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问题详情:
The most common unlucky number is thirteen. people don’t like to live in a house that is number thirteen. People don’t like to have parties with thirteen people. People don’t like to do important things on the thirteenth of the month. Also, when you add the Japanese unlucky numbers together—nine and four – they make thirteen.
One English teacher told his students a story about ‘thirteen’. The classroom was number thirteen. At the end of the lesson one of the students changed the number of the room to 12A. In the afternoon, another teacher wanted to find Room 13. He didn’t know about the changed numbers. He walked around the school for half an hour. At last, someone told him about the changed number—that Room 12A was Room 13.
There aren’t many business meetings on the thirteenth of the month especially when the thirteenth is on a Friday. Friday is always unlucky. Adam and Eve left the Garden of Eden on a Friday. Jesus Christ died on a Friday. (There were thirteen people at His Last Supper.) In Europe, they killed criminals on Friday.
For some people, unlucky numbers do the opposite things. My elder brother was born on the thirteenth. He passed his exams on the thirteenth. He married on the thirteenth. He became a pilot on the thirteenth. It was always a lucky day for him.
( ) 1. From the text we know that ___.
A.nobody likes the number four or nine
B.people never have business meetings on the thirteenth
C.thirteen is not liked by many people
D.thirteen is unlucky only in Europe
( ) 2. In Europe people think Friday is always unlucky possibly because ___.
A.Jesus Christ died on Friday
B.some criminals are killed on Friday
C.more people died on Friday
D.there is a thirteenth on one Friday
( ) 3. What’s the writer’s attitude towards the unlucky numbers?
A.He doesn’t mention it.
B.He thinks four and nine are unlucky numbers.
C.He thinks thirteen is lucky for him.
D.He doesn’t like thirteen, either.
【回答】
1C 2A 3A
知识点:日常生活类
题型:阅读理解
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