【Insomecountries,themostcommonunluckynumberisthirteen.Peopledon’tliketoliveinahousethatisnumber13.Peopledon’tliketohavepartieswiththirteenpeople.Peopledon’tliketodoimportantthingsonthethirteenthofth】
Insomecountries,themostcommonunluckynumberisthirteen.Peopledon’tliketoliveinahousethatisnumber13.Peopledon’tliketohavepartieswiththirteenpeople.Peopledon’tliketodoimportantthingsonthethirteenthofthemonth.Also,whenyouaddtheJapaneseunluckynumberstogether---nineandfour---theymakethirteen.
Therearen’tmanybusinessmeetingsonthethirteenthofthemonthespeciallywhenthethirteenthisonaFriday.Fridayisalwaysunlucky.AdamandEvelefttheGardenofEden(伊甸园)onaFriday.JesusChristdiedonaFriday.Therewerethirteenpeopleathislastsupper.InEurope,theykillcriminals(罪犯)onFridays.
Forsomepeople,unluckynumbersdotheoppositethings.Myelderbrotherwasbornonthethirteenth.Hepassedhisexamsonthethirteenth.Hemarriedonthethirteenth.Hebecameapilotonthethirteenth.Itwasalwaysaluckynumberforhim.
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小题1:WhatistheunluckynumberinJapanese?A.ThirteenB.NineC.FourD.Nineandfour小题2:Generallyspeaking,howmanydaysarethereinayearonwhichpeopledon’twanttoholdbusinessmeetings?A.9B.12C.13D.24小题3:WhichofthefollowingisNOTusedtoprovethatFridayorthirteenisunlucky?A.AdamandEve.B.JesusChrist’sdeath.C.JesusChrist’slastsupper.D.Theauthor’sbrother’smarriagedate.小题4:WhendidEuropeanskillcriminals?A.Onthethirteeneverymonth.B.OnFridaysofthefifthmontheveryyear.C.OnFridays.D.Onthethirdweekofeverymonth.小题5:WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?A.Theauthorwasbornonthethirteenth.B.Theauthor’selderbrotherpassedhisexamsonthethirteenth.C.Theauthor’selderbrothermarriedonthethirteenth.D.Thirteenwasaluckynumberfortheauthor’sbrother.