Symbols - Heinle

Comprehension
Looking for the Main Ideas
Circle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Throughout the ages, people have .
a. written stories about numbers
b. given meaning and importance to numbers
c. considered five a lucky number
d. used numbers to tell the future
2. Numbers .
a. have different meanings in different cultures
b. have the same meaning everywhere
c. didn’t have much meaning in ancient times
d. don’t have much meaning now
3. The number 13 .
a. is omitted from the lottery in every country
b. was a good number for the ancient Romans
c. is considered lucky in some countries
d. is considered unlucky almost everywhere
Looking for Details
Scan the reading quickly to find the answers to these questions. Write
complete sentences.
1. What was special about a seventh child?
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2. What do some interpreters of dreams believe about a dream
repeated three times?
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18 Unit 1 ■ Symbols