Question

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 number 13. 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 person is that when people began to count(数) they used the 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(否则) __________.

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.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：许多人不认为数字十三是一个幸运数字。该文主要介绍了为什么十三是个不幸运的数字。

1.C细节理解题。根据第一段中Many hotels do not have a 13th floor.可知很多酒店没有第十三层。所以选C。

2.A细节理解题。根据第二段中Perhaps one person is that when people began to count(数) they used the fingers and two hands. This made 12. They could not count more.可知也许一个人当人们开始计数(时他们使用手指和两只手。他们无法计数十三。所以选A。

3.D细节理解题。根据第一段中. 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可知有些人永远不会与其他十二个人坐在一张桌子。他们会让其中一个人离去。所以选D。

4.B细节理解题。根据最后一段的描述可知基督徒的故事和希腊故事都是关于数字十三的，所以选B。

5.细节理解题。该文主要介绍了为什么十三是个不幸运的数字，所以选D。

考点：社会现象类短文阅读。