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【題目】Many people don’t think that the number 13 is a lucky number. Many hotels do not have a 13th floor. The floors go from 12 to 14, and there is no number 13. Some people will never sit at a table with 12 other people. They will tell someone to go or ask another person to sit with them.

No one really knows why people do not like the number 13. Perhaps one person is that when people began to count(數(shù)) they used the fingers and two hands. This made 12. They could not count more.

Some Christians(基督徒) say that 13 is not lucky because there were 13 people at a meal the day before Jesus(耶穌) was killed(被殺). In a story about the old Greek(希臘的) gods(神), 12 gods were asked to a meal but one more came. This made 13. It is why the god Balder, who was at the meal, was killed.

【1】There is often no floor number 13 in ______.

A. restaurants B. countries C. hotels D. Greece

【2】One way people can count is by using their _______.

A. fingers B. hotels C. tables D. gods

【3】Some people will never sit at a table with twelve other people, or(否則) __________.

A. all of them will leave

B. they will wait for two other people to come

C. they will never come for dinner together

D. they will ask one of them to leave

【4】The Christian story and the Greek story both talk about_______.

A. Jesus B. the number13 C. Balder D. Hotels

【5】The story is about _________.

A. the deathspan> of Jesus

B. the person who killed Balder

C. the way people count with their fingers

D. why 13 is not a lucky number

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：許多人不認為數(shù)字十三是一個幸運數(shù)字。該文主要介紹了為什么十三是個不幸運的數(shù)字。

【1】C細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中Many hotels do not have a 13th floor.可知很多酒店沒有第十三層。所以選C。

【2】A細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中Perhaps one person is that when people began to count(數(shù)) they used the fingers and two hands. This made 12. They could not count more.可知也許一個人當人們開始計數(shù)(時他們使用手指和兩只手。他們無法計數(shù)十三。所以選A。

【3】D細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中. Some people will never sit at a table with 12 other people. They will tell someone to go or ask another person to sit with them可知有些人永遠不會與其他十二個人坐在一張桌子。他們會讓其中一個人離去。所以選D。

【4】B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段的描述可知基督徒的故事和希臘故事都是關(guān)于數(shù)字十三的，所以選B。

【5】D細節(jié)理解題。該文主要介紹了為什么十三是個不幸運的數(shù)字，所以選D。