Doyouhavealuckynumber？Whatisit？Manypeoplehaveaspecialnumberthattheyhopewillbringthemgoodluck．InChineseculture，somenumbersarebelievedtobeluckyorunluckybasedontheChinesewordthatthenumbersoundssimilarto

　　Doyouhavealuckynumber？Whatisit？Manypeoplehaveaspecialnumberthattheyhopewillbringthemgoodluck．

　　InChineseculture，somenumbersarebelievedtobeluckyorunluckybasedontheChinesewordthatthenumbersoundssimilarto．

　　Forexample，thewordforthenumber8soundssimilartothewordfor"makingafortune"．So，peopleconsideritaveryluckynumber．Somepeoplewillevenspendalotofmoneytohave8sintheirphonenumbersorvehiclelicenseplate （车牌照） numbers．TheopeningceremonyoftheBeijingOlympicsbeganat8：08p．m．onAugust8，2008．

　　Thenumber9isalsoaluckynumberbecauseofitsconnectiontotheemperorsofChina．Therewereninedragonsonemperors'robes （龙袍） andChinesemythheldthatthedragonhasninechildren．Thenumber9alsostandsfor"longlasting"．That'swhyamanalwaysproposestoawomanwith99or999roses．

　　Sowhat'sa"badluck"numberinChina？Itmightbe4．ManyChinesepeoplesee4asa"badluck"numberbecauseitsoundssimilartothecharacterfor"death"．

　　Becauseofthis，manybuildingsskipthefourthfloor，andsimplycallitthefifthfloor．InHongKong，somebuildingsevenskipallfloorsnumberedwith4，suchas，4，14，24，34andall40-49floors．Somebuildingsalsoskipthe13thfloor，asthisisconsideredanunluckynumberinmanyChristiancountries．Asaresult，abuildingwhosehighestflooris50mayhaveonly35physicalfloors．

　　53．HowdoluckyorunluckynumberscomeinChineseculture？Theycomemostlyof___．

　　A．people'shopeforgoodluck

　　B．people'sbeliefincertainnumbers

　　C．similarsoundsofChinesenumbersandwords

　　D．Chinesetraditions

　　54．Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage？___

　　A．Manypeoplelikethenumber8becauseitcanbringthemmuchmoney．

　　B．Muchmoneyissometimesspenton8sinpeople'scarnumbersinChina．

　　C.9isaluckynumberinChinesecultureforonlyonereason．

　　D.4isanunluckynumberbecauseitpredictsdeathtotheChinese．

　　55．Whatisthepassagemainlyabout？___

　　A．GoodluckandbadluckinChina．

　　B．LuckyandunluckynumbersinChina．

　　C．Somefactswithluckyorunluckynumbers．