Unit 2 Numbers 单元话题阅读理解练习-2024-2025学年八年级英语上册单元重难点易错题精练（沪教牛津版）

Unit 2 Numbers 单元话题阅读理解练习 （23-24八年级上·广东广州·期中）Do you know the numbers 0—9 well? They are numbers in Arabic numerals. People use them to mark numbers now. But it’s not the only number system that people use. About 2, 500 years ago, people in Rome used their bands to count. In Roman numerals, two fingers means 2, three fingers means 3, you can keep your four fingers close on one side and your thumb on the other side. If you want to say five, you can keep your four fingers close on one side and your thumb on the other side. Make each of your hands be five, then you’ll have ten. So in Rome, the numbers are ‘I, Ⅱ, Ⅲ, IV, V, VI, VⅡ, VⅢ, IX, X’ ” Also, “L” means fifty, “D” means five hundred and “M” means one thousand. But there is no zero in Rome numerals. Today, few people use them because they are difficult to write and count. But we can still see them on some watches and clocks. Today, most people use the Arabic numerals. They are easy to remember and write. They help people to count things every day. In fact, Indians first created and used the Arabic numerals. In the late 8th century, people in Arabic countries learned about them. Then the Arabic people took them into Europe. So people in Europe called them Arabic numerals. Today, people around the world use Arabic numerals and they help a lot. 1．Which of the following means five in Roman numerals? ________ A．5. B．Ⅳ. C．Ⅴ. D．Ⅹ. 2．What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 mean? ________ A．Arabic numerals. B．Watches and clocks. C．Zero. D．Roman numerals. 3．What do we know about Arabic numerals? ________ A．People in Rome didn’t use them. B．Arabic people taught the Indians about them. C．Only Arabic people use them today. D．“0” means “zero” in Arabic numerals. 4．In what order did the following things happen? ________ a. Arabic people learned about Arabic numerals. b. Indians created Arabic numerals. c. Arabic people took Arabic numerals into Europe. d. People all over the world use Arabic numerals. A．b—c—a—d B．b—a—c—d C．d—b—a—c D．d—c—b—a （23-24八年级上·广东广州·期中）Do you have a lucky number? What is it? Many people have a special number and they hope that it will bring them good luck. In China, people think some numbers are lucky or unlucky because those numbers sound similar to some Chinese words that mean (意思是) something good or bad. For example, the word for number 8 sounds like “making lots of money” in Chinese. So, people think it a very lucky number. Some people will even spend much more money to have 8s in their phone numbers. Do you remember the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing? It opened at 8:08 p. m. on August 8, 2008. The number 9 is also a lucky number because of its connection to the emperors (皇帝) of China. There were nine dragons on emperors’ robes (长袍) and it’s told in many Chinese ancient stories that the dragon has nine children. The number of 9 also means “long lasting”. In China, a man would send 99 or 999 roses to his lover with the wishes that the love between them will be long lasting. What’s more, Chinese think that the number 2 is lucky as it’s said that “all good things come in pairs”. For example, during wedding celebrations (婚礼庆典), you usually find pairs of red candles, double pillows and many other things in pairs. And people often give gifts in pairs for someone’s birthday, wedding or other celebrations. So what’s an unlucky number in China? It might be 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as an unlucky number because it sounds similar to the Chinese word “die”. Because of this, many buildings don’t have the fourth floor, and just call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip (跳过) all floors with the numbered 4, such as 4, 14, 24, 34 and all 40-49 floors. So, a building whose highest floor is 50 may have only 36 floors in fact. 5．From the article, we can learn that some people would pay much more money for ________. A．the phone numbers with 8s B．the Summer Olympic Games C．the emperors’ robes D．the wedding celebrations 6．Why would a man like to send 99 roses to his lover? A．Because he thinks that women love roses the best. B．Because the number 9 has a connection to the emperors of China. C．