Question

Last week Lu visited England. He stayed with my grandmother. He found it was strange.

‘I don’t know why, but I frightened your grandmother a lot. When I arrived, I gave her a purse from Dongtai. She looked in it and asked me to take it back. Then I saw a red spider (蜘蛛) on the table, and I killed it for her. She seemed very unhappy. Do English people like spiders?

‘Later we went shopping. Someone was painting a shop front, so there was a ladder. Grandmother stopped me from walking under it and said I must walk around it. I liked the shops and bought some lovely rose soap for my mother, a smart umbrella for my father and some new shoes for myself. When we got back, I put the shoes on the table and opened the umbrella to check if it was all right. Your grandmother came in and screamed!

‘Then I broke a small mirror in the bathroom. Your grandmother’s face went white. I felt very sorry. When I left, I gave your grandmother some flowers. She counted and there were 13. She didn’t like them.’

I explained to Lu, ‘My grandmother follows the old customs. You must not give someone an empty purse, or they will have no money. You must not kill a “money spider”, or the same will happen. Also it is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table. An open umbrella in a house means someone will die. Breaking a mirror brings seven years’ bad luck, and 13 is also a very unlucky number. You were really making my grandmother very afraid.’

1.Why did Lu frighten the writer’s grandmother?

A. Because he could not speak English.

B. Because he did many unlucky things.

C. Because he understood British customs.

D. Because he went shopping in England.

2.What do many British people think of spiders?

A. They are afraid of them.

B. They keep spiders as pets.

C. They hope to see every kind of spiders in their houses.

D. They think some kinds of spiders are lucky.

3.What did the writer’s grandmother feel when she saw the umbrella?

A. Excited.  B. Satisfied.  C. Afraid.   D. Happy.

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Thirteen is an unlucky number in England.

B. It is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table in England.

C. For most British people, breaking a mirror means bad luck.

D. People never give purses as presents in England.

5.How many wrong things did Lu do altogether?

A. 5.    B. 6.    C. 8.    D. 10.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是Lu去伦敦参观，住在作者的奶奶家里，他做了很多事情，让作者的奶奶感到非常的害怕。原来他做的这些事情在他看来没什么，但是在英国的文化里却都是不吉利的。

1.细节理解题。根据短文中第二段到第四段Lu的描述可知，Lu来伦敦，和作者的奶奶住在一起。他做了一些事情，让作者的奶奶不开心了。例如他送给了奶奶一个空的钱包，这就意味着没有钱。由此可知选B。

2.推理判断题。根据短文第二段中Then I saw a red spider (蜘蛛) on the table, and I killed it for her. She seemed very unhappy以及最后一段中You must not kill a “money spider”, or the same will happen.可以看出，在英国，人们觉得有些蜘蛛是钱的象征，代表着好运气。故选D。

3.推理判断题。根据短文最后一段中An open umbrella in a house means someone will die.可知，在房子里面撑伞意味着有人要死了，是很不吉利的。因此我们可以推断出，当作者的奶奶看到Lu的伞的时候，她应该是感到非常害怕的。故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据and 13 is also a very unlucky number可知A说的是对的；根据Also it is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table.可知B也是对的；根据Breaking a mirror brings seven years’ bad luck,可知C是对的。根据You must not give someone an empty purse, or they will have no money.可知，在英国不是不能送给别人钱包，而是不能送空的钱包，故D不对。

5.细节理解题。根据文意可知，Lu在英国做错了很多事，如他送给了作者的奶奶一个空的钱包、杀死了代表好运的蜘蛛、在梯子的下面走，还把新鞋放在了桌子上、在房间里撑伞、打破了镜子、送给了奶奶13朵花。一共是六件事，故选B。

考点：文化类短文阅读。