IntheWestsomepeoplebelievethatpersonalitycanbepredictedaccordingtothetimeoftheyearthepersonwasbor.FromChinacomesthebeliefthattheyearofbirthinfluencesone’spersonality.Inthepastcenturyanewbeliefahsar

　　IntheWestsomepeoplebelievethatpersonalitycanbepredictedaccordingtothetimeoftheyearthepersonwasbor.FromChinacomesthebeliefthattheyearofbirthinfluencesone’spersonality.Inthepastcenturyanewbeliefahsarisen:theideathatpersonalityisrelatedtoone’sABObloodtype.PeoplewithbloodtypeAforexampleareconsideredmorelikelytobeserioushard-workingandquietwhilepeoplewithbloodtypeOarelikelytobepopularandoutgoingyetoftenunabletofinishwhattheystart.Thoughthisbeliefcontinuestobestrongsomepeoplequestionwhetheritistrue.

　　Theblood-typepersonalitytheory(理论)startedinJapanin1927whenFurukawaTakehinoticedpersonalitysimilaritiesanddifferencesamonghisworkers.ThisideasoonwentoutoffashionbutwasbroughtbackbyaJapanesetelevisionhostnamedToshitakaNomiinthe1970s.ThebeliefisstillstronginJapanandisincreasinglypopularinneighboringcountries.SomeyoungKoreanshavetakentothetheory.Arecentstudyshowed76percentofKoreansagedbetween13and64believingintheblood-typepersonalityconnection.ThoughmostAsiansmightbelieveintheblood-typetheoryformanyitseemsharmlessandnotsomethingtobetakentooseriously.

　　   Isthebelieftrue?ThescientistsinAsialargelydismissthebeliefasamodern-daysuperstition(迷信).Moststudieshavefailedtofindanystrongconnectionbetweenbloodandpersonality.Generallyscientistswarnagainstmakingpredictionsorimportantdecisionsbasedonthisquestionabletheory.

　　1.ThewriterusesbloodtypeAandOasanexampletoexplain________.

　　   A.thedifferencebetweentotwobloodtypes

　　   B.therelationshipbetweenthetwobloodtypes

　　   C.theinfluenceofbloodtypeonone’sbehavior

　　   D.theconnectionbetweenpersonalityandbloodtype

　　2.WhatdoestheunderlinedsentenceinParagraph2mean?

　　   A.Itwaslightlybelieved.            B.Itwasbroughttothem.

　　   C.Theylikedandacceptedit.             D.Theystoletheideafromothers

　　3.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?

　　   A.MostscientistsinAsiadon’tbelieveinthetheory.

　　   B.Theblood-typetheorybeganinJapaninthe1970s.