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�。� on the 13th floor（樓）.
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(臉) turns white, but Mr. Brown doesn’t. He says, “Don’t worry（別擔(dān)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.
【小題1】The underlined word “lucky” means “________” in Chinese.

A．幸運的 B．倒霉的 C．難得的 D．常見的
【小題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
【小題3】Who will have a baby next week?
A．Mary B．Mr. Brown C．God D．Mrs. Brown
【小題4】When does the story happen(發(fā)生)?
A．In the morning. B．In the afternoon. C．In the evening. D．At night.
【小題5】What is NOT true(正確的)?
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.


【小題1】A
【小題2】A
【小題3】D
【小題4】C
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：有些人不喜歡數(shù)字13。他們不認(rèn)為13是一個幸運的數(shù)字。例如,他們不喜歡生活在13樓。我的朋友瑪麗就是其中之一。她請一些朋友到她家。她帶她所有的朋友回家。他們坐在桌子上。然后瑪麗數(shù):“一,二,三……哦,我的上帝!這里有13人!“每個人的臉都白,但是布朗先生沒有。他說,“別擔(dān)心,親愛的朋友!我們這里有14人。我的妻子將在下周有個小孩。她現(xiàn)在懷孕了�！彼麄冏兊瞄_心了�！肮补�,布朗先生和夫人!”他們說。他們享用美食,今晚玩得很開心。
【小題1】詞義猜測題。 根據(jù)后面的good可知，Lucky意為幸運的。故選A。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“ There are thirteen people here!” Everybody’s face(臉) turns white...”可知因為他們有13個人所以才臉色變白。故選A。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“My wife will have a baby next week. ”可知布朗先生的妻子懷孕了。故選D。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“They enjoy the nice food（享用美食） and have a good time this evening.”可知聚會發(fā)生在晚上。故選C。
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“Everybody’s face(臉) turns white, but Mr. Brown doesn’t.”可知只有布朗先生的連沒有變白。故選C。
考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。

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