可知,选民选出的数字是与他们认为有价值的东西有关。故选D项。
【2题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段Numbers that serve a higher purpose did well. For instance, 42--the "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy--landed in 11th place. 服务于更高目的的数字表现良好。例如,《银河系漫游指南》中的"生命、宇宙和一切终极问题的答案"--42--排在第11位。可知,数字42因为它在小说《银河系漫游指南》中是一个重要的数字,所以是许多人最喜欢的数字。故选C项。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。根据最后一段"Seven is the only number among those we can count on our hands, one to ten, that cannot be divided or multiplied within the group," Bellos explains. One, two, three, four, and five can each be doubled to reach two, four, six, eight, and ten. Nine is divisible by three. Seven, then, is the only number between two and ten that is neither a multiple nor a factor of the others.可知,作者认为数字7是独一无二的。故选B项。
【4题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第二段中For reasons totally unrelated to classic rock, author Alex Bellos set out to find the world's favorite numbers. His online survey swiftly received more than 30,000 votes from numberphiles around the world.可知,本文是通过Alex Bellos收集到关于人们对最喜欢数字的数据统计而发表看法展开描写的,即是关于人们最喜欢的数字。故选A项。
(B)
In It's a Wonderful Life with James Steward, the scene that gets me is at the end when one guy says: 'To my big brother, George, the richest man in town.' It kills me, man. In the film, it's Christmas and James Stewart is in big trouble financially and he's going to be arrested and so he decides to kill himself . But then this angel comes down (only he looks like an ordinary guy) and shows him what life would have been like in his home town if he'd never lived. And he sees how his life has touched all these other lives and really made a difference. I watch most of the film with a lump (肿块) in my throat. Brilliant!
Pete
One of the funniest moments, I think, is in the first Indiana Jones movie, Raiders of the Lost