The Japanese pay much attention to the luck of telephone numbers .
The bath houses , for example , like to use 4626 , because when 31 in Japanese , it has the 32 pronunciation as “have a good bath” . 33 the clothes shops and the butcher’s like
4129 better than 34 because this number can either be read as
“good dress” 35 “good meat” .
Since these numbers are 36 with something 37 , people can remember them very 38 , so they have 39 advertisements for shops.
On the other hand , 40 are also telephone numbers which are
regarded as forbidden 41 the Japanese people. 1564 , for example ,
has the sound of “kill people” 42 the number 4219 has 43 of “people die”.
At 44 , there are about forty-four million 45 in Japan , yet it is almost 46 for everyone to get a lucky telephone
number .So these 47 have become commodities(商品) and can be 48 as goods . The 49 can reach as 50 as 222 thousand Japanese yen(日元).
31. A. read B. listen C. hear D. look
32. A.
English B. strange C. different D. same
33. A. For B. Neither C. Either D. Both
34. A. any B. rest C.
other D. any other
35. A. but B. or
C. as D.
and
36. A. joined B. connected C. fixed D. mixed
37. A. to do B. useful C. nice D. important
38. A. hard B. slowly C. much D. easily
39. A. become B.
been C.
had D. made
40. A. these B. they C. those D. there
41. A. for B. by C.
with D. to
42. A. but B. because C. as D. while
43. A. sound B. meaning C. that D. this
44. A. times B. present C. last D. first
45. A. shops B. Japanese C. telephones D. numbers
46. A.
possible B. impossible C. easy D. necessary
47. A. telephones
B. goods C. shops D. numbers
48. A. used B. made C. sold D. stored
49. A. yen B. money C. telephone D. prices
50. A.
valuable B. big C. high D. large
