Question

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 “发[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.A

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.A

9.C

10.C

【解析】试题本文以中国的数字8为例，解释了所谓的幸运数字和好运之间并没有什么联系，指出幸运数字只是一种迷信，不能给人带来好运，真正的财富掌握在自己手中。

1.句意：在中国，有些人认为有些数字会带来好运。考查形容词短语辨析题。A. good luck好运气；B. bad luck坏运气；C. failure失败。根据下文However, others don’t believe that numbers have anything to do with good luck.，结合句意语境，可知选A。

2.句意：以“8”为例，数字“8”的中文发音与汉字“发[fa：]”几乎相同，意味着发财。考查形容词辨析题。be different from不同于；the same as和……相同的；the similar to和……相似的。根据句意结构，可知选B。

3.句意：因此，许多中国人花了很多钱来获取他们的电话号码或车号以包含这个数字“8”。考查名词辨析题。spend time/money to do，花费时间/金钱做某事；根据下文They believe without any doubt that the number will bring them money.，结合句意语境，可知获得好的号码需要花钱，故选B。

4.句意：毫无疑问，他们相信这个数字会为他们带来金钱。考查形容词辨析题。A. no没有的；B. some一些的；C. any任何的。空格处为定语，修饰介宾（名词）doubt，需填形容词；without any doubt毫无疑问，相当于no doubt无疑地；根据句意语境，可知选C。

5.句意：然而，其他人不相信数字与好运有任何关系。考查连词辨析题。A. However然而，用于转折；B. What’s more更重要的是，用于强调；C. At last最后。本句和前文是转折关系，表达两种截然不同的观点，需要however连接；根据句意语境，可知选A。

6.句意：数字是一回事，好运是另一回事。考查不定代词辨析题。A. other别的，形容词，后接名词；B. the other两者中的另一个，表特指；C. another又一个/再一个，表示不确定。空白处后面没有名词，需用代词；根据句中的"one"可知，两句是"one…another"结构，意思是"一个……另一个……"，可知选C。

7.句意：你怎么可能仅仅因为一些幸运数字而拥有好运呢？考查疑问词辨析题。A. How怎么，问情况；B. What（是）什么，问事/物；C. Why为什么，问原因。空格处为状语，表方式，需用how提问；根据句意语境，可知BC两项不合句意，故选A。

8.句意：至于我，我同意后者。考查动词辨析题。A. agree同意；B. disagree不同意；C. dislike不喜欢。agree with同意某人的观点；根据下文Clearly, lucky numbers are only a kind of superstition. Perhaps it holds true for some cases, but often it does not.，可知作者同意幸运数字只是一种迷信的看法。故选A。

9.句意：数字永远不会给一个人带来好运，我们的财富掌握在自己手中。考查副词辨析题。A. often经常；B. always总是/一直；C. never从不，表否定。空格处为状语，根据句中的"at all"可知，需用表示否定意义的副词，故选C。

10.句意：让我们永远记住“机遇只适合准备好的人”和“没有痛苦，没有收获”。考查形容词辨析题。A. clever聪明的；B. lucky幸运的；C. prepared事先准备好的。根据句意语境，结合名言，可知prepared合乎句意，故选C。