Some people don’t like the number 13. They don’t think 13 is a lucky or good number. For example（比如）, they don’t like to live（居住） on the 13th floor（楼）.
My friend Mary is one of them. She asks some friends to her home. All of her friends get to her home. They sit at the table. Then Mary counts, “One, two, three ...oh, my God! There are thirteen people here!” Everybody’s face(脸) turns white, but Mr. Brown doesn’t. He says, “Don’t worry（别担心）, dear friends! We have fourteen people here. My wife will have a baby next week. She is in the family way now. ”
All of them become happy again. “Congratulations（恭喜）!” they say to Mr. and Mrs. Brown. They enjoy the nice food（享用美食） and have a good time this evening.
【小题1】The underlined word “lucky” means “________” in Chinese.

Some people don’t like the number 13. They don’t think 13 is a lucky or good number. For example（比如）, they don’t like to live（居住） on the 13th floor（楼）.

My friend Mary is one of them. She asks some friends to her home. All of her friends get to her home. They sit at the table. Then Mary counts, “One, two, three . . . oh, my God! There are thirteen people here!” Everybody’s face(脸) turns white, but Mr. Brown doesn’t. He says, “Don’t worry（别担心）, dear friends! We have fourteen people here. My wife will have a baby next week. She is in the family way now. ”

All of them become happy again. “Congratulations（恭喜）!” they say to Mr. and Mrs. Brown. They enjoy the nice food（享用美食） and have a good time this evening.

1.The underlined word “lucky” means “________” in Chinese.

A. 幸运的 B. 倒霉的 C. 难得的 D. 常见的

2.Everybody’s face turns white, because ________.

A. there are thirteen people

B. there are fourteen people

C. they don’t like Mr. Brown

D. they don’t like the baby

3.Who will have a baby next week?

A. Mary B. Mr. Brown C. GodD. Mrs. Brown

4.When does the story happen(发生)?

A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening. D. At night.

5.What is NOT true(正确的)?

A. some people don’t like to live on the 13th floor.

B. Mary and her friends don’t like the number 13.

C. Mr. Brown’s face turns white, too.

D. Mary and her friends became happy at last.

Some people don’t like the number 13. They don’t think 13 is a lucky or good number. For example（比如）, they don’t like to live（居住） on the 13th floor（楼）.

My friend Mary is one of them. She asks some friends to her home. All of her friends get to her home. They sit at the table. Then Mary counts, “One, two, three ...oh, my God! There are thirteen people here!” Everybody’s face(脸) turns white, but Mr. Brown doesn’t. He says, “Don’t worry（别担心）, dear friends! We have fourteen people here. My wife will have a baby next week. She is in the family way now. ”

All of them become happy again. “Congratulations（恭喜）!” they say to Mr. and Mrs. Brown. They enjoy the nice food（享用美食） and have a good time this evening.

1.The underlined word “lucky” means “________” in Chinese.

A. 幸运的 B. 倒霉的 C. 难得的 D. 常见的

2.Everybody’s face turns white, because ________.

A. there are thirteen people B. there are fourteen people

C. they don’t like Mr. Brown D. they don’t like the baby

3.Who will have a baby next week?

A. Mary B. Mr. Brown C. God D. Mrs. Brown

4.When does the story happen(发生)?

A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.D. At night.

5.What is NOT true(正确的)?

A. some people don’t like to live on the 13th floor.

B. Mary and her friends don’t like the number 13.

C. Mr. Brown’s face turns white, too.

D. Mary and her friends became happy at last.

In some foreign countries, some people don't like the number 13．They don't think 13 is a lucky number．For example, they don't like to live on the thirteenth floor．

My friend Jack has got the same idea．He doesn’t like the number 13, either．

One day, my friend Jack asked some friends to dinner． Mr. and Mrs. came here, too． When all of his friends arrived, he asked them to sit around the dinner table．He began to count the people in his mind while they were having the delicious food．Suddenly, he cried out, “Oh, there are thirteen people here!” Everyone's face turned white except Mr. Brown．He said slowly with a smile on his face, “Don't worry, my dear friends．We have fourteen people here．My wife Mrs. Brown will have a baby in a few months．She's in the family way now．” 

All of them became happy again．

“Congratulations!” they said to Mr. and Mrs. Brown．They enjoyed the nice food and had a good time that evening．

1． Some foreigners think the number 13 is       ．

A． lucky                    B． luckily          C． unlucky                  D． unluckily

2． Mr. and Mrs. Brown were Jack’s       ．

A． parents                  B． friends         C． classmates              D． relatives

3． Everybody’s face turned white when they       ．

A． saw Jack                                         B． saw the food  

C． heard the number 13                         D． were drinking

4． The sentence “She is in the family way now” means       ．

A． she is going to have a baby                B． she is at home

C． she is on her way home                     D． she is coming from home now

5． All of them became happy again because       ． 

    A． Mr. Brown told not to worry              B． they enjoyed the delicious food

    C． Mr. Brown would have a baby           D． the number of people was 14 not 13