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【题目】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 number13. 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 reason is that when people began to count(数) they used ten 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 (耶稣) was killed (被杀). In a story about the old Greek (希腊的) 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______.

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 death 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】

试题分析：本文介绍了数字13是一个不幸的数字，这里介绍了为什么说它是一个不幸的数字的原因。

【1】C主旨大意题。根据文中Many hotels do not have a 13th floor. The floors go from 12 to 14, and there is no number13可知，在旅店里没有13层楼。故选C。

【2】A细节理解题。根据文中Perhaps one reason is that when people began to count(数) they used ten fingers and two hands. This made 12. They could not count more.可知，他们是使用手指数数，故选A。

【3】D细节理解题。根据文中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，人们绝不会坐在12个人的桌子旁边，他们将让他们一个人离开。故选D。

【4】B细节理解题。通读整篇短文可知耶稣的故事和希腊神的故事是关于数字13的。故选B。

【4】D主旨大意题。通读整篇短文可知，这篇短文主要讲述了为什么说数字13是个不幸运的数字。故选D。