Reading comprehension.
Not long ago I was invited out to dinner by a girl called Jane. I have met Jane only twice, and she was
very beautiful.
I was very pleased. "She loves me" I thought. "I am sorry at such short notice." She said when I arrived,
"but we suddenly knew there were going to be thirteen people at the table,so we had to find someone else."
Believing that the number 13 is unlucky is a typical of superstition. Recently I came across a little group of
worried people.They gathered round a man lying on the pavement (人行道)beside a road in London. They
were waiting for an ambulance, for the man had been knocked down by a passing taxi. He had stapped off
the pavement and into the street in order not to walk under a ladder (梯子). To see a black cat in England is
lucky. But if you see a black cat in India, it is considered very unlucky. There, if you are about to set out on
a long journey, and someone sneezes, you should not go. If you break a mirror, you will have seven year's
bad luck. Just superstition, of course.
1. Jane invited the writer out to dinner because ____.
Ａ: she liked him
Ｂ: she wanted to have twelve people at the table
Ｃ: she wanted to marry him
Ｄ: she wanted to have fourteen people at the table
2. A man was knocked down by a passing taxi as a result of his ____.
Ａ: slow speed
Ｂ: bad luck
Ｃ: carelessness
Ｄ: superstition
3. To walk under a ladder is considered unlucky in ____.
Ａ: England
Ｂ: India
Ｃ: the U.S.Ａ
Ｄ: Japan
4. In ____, if someone sneezes when you start on a journey, you might be unlucky.
Ａ: England
Ｂ: India
Ｃ: the U.S.Ａ
Ｄ: Japan
5. The writer ____ superstition.
Ａ: believes in
Ｂ: likes
Ｃ: disbelieves in
Ｄ: makes others believe in
6. The word "superstition" means ____.
Ａ: 迷信
Ｂ: 信仰
Ｃ: 笃信
Ｄ: 敬重
7. The phrase"come across" means ____.
Ａ: 来到
Ｂ: 遇到
Ｃ: 经过
Ｄ: 横过
8. The word "ambulance" means ____.
Ａ: 公安人员
Ｂ: 救治
Ｃ: 专用车
Ｄ: 救护车
