One day Mr. Smith went to a dinner party. He was wearing very old clothes. He came into the room, but people in the room didn’t look at him. They didn’t ask him to sit at the table. He wasn’t happy. But he said nothing. Mr. Smith went home quickly and put on his best clothes. He went back to the party. Everyone in the room stood up and looked at him. They gave him good food to eat. Mr. Smith took off his coat, and put it on the food and said, “eat, coat!”

The other people were surprised and asked, “What are you doing? Why do you do that?”

Mr. Smith answered, “I am asking my coat to eat food. When I wore old clothes, you didn’t look at me. You didn’t ask me to sit down. Now I am wearing these nice clothes. And you give me good food. Now I see, you give the food to my coat, not to me.”

1.When Mr. Smith came into the room, the people didn’t look at him. Why?

A.Because the people didn’t ask him to come.

B.Because Mr. Smith wore old clothes.

C.Because Mr. Smith didn’t say hello to them first.

D.Because it was night and they didn’t see him.

2.Mr. Smith went to___________ one day.

A.a birthday party B.a dinner party C.an English party D.a movie

3.What does the underlined word “it” refer to?

A.The party B.The food C.The coat D.The table

4.Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?

A.A person in good clothes should eat good food.

B.A good coat should eat good food.

C.We can’t judge(判断) a man by his clothes.

D.Mr. Smith is stupid(愚蠢的).

阅读回答问题

Do you have a lucky number? What is it? Many people have a special number that they hope will bring them good luck.

In Chinese culture, some numbers are believed to be lucky or unlucky based on (基于)the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to. For example, number 8 sounds similar to the words for “making a fortune”. Some people will even spend a lot of money to have 8s in their phone number or vehicle license plate (车牌) numbers. The opening ceremony (开幕式) of the Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 p.m. on August 8, 2008.

The number 9 is also a lucky number because of its connection to the emperors of China. There were nine dragons on emperors’ robes (长袍) and Chinese myths (神话) held that the dragon had nine children. The number 9 also stands for “long lasting”. That's why a man always gives a woman 99 or 999 roses.

So What’s a “bad luck” number in China? It might be 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as a “bad luck” number because it sounds similar to, the character for “death”. Because of this, many buildings skip the fourth floor, and simply call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip all floors numbered with 4, such as,4,14,24,34 and all 40—49 floors. Some buildings also skip the 13th floor, as this is considered an unlucky number in many Christian countries. As a result, a building whose highest floor is 50 may have only 35 physical floors.

1.Why do Chinese people consider number 8 a lucky number?

2.Why does a man always give a woman 99 or 999 roses in China?

3.Is it easy for Chinese people to think of death when they see number 4?

4.Where is number 13 considered an unlucky number?

5.How many floors may a building whose highest floor is 50 have in Hong Kong?

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