Because he hopes that he will be in love with the woman for a long time. D．Because he wishes that he will have lots of children with the woman in the future. 7．What can we learn from the article? A．The shape of a word makes Chinese think that a word is lucky or unlucky. B．The Beijing Olympic Games opened at 8:00 p. m. on August 8, 2008. C．Chinese like to give gifts in pairs. D．Roses mean long lasting in Chinese. 8．What is the article about? A．Numbers and old stories in China. B．Lucky and unlucky numbers in Chinese culture. C．Ways to find your lucky and unlucky numbers. D．Different meanings of numbers in different countries. （21-22八年级上·广东广州·期中）The Mayan number system appeared in the fourth century, which was about 1,000 years earlier than the time when the European number system was created. It is different from the Arabic number system with a base 10. The Mayan system had a base 20. This system is believed to have been used because the Mayans lived in such a warm area and there was hardly a need to wear shoes, 20 was the total number of fingers and toes, so the system was workable. Therefore, there were two important numbers in this system. Besides 20, the other important number is 5, which had a connection with the number of fingers and toes on one hand or foot. The Mayan system used two symbols（符号）. A dot （.）was used to mean the units（one to four）and a dash（—）meant five. The Mayans were also the first to create symbols of nothing（or zero）. The most common symbol was that of a shell（）but there were several other symbols（e.g. ahead）. It is interesting to learn that with all of the great experts on Maths and scientists in ancient Greece and Rome, it was the Mayan Indians who came up with this symbol zero or nothing. Picture 1 is a form of different numbers and how they would have been written. From further study, people found that the 360 day calendar（日历）also came from the Mayan. They actually used base 18 when they made the calendar. Each month included 20 days with 18 months in a year. This left five days at the end of the year which was month in itself, full of danger and bad luck. In this way, the Mayans had invented the 365 day calendar. 9．What does the underlined “It” in paragraph 1 refer to? A．The European number system. B．The Mayan number system. C．The Arabic number system. D．The wreck number system. 10．Which of the following symbols means sixteen? A． B． C． D． 11．What can we learn from the article? A．The Mayan number system had a base 10. B．All number systems had the same symbols. C．There were only 360 days in the Mayan calendar. D．The symbol of zero first appeared in the Mayan number system. 12．The article is probably from _________. A．a diary B．an encyclopedia C．a travel guide D．a computer magazine （22-23八年级上·广东广州·期中）Do you know the numbers 0-9 well? They are numbers in Arabic numerals. People use them to mark numbers now. But it’s not the only number system that people use. About 2,500 years ago, people in Rome used their bands to count. In Roman numerals, one finger means 1, two fingers means 2, three fingers means 3, four fingers means 4. If you want to say five, you can keep your four fingers close on one side and your thumb on the other side. Make each of your hands be five, then you’ll have then. So in Rome, the numbers are “I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII,IX, X”. Also, “L” means fifty, “C” means one hundred, “D” means five hundred and “M” means one thousand. But there is no zero in Rome numerals. Today, few people use them because they are difficult to write and count. But we can still see them on some watches and clocks. Today, most people use the Arabic numerals. They are easy to remember and write. They help people to count things every day. In fact, Indians first created and used the Arabic numerals. In the late 8th century, people in Arabic countries learned about them. Then the Arabic people took them into Europe. So people in Europe called them Arabic numerals. Today, people around the world use Arabic numerals and they help a lot. 13．Which of the following means five in Roman numerals? A．5. B．IV. C．V. D．X. 14．What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 mean? A．Arabic numerals. B．Watches and clocks. C．Zero. D．Roman numerals. 15．