Task 1Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfini

Task 1

Directions: After reading the following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered 36 through 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should make the correct choice.

We all make plans for the future all the time. Some of them are big plans, which affect our future lives. Some are small, unimportant plans, such as how we're going to spend the evening. Making plans is natural, but how many of the plans we are making today will come true？

Everyone wants to know what the future holds. What will happen to me？ Will my hopes and plans come true？ For thousands of years people have wanted to know the answers to questions like these, and they have turned to fortune tellers for the answers.

Fortune tellers use many position of the stars and planets at our birth can 'affect our character and future. Some people use cards (纸牌) to tell the future, while others say they can read our futures in the pattern of the tea leaves left in the bottom of our cup. One of the most popular forms of fortune telling is palmistry, the study of the lines on the palm of your hand.

Many people believe strongly in some form. of fortune telling, including some rich and famous people. When Ronalds Reagan was President of the United States for example, his wife, Nancy, organized his schedule to fit in with the predictions of her astrologer. Important journeys and meetings had to wait for a good day.

But most people believe that fortune telling is no better than leading the way by the blind.

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the first paragraph？

A．Plans can be big or small based on their structures.

B．A plan is a natural method of achieving something one imagines.

C．A plan is an arrangement for actions in advance.

D．Plans we are making today can hardly be realized.