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【題目】Numbers in different countries may have different meanings. In China, some people think that some numbers bring them______. Take “8” for example, the Chinese pronunciation of the number “8” has almost the______sound as that of the Chinese character “發(fā)[fa:]”, which means making a fortune. So, many Chinese people spend a lot of______to get their telephone numbers or car numbers to include this number “8”. They believe without______doubt that the number will bring them money.

______, others don’t believe that numbers have anything to do with good luck. They think such an idea is only an ignorant(愚昧的) and superstitious(迷信的) belief. A number is one thing, and good luck is______. They will ask, “______can you ever have any good luck simply because of some lucky numbers, even if you don’t work hard, don’t have good opportunities and don’t get along well with the people around you?”

As for me, I______with the latter(后者). Clearly, lucky numbers are only a kind of superstition. Perhaps it holds true for some cases, but often it does not. Numbers can______bring good luck to a person at all and our fortune is in our own hands. So, everyone can have a good fortune only if he tries his best. Let’s always remember “Opportunities are only for the______mind” and “No pains, no gains.”

【1】A. good luck B. had luck C. failure

【2】A. different B. same C. similar

【3】A. time B. money C. things

【4】A. no B. some C. any

【5】A. However B. What’s more C. At last

【6】A. other B. the other C. another

【7】A. How B. What C. Why

【8】A. agree B. disagree C. dislike

【9】A. often B. always C. never

【10】A. clever B. lucky C. prepared

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【6】C

【7】A

【8】A

【9】C

【10】C

【解析】試題本文以中國的數(shù)字8為例，解釋了所謂的幸運數(shù)字和好運之間并沒有什么聯(lián)系，指出幸運數(shù)字只是一種迷信，不能給人帶來好運，真正的財富掌握在自己手中。

【1】句意：在中國，有些人認為有些數(shù)字會帶來好運�？疾樾稳菰~短語辨析題。A. good luck好運氣；B. bad luck壞運氣；C. failure失敗。根據(jù)下文However, others don’t believe that numbers have anything to do with good luck.，結(jié)合句意語境，可知選A。

【2】句意：以“8”為例，數(shù)字“8”的中文發(fā)音與漢字“發(fā)[fa：]”幾乎相同，意味著發(fā)財�？疾樾稳菰~辨析題。be different from不同于；the same as和……相同的；the similar to和……相似的。根據(jù)句意結(jié)構(gòu)，可知選B。

【3】句意：因此，許多中國人花了很多錢來獲取他們的電話號碼或車號以包含這個數(shù)字“8”。考查名詞辨析題。spend time/money to do，花費時間/金錢做某事；根據(jù)下文They believe without any doubt that the number will bring them money.，結(jié)合句意語境，可知獲得好的號碼需要花錢，故選B。

【4】句意：毫無疑問，他們相信這個數(shù)字會為他們帶來金錢�？疾樾稳菰~辨析題。A. no沒有的；B. some一些的；C. any任何的�？崭裉帪槎ㄕZ，修飾介賓（名詞）doubt，需填形容詞；without any doubt毫無疑問，相當(dāng)于no doubt無疑地；根據(jù)句意語境，可知選C。

【5】句意：然而，其他人不相信數(shù)字與好運有任何關(guān)系。考查連詞辨析題。A. However然而，用于轉(zhuǎn)折；B. What’s more更重要的是，用于強調(diào)；C. At last最后。本句和前文是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，表達兩種截然不同的觀點，需要however連接；根據(jù)句意語境，可知選A。

【6】句意：數(shù)字是一回事，好運是另一回事�？疾椴欢ù�詞辨析題。A. other別的，形容詞，后接名詞；B. the other兩者中的另一個，表特指；C. another又一個/再一個，表示不確定。空白處后面沒有名詞，需用代詞；根據(jù)句中的"one"可知，兩句是"one…another"結(jié)構(gòu)，意思是"一個……另一個……"，可知選C。

【7】句意：你怎么可能僅僅因為一些幸運數(shù)字而擁有好運呢？考查疑問詞辨析題。A. How怎么，問情況；B. What（是）什么，問事/物；C. Why為什么，問原因�？崭裉帪闋钫Z，表方式，需用how提問；根據(jù)句意語境，可知BC兩項不合句意，故選A。

【8】句意：至于我，我同意后者�？疾閯釉~辨析題。A. agree同意；B. disagree不同意；C. dislike不喜歡。agree with同意某人的觀點；根據(jù)下文Clearly, lucky numbers are only a kind of superstition. Perhaps it holds true for some cases, but often it does not.，可知作者同意幸運數(shù)字只是一種迷信的看法。故選A。

【9】句意：數(shù)字永遠不會給一個人帶來好運，我們的財富掌握在自己手中�？疾楦痹~辨析題。A. often經(jīng)常；B. always總是/一直；C. never從不，表否定。空格處為狀語，根據(jù)句中的"at all"可知，需用表示否定意義的副詞，故選C。

【10】句意：讓我們永遠記住“機遇只適合準備好的人”和“沒有痛苦，沒有收獲”。考查形容詞辨析題。A. clever聰明的；B. lucky幸運的；C. prepared事先準備好的。根據(jù)句意語境，結(jié)合名言，可知prepared合乎句意，故選C。