What do we know about Arabic numerals? A．People in Rome didn’t use them. B．Arabic people taught the Indians about them. C．Only Arabic people use them today. D．“0” means “zero” in Arabic numerals. 16．In what order did the following things happen? a. Arabic people learned about Arabic numerals. b. Indians created Arabic numerals. c. Arabic people took Arabic numerals into Europe.   d. People all over the world use Arabic numerals. A．b-c-a-d B．b-a-c-d C．d-b-a-c D．d-c-b-a （21-22八年级上·广东广州·期中）If seems very natural that if you have two dollars and add two dollars to them. You have four dollars. But do you know it took men millions of years to be able to think this way? In fact, one of the most difficult things to teach children is the idea of numbers. In ancient times when a man wanted to tell how many animals he owned, he had no system of numbers to use. He put a stone into a bag for each animal. The more animals, the more stones be had. It may explain why the word “calculate” comes from the Latin word “calculus”. “Calculus” means “stone”. Then, man used lines to count. People would just draw a line for each thing they wanted to count, but they had no word to tell the number. Later on, people used fingers. Again, we have the word that goes back to this. The word “digit” comes from the Latin word “digitus”. It means “finger”! And the fact that we have 10 fingers led to the use of 10 in the system of numbers. The number system we use today was invented by the Hindus in India thousands of years ago and was brought to Europe during 8th to 11th century by Arab traders (商人). In this system, people count things with ten numbers: 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9. and 0. It is decimal system, that is, it is built on the base of 10. 17．How many ways of counting things are introduced to us in the passage? A．One B．Two C．Three D．Four 18．If A and B each drew four lines to count their own sheep, how many sheep did they have together? A．Four B．Six C．Bight D．Ten 19．Why do people use 10 in the system of numbers? A．Because 10 is a popular number. B．Because we only have 10 fingers. C．Because we have no word to tell the number. D．Because we have no system of numbers to use. 20．What does “decimal system” mean in the last paragraph? A．数字系统 B．计算工具 C．十进制 D．小数点 21．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? A．Numbers and trading B．Ways of counting in Modern Times C．Animals and calculating D．Development of counting System （23-24八年级上·广东深圳·期中）How quickly can you count from one to ten? Do you use ten different words to do it? Can you do it in English, or do you have to use your first language? Do you count on your fingers? Many people think that numbers and math are the same all over the world. But scientists have discovered that it is not true. People in different parts of the world use different ways to count on their fingers. In the United States, people begin counting with their first finger. They then extend the rest of their fingers and finally the thumb to count to five. Then they repeat this with the other hand to get to ten. In China, people count by using different finger positions. In this way, a Chinese person can easily count to ten on only one hand. Besides ways of finger counting, scientists have found that cultures and languages are also different when it comes to numbers. Some languages have only a few words for numbers, and others have no words for numbers. For example, the aboriginal (土著居民), people in Australia don’t have hand movements to stand for numbers. They don’t even have words for numbers. However, they are still able to understand different ideas about numbers. Similarly, people of the Piraha tribe (部落) in northwestern Brazil don’t have words for numbers such as “one” or “three”. They are not able to say “five trees” or “ten trees” but can say “some trees”, “more trees” or “many trees”. Professor Edward Gibson from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said that most people believe that everyone knows how to count. “But here is a group that does not count. They could learn, but it’s not useful in their culture, so they’ve never picked it up.” 22．Why does the writer list the four questions at the beginning of the passage? A．To make a survey. B．To interest the readers. C．