首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
LOS ANGELES—Hong Kong immigrants living in the American city known as the "Chinese Beverly Hills" are【B1】______ . because they f
LOS ANGELES—Hong Kong immigrants living in the American city known as the "Chinese Beverly Hills" are【B1】______ . because they f
admin
2012-12-13
63
问题
LOS ANGELES—Hong Kong immigrants living in the American city known as the "Chinese Beverly Hills" are【B1】______ . because they face losing a lucky phone number—818, or prosperity followed by more prosperity.
Many people living in Monterey Park, the only U.S. city with a【B2】______ of Asian residents, attribute its growing affluence to the country’s most【B3】______ three-digit area code.
But rapidly increasing demand for telephones means the 818 group is【B4】______ out, and the phone company is proposing to split it in two, giving Monterey Park 626 instead.
Chinese residents are【B5】______ because the new number adds up to 14—colloquially translating to certain death.
The city filed a formal【B6】______ with California’s Public Utilities Commission, arguing that many Chinese residents of the San Gabriel Valley had moved there only because of the area code.
A spokesman said that there was also strong【B7】______ for real estate with lucky street numbers.
One【B8】______ of neighboring Alhambra, which also has a large Chinese population, is Hong Kong-born property developer Raymond Cheng,【B9】______ . The number plates of his Rolls-Royce and two Mercedes-Benz cars are predominantly eights.
He also recalled having to complete a contract to remodel a Monterey Park bank in a rush 【B10】______ , the highly auspicious double eight.
"【B11】______ ,"he was quoted as saying.
【B11】
选项
答案
"There was no other reason except that the date signified good fortune and prosperity,"
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/T4b7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
The______ofadiplomatostudentswithdisabilitieshasanegativeeffectontheirfutureeducationalandoccupationalattainme
TheAmericandreamismost______duringtheperiodsofproductivityandwealthgeneratedbyAmericancapitalism.
Americanjusticeworksonthe______thatanaccusedpersonisinnocentuntiltheyareprovedguilty.
Thetwocountriesshouldsettletheirdisputesina________manner.
Aftersevenyears’work,Chinesescientists________thetaskoflaunchingtheircountry’sfirstspaceshipinsevenyears.
A、He’sgotastomachache.B、He’sgotaheadache.C、Hehaseyetrouble.D、Heisalcoholic.D语义推断题。抓听到关键信息“onlyacoupleofglass
Personalityistoalargeextentinherent-A-typeparentsusuallybringaboutA-type【36】.Buttheenvironmentmustalsohavea【
A、Alicebelievesglobalwarmingiscausedbyhumanbeing.B、Prof.Steve’slectureonglobalwarmingiswell-grounded.C、BothLar
A、Itisagiftgivenbyothers.B、Thereisnowaytoincreaseit.C、Itdependsonwhatwecanorcannotdo.D、Itispartofthe
随机试题
少阴寒化证可见
下列对肺部叩诊呈浊鼓音的叙述,正确的是()
羟基蒽醌的UV吸收峰波长与羟基数目有关,而与羟基所在位置无关的是羟基蒽醌的UV吸收峰波长和强度均与β-OH有关的是
根据我国刑法的规定,走私普通货物、物品的,以走私货物、物品所偷逃应缴税款大小划分罪与非罪,单位走私货物、物品偷逃应缴税款达下列多少万元以上的,认定为走私罪。
根据有关规定,所有境外投资者对单个上市公司A股的持股比例总和,不超过该上市公司股份总数的()。
认为幼儿教师首先是幼儿学习环境的创设者,是幼儿学习的支持者、观察者和研究者的理论流派是()。
社区建设的功能包括()。
下列事件最能体现对苏联民主制造成重大破坏的是()。
我国×省人大常委会制定了《×省食品卫生管理条例》。对此,下列说法错误的是()
I’dlikesome______(milk)and______(egg).
最新回复
(
0
)