阅读理解   Insomecountries,somepeopledonotlikethenumber13. ...

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    In some countries, some people do not like the number 13.  They don’t think 13 is a lucky number. For example, they don’t like to live on the 13th floor.

   One day Jack asked some friends to dinner. When all of his friends arrived, he asked them to sit around the dinner table. He began to count the people while they were having the lovely 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, dear friends! We have fourteen people here. My wife will have a baby（生孩子）in a few weeks.”　　

   All of them became happy again. “Congratulations！” they said to Mr. and Mrs. Brown. Then they enjoyed the nice food and had a good time that evening.

1. Jack asked his friends to have ______ that day.   

A. breakfast           B. lunch           C. supper　　        D. a baby

2. Jack began to count the people ______.

A. before dinner                         B. after dinner

C. at dinner time                         D. when they came in

3. Jack ______ to have 13 people for the dinner.

A. had          B. wanted               C. didn’t want　      D. liked

4. Why does everyone’s face turn white?

A. Because the food was delicious.              B. Because they liked the number 13.

C. Because they didn’t think the number is lucky. D. Because there were 14 people.

5. All the people became happy again ______.

A. when Jack spoke                           B. because a baby was sitting there

C. because there were not thirteen people here  D. because a baby would come here

【回答】

1C 2C 3C 4C 5C

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