To give examples. D．To interview the readers. 23．What can we learn according to paragraph 2? A．People from China can make use of different finger positions to do the counting. B．People from the US usually begin counting with their thumb. C．People from China count much faster than people from the US. D．People from the US use only one hand to count from one to ten. 24．Which of the following is TRUE about aboriginal Australians? A．There are ideas of numbers in their life. B．There is no “some trees” in their language. C．They have only a few words for numbers. D．They have hand movements to stand for numbers. 25．The study of the Piranha tribe shows that ________. A．people all over the world know how to count B．people of the tribe have words for number C．some groups of people are not smart enough to count D．counting is not useful in the culture of the tribe 26．What is the main idea of the passage? A．People from different cultures have different ideas about numbers and math. B．Chinese people can count more easily on their fingers than Americans. C．In some aboriginal culture, people don’t even know how to count. D．Some languages don’t have number words because people don’t need numbers. （22-23八年级上·广东深圳·期中）Once upon a time, there lived a colourful caterpillar (毛虫) named Sunny. Sunny loved climbing trees with her caterpillar friends May and June, but what she loved most was to tell stories. Her stories were so interesting that both of her friends liked them very much. Sunny and her friends dreamed of the day when they would turn into beautiful butterflies. Sunny believed her wings would have rainbow colours. Finally, the day came. Sunny came out of her chrysalis (蛹). She was very excited. She flew quickly down to a river, looking into the water. “No.” she shouted loudly. She couldn’t believe her eyes. On her back were two wings as black as night. This wasn’t what she had thought at all. “How I wish I could be a caterpillar again.” Just at that time, May and June came over. “Wow, what big wings you have.” May said. “You look like the midnight sky,” said June. “We missed your stories. Tell us one, please!” “Yes, tell us one.” May added. Sunny looked up at the dark blue sky. It was beautiful. Sunny let out a long slow breath and started, “Once upon a time, there was a not-so-colourful butterfly...” As she talked, Sunny smiled. She felt beautiful just as she was. 27．What did Sunny like doing best? A．Reading books. B．Climbing trees. C．Telling stories. D．Making friends. 28．From the passage, we know that Sunny wanted to ________. A．enjoy a rainbow B．have colourful wings C．make a beautiful chrysalis D．be a caterpillar all her life 29．What did Sunny’s friends do after seeing Sunny’s wings? A．They left Sunny. B．They laughed at Sunny. C．They told Sunny a story. D．They tried to make Sunny happy. 30．Which of the following can best describe Sunny’s feelings? A．excited→hopeless→happy B．excited→happy→unhappy C．excited→happy→hopeless D．unhappy→hopeless→excited 31．Which is the best title for the passage? A．The midnight sky B．A friend is a second self C．Sunny loved telling stories D．The not-so-colourful butterfly （22-23八年级上·广东广州·单元测试）Do you know the numbers 0—9 well? They are numbers in Arabic numbers. People use them to mark numbers now. But it’s not the only number system that people use. About 2,500 years ago, people in Rome used their hands to count. In Roman numerals, one finger means 1, two fingers means 2, three fingers means 3, four fingers means 4. If you want to say five, you can keep your four fingers close on one side and your thumb on the other side. Make each of your hands be five, then you’ll have ten. So in Rome, the numbers are “I, Ⅱ, Ⅲ, IV, V, VI, VⅡ, VⅢ, IX, X”. Also, “L” means fifty, “C”means one hundred. “D” means five hundred and “M”means one thousand. But there is no zero in Roman numerals. Today, few people use them because they are difficult to write and count. But we can still see them on some watches and clocks. Today, most people use the Arabic numerals. They are easy to remember and write. They help people to count things every day. In fact, Indians first created and used the Arabic numerals. In the late 8th century, people in Arabic countries learned about them. Then the Arabic people took them into Europe. So people in Europe called them Arabic numerals. Today, people around the world use Arabic numerals and they help a lot. 32．