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.
