阅读理解。阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。Insomeforeigncountriessomepeopledon’tlikethenumber13.Theydon’tthink1

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阅读理解。阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

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

　My friend Jack has got the same idea. One day he 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 in his mind while they were having the delicious food. Suddenly he cried out “Oh there are thirteen people here!” Everybody’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 in a few weeks. She’s in the family way now.”

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

( ) 1.________were asked to dinner that day.

　 A. Jack and I B. Some of my friends

　　C.14 people D. Some of Jack’s friends

( ) 2. Jack began to count the people________.

　　A. before dinner B. at dinner time

　　C. after dinner D. when they came in

( ) 3.Why did their faces turned white when Jack said there were 13 people?

　　A.Because the table was too small.

B. Because they needed another person.

C.Because they thought 13 was a lucky number.

D. Because they thought 13 was an unlucky number.