Which of the following means five in Roman numerals? A．5. B．IV. C．V. D．X. 33．What does the underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 mean? A．Arabic numerals. B．Watches and clocks. C．Zero. D．Roman numerals. 34．What do we know about Arabic numerals? A．People in Rome didn’t use them. B．Arabic people taught the Indians about them. C．Only Arabic people use them today. D．“0” means “zero” in Arabic numerals. 35．Why are there few people using Roman numerals today? A．Because they are not easy to write and count. B．Because there are no Romans any more. C．Because the numbers look stupid. D．Because they are hard to remember. 36．In what order did the following things happen? a. Arabic people learned about Arabic numerals. b. Indians created Arabic numerals. c. Arabic people took Arabic numerals into Europe. d. People all over the world use Arabic numerals. A．b-c-a-d B．b-a-c-d C．d-b-a-c D．d-c-b-a 试卷第1页，共3页 试卷第1页，共3页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 参考答案： 1．C 2．D 3．D 4．B 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了罗马数字及阿拉伯数字的特点和发展。 1．细节理解题。根据第二段“If you want to say five, you can keep your four fingers close on one side and your thumb on the other side. Make each of your hands be five, then you’ll have ten. So in Rome, the numbers are ‘I, Ⅱ, Ⅲ, Ⅳ, Ⅴ, Ⅵ, Ⅶ, Ⅷ, Ⅸ, Ⅹ’ ”可知，如果你想说5，你可以把四个手指放在一边，大拇指放在另一边。故选C。 2．词句猜测题。结合上文和“But there is no zero in Roman numerals. Today, few people use them because they are difficult to write and count. But we can still see”以及“on some watches and clocks”可知，罗马数字难写难算，今天已近很少人使用了，但是我们仍然能在手表和时钟里看到罗马数字，故此处的“them”指的是罗马数字。故选D。 3．细节理解题。根据第一段“Do you know the numbers 0-9 well? They are numbers in Arabic numbers”可知，“0”在阿拉伯数字中是“零”的意思。故选D。 4．细节理解题。根据第三段“Indians first created and used the Arabic numerals...people around the world use Arabic numerals and they help a lot”可知，印度人首先创造并使用阿拉伯数字。在8世纪晚期，阿拉伯国家的人们知道了它们。然后阿拉伯人把它们带到了欧洲。所以欧洲人称它们为阿拉伯数字。今天，世界各地的人们都在使用阿拉伯数字。故选B。 5．A 6．C 7．C 8．B 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了中国文化中的幸运数字和不吉利数字。 5．细节理解题。根据“Some people will even spend much more money to have 8s in their phone numbers.”可知，有些人甚至会花更多的钱在他们的电话号码有8。故选A。 6．细节理解题。根据“In China, a man would send 99 or 999 roses to his lover with the wishes that the love between them will be long lasting.”可知，在中国，男人会送99朵或999朵玫瑰给他的爱人，希望他们之间的爱情能天长地久。故选C。 7．细节理解题。根据“And people often give gifts in pairs for someone’s birthday, wedding or other celebrations.”可知，送礼时人们通常喜欢送成双成对的礼物，故选C。 8．主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文是一篇说明文，介绍了中国文化中的幸运数字和不吉利数字。故选B。 9．B 10．A 11．D 12．B 【导语】本文介绍了玛雅数字系统，欧洲数字系统，阿拉伯数字系统的不同表示方式，重点介绍了玛雅数字系统。 9．词义猜测题。根据“The Mayan number system appeared in the fourth century, which was about 1,000 years earlier than the time when the European number system was created. It is different from the Arabic number system with a base 10”可知，玛雅数字系统不同于以10为基数的阿拉伯数字系统，所以it指代“玛雅数字系统”，故选B。 10．推理判断题。根据“A dot（.）was used to mean the units（one to four）and a dash（—）meant five.”以及所给的图片可推断，16就是用三个（—）和一个（.）构成，故选A。 11．细节理解题。根据“The Mayans were also the first to create symbols of nothing（or zero）”可知，玛雅人也是最早创造“无”（或“零”）符号的人，故选D。 12．推理判断题。通读全文可知，本文介绍了数字系统，会出现在百科书上，故选B。 13．C 14．D 15．D 16．B 【导语】本文介绍了罗马数字及阿拉伯数字的特点和发展。 13．细节理解题。根据第二段“If you want to say five, you can keep your four fingers close on one side and your thumb on the other side. Make each of your hands be five, then you’ll have then. So in Rome, the numbers are ‘I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X’.”可知，罗马数字中V表示“5”。故选C。 14．词义猜测题。结合上文和“But there is no zero in Rome numerals. Today, few people use them because they are difficult to write and count. But we can still see them on some watches and clocks”可知，罗马数字难写难算，今天已近很少人使用了，但是我们仍然能在手表和时钟里看到罗马数字，故此处的“them”指的是罗马数字。故选D。 15．细节理解题。根据第一段“Do you know the numbers 0-9 well? They are numbers in Arabic numerals”可知，“0”在阿拉伯数字中是“零”的意思。故选D。 16．细节理解题。根据第三段“Indians first created and used the Arabic numerals....Today, people around the world use Arabic numerals and they help a lot”可知，印度人首先创造并使用阿拉伯数字。在8世纪晚期，阿拉伯国家的人们知道了它们。然后阿拉伯人把它们带到了欧洲。所以欧洲人称它们为阿拉伯数字。今天，世界各地的人们都在使用阿拉伯数字。所以排序是b-a-c-d，故选B。 17．D 18．C 19．B 20．C 21．