Just as some people think that certain numbers are lucky or unlucky, others believe that we can use numbers to understand our personalities, or predict what will happen to us in the future.
Numerology is a way of using numbers to describe a person’s character, and to make predictions about future life events. Numerologists use the numbers 1-9, 11 and 22 — also known as the “master” numbers — to help a person understand his or her personality, life goals, and destiny.
Numerologists consider your Life Path number to be the most significant because this number describes your character. To find this number, add together all the numbers in your date of birth. For example, a person born on April 25, 1985 would add the month (4), to the numbers of the date (2+5), plus the numbers of the birth year (1+9+8+5). In this case the total is 34, so this person’s life path number is 7(3+4). Numerologists believe that people with this number are peaceful and affectionate but can also be very reserved.
Your Expression number describes your talents and predicts how you should use these to fulfill your destiny in life. Numerologists assign a number between 1 and 9 to each of the letters in your name. These numbers are then added together in the same way as before to find your Expression number. Numerologists can also do calculations to predict when the most challenging periods of your life will be.
Numerologists also believe that the day a person is born is important. Each day of the month has a character description. People born on the fourth are said to be responsible, honest, and stubborn. People born on the fifteenth have very strong attachments to family and home. Those who celebrate their birthday on the thirtieth are artistic, creative, and imaginative, and often make good writers.
If we calculate the numerical value of our name and birth date, numerologists believe that we can learn more about our personalities. They also believe that we can predict our destinies, how our lives will progress, and what challenges we may face along the way. To the numerologist, numbers can be used in many more ways than we think.
小題1:If a person was born on November 8, 1995, what is his Life Path number?
A．7 B．8 C．9 D．11
小題2:To understand your abilities and how to use them in your life, you should calculate your ______.
A．Life Path number B．Expression number
C．birthdayD．name and birth date
小題3:According to the passage, a person born on the fifteenth tends to be _______.
A．stubborn B．home-lovingC．a(chǎn)rtistic D．imaginative
小題4:According to the passage, numerologists believe that _________.
A．Life Path number can be used to predict a person’s most challenging life periods
B．Expression number is the most meaningful for people to learn a person’s character
C．numbers can help people better understand themselves
D．numbers can be used to change a person’s future
小題5:The function of the passage is __________.
A．to raise doubts about the usefulness of numerology
B．to persuade readers about the benefits of the practices it describes
C．to describe some of the numerological practices and their purpose
D．to tease those who take such beliefs seriously

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:C
文章講述了數(shù)字邏輯的一些知識。
小題1:計算題。根據(jù)第三段的計算方法可知A正確。11+8+1+9+9+5=43;4+3=7；
小題2:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第4段第一行Your Expression number describes your talents and predicts how you should use these to fulfill your destiny in life.
小題3:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第2段第3行People born on the fifteenth have very strong attachments to family and home.
小題4:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容尤其是others believe that we can use numbers to understand our personalities, or predict what will happen to us in the future.可知C正確。
小題5:主旨大意題。文章主要就是講述數(shù)字邏輯。
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C．He didn’t want to play games any more.
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