TheJapanesepaymuchattentiontotheluckoftelephonenumbers.Thebathhousesforexampleliketouse4626becausewhenreadinJapaneseithasthesamepronunciation(发音)as"haveagoodbath".Boththeclothesshopsandthebutcher'sl

Question

  The Japanese pay much attention to the luck of telephone numbers.

The bathhouses for example like to use 4626 because when read in Japanese it has the same pronunciation (发音) as "have a good bath". Both the clothes shops and the butcher's like 4129 better than any other numbers because this number can either be read as " good dress" or " good meat".

  Since these numbers are connected with something nice people can remember them very easily. So they have become advertisements for the shops.

  On the other hand there are also telephone numbers which are regarded as forbidden (被禁止) by the Japanese people. 1564 for example has the sound of " kill people" while the number 4219 has the sound of "people die".

  At present there are about 44 million telephones in Japan yet it is almost impossible for everyone to get a lucky telephone number. So these numbers have become commodities (商品) and can be sold as goods. The price can reach as expensive as 222 000 Japanese yen (曰元) .

(   ) 11. The Japanese people would like to make advertisements with some numbers because these numbers         

   A. are linked with something nice 

   B. are connected with something interesting

   C. are easy to remember

   D. both A and C

(   ) 12. The number 4626 sounds in Japanese like         .

   A. "good dress"   B. "have a good bath"

   C. "kill people"   D. "people die"

(   ) 13. The clothes shops like         .

   A. 4626   B. 4129   C. 1564   D. 8888

(   ) 14. Which number is regarded as forbidden by the Japanese people?

   A. 1654.   B. 4912.   C. 1564.   D. 4129

(   ) 15. It is possible for        to get a lucky telephone number.

   A. many   B. everyone

   C. only a few   D. quite a few

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