第九章单元测试
Determining the main idea.
（Choose the best answer. Do not refer to the text.）
The main idea of the article is that______.( )
- The ancients began to adopt ways to attract the auspicious and expel the malicious because______.( )
- Which of the following statements is NOT true about the Book of Changes?( )
- Chinese people don't like odd numbers very much because______.( )
- Which of the following facts is NOT mentioned in the text?( )
Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the text?( )
- Some people don't like the number seven because______.( )
- Which part of China is the place where people probably have the strongest belief in he numbers?( )
- What is meant by "doing the sevens"?( )
- Why do many men at 69 and 79 celebrate their 70th and 80th birthdays one year in advance?( )
- The writer says, "When people use lucky numbers to symbolize wealth and fortune, or peace ail benevolence, any number can be explained in such a way as to make it fit." This statement means that ______.( )
Understanding vocabulary.(Choose the correct definition according to the context.)
Chinese not only use numbers to appeal for good fortune, they also bring them out to chew people out.( )
Add to this that people have psychological activity and the ability to link things together in their minds, and a whole set of auspiciousness-attracting and evil-expelling habits took shape.( )
We often say "thee yang make good fortune" to describe the hope that misfortune will be held at bay and good luck will follow.( )
Someone says that the only significance numbers have is what people ascribe to them.( )
They are more wary of one, three, five, seven, and nine.( )
And in North China, there is the saying that "if you want to succeed, don't stray from eight.( )
The writing style was rather meticulous.( )
A scholar of folk traditions argues that Chinese have always been rather inclined to the number three.( )
But in Taiwan four is not especially well looked-upon.( )
In general, Chinese assign little good or bad significance to "five".( )
Confucianism also says that five implies the concept of "the mean".( )
Businessmen are especially obsessed with success or failure, so they have to include auspiciousness in consideration of any affair like opening a factory or signing a contract.( )
The last four digits of the phone number of the Canton Hotel are 8168, a homophone for "success and yet more success".( )
Just open up a Chinese dictionary and there are sayings using three or multiples thereof sprinkled everywhere.( )
A:Chinese people tend to avoid using numbers which seem ominous to them
B:Chinese people's day-to-day life is closely associated with numbers
C:Chinese people prefer certain numbers to others
D:there are a lot of auspicious numbers in Chinese
答案:Chinese people's day-to-day life is closely associated with numbers
A:they had psychological activity and the ability to link things together in their minds
B:they believed that misfortune was not inevitable
C:they found that misfortune in life came with certain signs of change in a particular matte
D:they knew it was very important to do so
A:It records what the ancients experienced with luck and divination.
B:It tells people how to do calculation with numbers from one to ten.
C:It deals with the significance of certain numbers
D:It has something to do with fortune-telling.
A:they mean "alone"
B:they are not beautiful
C:they look strange
D:they are associated with death
A:Chinese people have built up a whole philosophy around numbers.
B:Chinese people use lucky numbers to symbolise wealth and fortune
C:Chinese people use numbers to appeal for good fortune
D:Chinese people cannot do without numbers in their daily lives.
A:Chinese people like the number 3 though it is an odd number.
B:Chinese people don't like the number 5 because it is not an even number.
C:Chinese people don't like the number 6 because it has nothing to do with good luck.
D:Chinese people like the number 4 because it is an even number.
A:it is not an even number
B:it brings about ill-fortune
C:It is associated with rituals to mourn someone's death
D:it does not conform to the idea of the "mean"
A:Hong Kong.
B:North China
C:Guangdong.
D:Taiwan
A:It means that people do seven things at someone's funeral.
B:It refers to the things people do to mourn the dead in the first seven days
C:It means that people do seven things to drive ghosts away.
D:It means to mourn the dead for 49 days with appropriate rituals
A:It is because 9 is the last numeral and old people think it unlucky to run across it.
B:It is because 70 and 80 are both considered auspicious numbers.
C:It is because 69 and 79 are both odd numbers.
D:It is because 9 in former times was used only by the emperor.
A:any number can be a lucky number if you interpret it properly
B:people must use lucky numbers carefully
C:you must explain every lucky number you use
D:some numbers symbolise wealth and fortune and others symbolise peace and benevolence
A:praise
B:speak angrily to
C:shout at
D:amuse
A:disappeared
B:were added
C:came to be formed D:followed
A:be of no importance
B:be kept away
C:no longer be something dreadful
D:be changed to something auspicious
A:explain to
B:describe to
C:take away from
D:attribute to
A:aware or
B:generous to
C:worried about
D:cautious of
A:wander away from
B:fight against
C:run across
D:stay with
A:interesting B:careful C:boring
D:humorous
A:disappointed by
B:considering
C:attracted by
D:fascinated by
A:taken care of
B:used
C:regarded
D:looked after
A:send
B:sign
C:give
D:deliver
A:makes up
B:suggests
C:explains
D:supplies
A:curious about
B:anxious about
C:nervous about
D:preoccupied with
A:word pronounced like another word but with a different meaning or spelling
B:word that carries an auspicious meaning and is used as a home telephone number
C:word used in place of another word in a home telephone book
D:word that has a different pronunciation from another word but has the same meaning
A:jumped about
B:written
C:printed
D:scattered
