IntheWest,somepeoplebelievethatpersonalitycanbepredictedaccordingtothetimeoftheyearthepersonwasbor.FromChinacomesthebeliefthattheyearofbirthinfluencesone’spersonality.Inthepastcentury,anewbeliefahsari

　　IntheWest,somepeoplebelievethatpersonalitycanbepredictedaccordingtothetimeoftheyearthepersonwasbor.FromChinacomesthebeliefthattheyearofbirthinfluencesone’spersonality.Inthepastcentury,anewbeliefahsarisen:theideathatpersonalityisrelatedtoone’sABObloodtype.PeoplewithbloodtypeA,forexample,areconsideredmorelikelytobeserious,hard-working,andquiet,whilepeoplewithbloodtypeOarelikelytobepopularandoutgoing,yetoftenunabletofinishwhattheystart.Thoughthisbeliefcontinuestobestrong,somepeoplequestionwhetheritistrue.

　　Theblood-typepersonalitytheory(理论)startedinJapanin1927whenFurukawaTakehinoticedpersonalitysimilaritiesanddifferencesamonghisworkers.Thisideasoonwentoutoffashion,butwasbroughtbackbyaJapanesetelevisionhostnamedToshitakaNomiinthe1970s.ThebeliefisstillstronginJapanandisincreasinglypopularinneighboringcountries.SomeyoungKoreanshavetakentothetheory.Arecentstudyshowed76percentofKoreansagedbetween13and64believingintheblood-typepersonalityconnection.ThoughmostAsiansmightbelieveintheblood-typetheory,formanyitseemsharmlessandnotsomethingtobetakentooseriously.

　　Isthebelieftrue?ThescientistsinAsialargelythinkthebeliefasamodern-daysuperstition(迷信).Moststudieshavefailedtofindanystrongconnectionbetweenbloodandpersonality.Generally,scientistsareagainstmakingpredictionsorimportantdecisionsbasedonthisquestionabletheory.

　　小题1:ThewriterusesbloodtypeAandOasanexampletoexplain________.A．thedifferencebetweenthetwobloodtypesB．therelationshipbetweenthetwobloodtypesC．theinfluenceofbloodtypeonone’sbehaviorD．theconnectionbetweenpersonalityandbloodtype小题2:WhatdoestheunderlinedsentenceinParagraph2mean?A．Theydon’tbelieveit.B．Itwasbroughtbackbythem.C．Theylikedandacceptedit.D．Theystoletheideafromothers小题3:Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?A．Mostscienti