D 【导语】本文主要介绍从古代到现在用数字表示东西多少的演变过程，我们今天使用的数字系统是印度几千年前发明的，它是十进制。 17．细节理解题。根据第二段中的“He put a stone into a bag for each animal.(他为每只动物在袋子里放了一块石头)”，第三段中的“Then, man used lines to count.(然后，人类用线数数)”，第四段中的“Later on, people used fingers.(后来人们用手指)”和最后一段“The number system we use today was invented by the Hindus in India thousands of years ago(我们今天使用的记数法是几千年前印度人发明的)”可知，文章共介绍了四种计数方法，故选D。 18．细节理解题。根据“People would just draw a line for each thing they wanted to count(人们只需为他们想要计数的每一件事划一条线)可知，如果A和B各自画四条线来计算自己的羊，他们一共有八只羊，故选C。 19．细节理解题。根据第四段中的“And the fact that we have 10 fingers led to the use of 10 in the system of numbers(事实上我们有10个手指，这导致了在计数法里10的使用)”可知，计数法里使用10是因为我们只有10个手指，故选B。 20．词义猜测题。根据划线语句“In this system, people count things with ten numbers: 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9. and 0. It is decimal system, that is, it is built on the base of 10.(在这个系统中，人们用10个数字来计算事物:1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.和0。它是十进制系统，即以10为基础)可知，最后一段中的“decimal system”是“十进制”意思，故选C。 21．标题猜测题。根据第二段中的“In ancient times when a man wanted to tell how many animals he owned, he had no system of numbers to use.(在古代，当一个人想知道他拥有多少动物时，他没有数字系统)最后一段中的“The number system we use today was invented by the Hindus in India thousands of years ago and was brought to Europe during 8th to 11th century by Arab traders (商人).(我们今天使用的数字系统是数千年前印度的印度教徒发明的，并在8世纪至11世纪由阿拉伯商人带到欧洲)可知，我们今天使用的数字系统是由印度人发明的，因此标题可以是计数系统的发展，故选D。 22．B 23．A 24．A 25．D 26．A 【导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了不同的国家关于数字的文化是不尽相同的，告诉我们在某些文化中，人们不需要数字。 22．推理判断题。根据“Many people think that numbers and math are the same all over the world. But scientists have discovered that it is not true.”可知，作者通过使用四个问题是来引出本文的主题，主要是吸引读者的兴趣，故选B。 23．细节理解题。根据“In China, people count by using different finger positions.”可知，在中国，人们用不同的手指位置来计数，故选A。 24．细节理解题。根据“However, they are still able to understand different ideas about numbers.”可知，土著澳大利亚人的生活中有不同的数字观点，故选A。 25．细节理解题。根据“They could learn, but it’s not useful in their culture, so they’ve never picked it up.”可知，他们可以学数数，但是在他们的文化里，那是没用的，所以他们也不学，故选D。 26．主旨大意题。根据“Besides ways of finger counting, scientists have found that cultures and languages are also different when it comes to numbers. Some languages have only a few words for numbers, and others have no words for numbers.”及全文内容可知，本文作者给我们介绍的是数字和数学，不同的文化有不同的观点，故选A。 27．C 28．B 29．D 30．A 31．D 【导语】本文主要介绍一只颜色不那么鲜艳的蝴蝶Sunny的故事。 27．细节理解题。根据“Sunny loved climbing trees with her caterpillar friends May and June, but what she loved most was to tell stories.”可知，Sunny最喜欢讲故事。故选C。 28．细节理解题。根据“Sunny and her friends dreamed of the day when they would turn into beautiful butterflies. Sunny believed her wings would have rainbow colours.”可知，Sunny和她的朋友们梦想着有一天会变成美丽的蝴蝶，她相信她的翅膀会有彩虹的颜色。故选B。 29．推理判断题。根据“Wow, what big wings you have.”和“You look like the midnight sky”可知，他们在赞美Sunny，所以希望她开心。故选D。 30．细节理解题。根据“She was very excited.”，“On her back were two wings as black as night. This wasn’t what she had thought at all.”和“As she talked, Sunny smiled.”可知，Sunny一开始很兴奋，然后很绝望，最后是开心的，故选A。 31．最佳标题题。结合全文内容可知，本文主要介绍一只颜色不那么鲜艳的蝴蝶Sunny的故事，故选D。 32．C 33．D 34．D 35．A 36．B 【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了罗马数字及阿拉伯数字的特点和发展。 32．细节理解题。根据第二段“If you want to say five, you can keep your four fingers close on one side and your thumb on the other side. Make each of your hands be five, then you’ll have ten. So in Rome, the numbers are ‘I, Ⅱ, Ⅲ, IV, V, VI, VⅡ, VⅢ, IX, X’ ”可知，如果你想说5，你可以把四个手指放在一边，大拇指放在另一边。故选C。 33．词义猜测题。结合上文和“But there is no zero in Roman numerals. Today, few people use them because they are difficult to write and count. But we can still see”以及“on some watches and clocks”可知，罗马数字难写难算，今天已近很少人使用了，但是我们仍然能在手表和时钟里看到罗马数字，故此处的“them”指的是罗马数字。故选D。 34．细节理解题。根据第一段“Do you know the numbers 0-9 well? They are numbers in Arabic numbers”可知，“0”在阿拉伯数字中是“零”的意思。故选D。 35．细节理解题。根据第二段“But there is no zero in Roman numerals. Today, few people use them because they are difficult to write and count”可知，因为罗马数字难写难算，所以今天已近很少人使用了。故选A。 36．细节理解题。根据第三段“Indians first created and used the Arabic numerals...Today, people around the world use Arabic numerals and they help a lot”可知，印度人首先创造并使用阿拉伯数字。在8世纪晚期，阿拉伯国家的人们知道了它们。然后阿拉伯人把它们带到了欧洲。所以欧洲人称它们为阿拉伯数字。今天，世界各地的人们都在使用阿拉伯数字。故选B。 答案第1页，共2页 答案第1页，共2页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$