TheJapanesepaymuchattentiontotheluckytelephonenumbers.Thebathhousesforexample，1touse4626，becausewhen2inJapanese，ithasthesamepronunciation(发音)as“haveagoodbath”.Boththeclothes

Question

 The  Japanese pay much attention to the lucky  telephone numbers. The bathhouses for

example，  1     to use 4626，because when 2        in  Japanese，it has the same pronunciation  (发音)as “have a good bath”. Both the clothes shops and the butcher’s(屠户)like 4129 better than 3       number because this number can either be read as “ good dress ” or “ good meat ”.  4       these numbers are connected with something 5       ，people can remember them very 6       . So they have become advertisements for the 7        On the other hand there are also telephone numbers which are 8       as forbidden(不能用的) by the Japanese people. 1564 for example has the sound of “kill people” 9       the number 4129 has that of “people die”.

At 10       there are about forty-four million 11       in Japan yet it is almost 12       for everyone to get a 13       telephone number. So these lucky numbers have become commodities (商品)and can be 14       as goods. The price can reach as 15       as 222 thousand yen.

(   ) 1. A.  like  B. want     C. have  D. ought

(   ) 2. A.  read  B. listen     C. hear  D. look

(   ) 3. A.  any  B. rest     C. other  D. any other

(   ) 4. A.  Since  B. Although     C. Even if  D. When

(   ) 5. A.  to do  B. useful     C. nice  D. important

(   ) 6. A.  hard  B. slowly     C. much  D. easily

(   ) 7. A.  dresses  B. clothes     C. meats  D. places

(   ) 8. A.  sounded  B. regarded     C. pronounced D. looked

(   ) 9. A.  but  B. because     C. as  D. while

(   ) 10. A.  times  B. present     C. last  D. first

(   ) 11. A.  shops  B. Japanese     C. telephones D. numbers

(   ) 12. A.  possible  B. impossible     C. easy  D. necessary

(   ) 13. A.  interesting  B. nice     C. lucky  D. suitable

(   ) 14. A.  used  B. made     C. sold  D. stored

(   ) 15. A.  valuable  B. big     C. high  D. large

Answer 1

1. A 2. A 3. D “any other number”意为“任何其他号码”。4. A 5. C 6. D 7. D

8. B “regard... as.    意为“把……当作……”。9. D 10. B “at present” 意为“目前”。11. C 12. B 13. C 14. C “be sold as goods”意为“像商品一样出售”。15. C 价格高用“high”。