexperienced. Sometimes a person may be upset because he does not have something as nice as a friend has, like a new sports car. That person may say he is green with envy. Some people are green with envy because their friend has more dollars.
The color black is used often in expressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a black day. The date of a major tragedy is remembered as a black day.
小题1:If a person feels blue, he is _____.
A.annoyed | B.depressed | C.stressed | D.encouraged |
A.you are very young | B.you are in a bad mood | C.you are inexperienced | D.you are in good health |
A.After two days’ rest, the soldiers were all in the pink. |
B.They had a fierce quarrel so they all felt black about it. |
C.David got hurt by a bike so his face looked blue. |
D.When we meet something unfair, we feel very green. |
A.Different colors have different meanings. |
B.What different colors stand for. |
C.The story about different colors. |
D.Colors used in American expressions. |
On the other hand there are more crowded and less mobile societies where long – term relationships are more important.A Malaysian or Mexican business person, for example, will want to get to know you very well before he or she feels happy to start business.But when you do get to know each other, the relationship becomes much deeper than it would in a mobile society.
To Americans, both Europeans and Asians seem cool and formal at first.On the other hand, as a passenger from a less mobile society puts it, it’s no fun spending several hours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts of questions that you don’t want to answer.
Cross-cultural differences aren’t just a problem for travelers, but also for the flights that carry them.All flights want to provide the best service, but ideas about good service are different from place to place.This can be seen most clearly in the way that problems are dealt with.
Some societies have ‘universalistic’ cultures.These societies strongly respect rules, and they treat every person and situation in basically the same way.
‘Particularistic’ societies, on the other hand, also have rules, but they are less important than the society’s unwritten ideas about what is right or wrong for a particular situation or a particular person.So the normal rules are changed to fit the needs of the situation or the importance of the person.
This difference can cause problems.A traveler from a particularistic society, India, is checking in for a flight in Germany, a country which has a universalistic culture.The Indian traveler has two much luggage, but he explains that he has been away from home for a long time and the suitcases are full of presents for his family.He expects that the check – in official will understand his problem and will change the rules for him.The check – in official explains that if he was allowed to have too much luggage, it wouldn’t be fair to the other passengers.But the traveler thinks this is unfair, because the other passengers don’t have his problem.
小题1:Often moving from one place to another makes people like Americans and Australians _____.
A.like traveling better | B.easy to communicate with |
C.difficult to make real friends | D.have a long–term relationship with their neighbors |
A.who will tell them everything of their own |
B.who want to do business with them |
C.they know quite well |
D.who are good at talking |
A.boring | B.friendly | C.normal | D.rough |
A.interests | B.habits and customs | C.cultures | D.ways of life |
Foreign tourists are often confused (困惑) in Japan because most streets there don’t have names in Japan, people use landmarks (地标) in their directions instead of street names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, "Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past a fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop."
In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are not usually many landmarks. There are no mountains, so the land is very flat; in many places there are no towns or buildings within miles. Instead of landmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas or Iowa, for example, people will say, "Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile."
People in Los Angeles, California, have no idea of distance on the map; they measure distance in time, not miles. "How far away is the post office?" you ask. "Oh," they answer, "it’s about five minutes from here." You say, "Yes, but how many miles away is it?" They don’t know.
It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer to your question sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, ’Sorry, I have no idea." But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers "I don’t know." People in Yucatan believe that "I don’t know" is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!
小题1: When a tourist asks the Japanese the way to a certain place they usually _________
A.describe the place carefully | B.show him a map of the place |
C.tell him the names of the streets | D.refer to recognizable buildings and places |
A.New York. | B.Los Angeles. | C.Kansas. | D.Iowa |
A.in order to save time | B.as a test | C.so as to be polite | D.for fun |
A.There is no street names in Japan. |
B.There is no landmarks in the countryside of American. |
C.People in Yucatan always give wrong answers when asked the way. |
D.People in Los Angeles measure distance in time, not miles when asked the way. |
A.It’s important for travelers to understand cultural differences. |
B.It’s useful for travelers to know how to ask the way properly. |
C.People have similar understandings of politeness. |
D.New Yorkers are generally friendly to visitors. |
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