Manypeopledon'tthinkthatthenumber13isaluckynumber．Manyhotelsdonothavea13thfloor．Thefloorsgofrom12to14，andthereisnonumber13．Somepeoplewillneversitatatablewith12otherpeople．Theywilltellsomeonetogoora

Question

Many people don't think that the number 13is a lucky number．Many hotels do not have a 13th floor．The floors go from 12to 14，and there is no number13．Some people will never sit at a table with 12other people．They will tell someone to go or ask another person to sit with them．
No one really knows why people do not like the number 13．Perhaps one reason is that when people began to count（数） they used ten fingers and two hands．This made 12．They could not count more．
Some Christians （基督徒） say that 13is not lucky because there were 13people at a meal the day before Jesus （耶稣） was killed （被杀）．In a story about the old Greek （希腊的） gods（神），12gods were asked to a meal but one more came．This made 13．It is why the god Balder，who was at the meal，was killed．

46．There is often no floor number 13in___．
A．restaurants       
B．countries        
C．hotels         
D．Greece
47．One way people can count is by using their___．
A．fingers           
B．hotels           
C．tables         
D．gods
48．Some people will never sit at a table with twelve other people or___．
A．all of them will leave                  
B．they will wait for two other people to come
C．they will never come for dinner together  
D．they will ask one of them to leave
49．The Christian story and the Greek story both talk about___．
A．Jesus            
B．the number13     
C．Balder        
D．hotels
50．The story is about___．
A．the death of Jesus                     
B．the person who killed Balder
C．the way people count with their fingers   
D．why 13is not a lucky number．

Answer 1

46-50：CADBD
46题答案：C 细节理解题．根据第一段中Many hotels do not have a 13th floor．可知很多酒店没有第十三层．所以选C．
47题答案：A 细节理解题．根据第二段中Perhaps one person is that when people began to count（数） they used the fingers and two hands．This made 12．They could not count more．可知也许一个人当人们开始计数（时他们使用手指和两只手．他们无法计数十三．所以选A．
48题答案：D 细节理解题．根据第一段中．Some people will never sit at a table with 12 other people．They will tell someone to go or ask another person to sit with them可知有些人永远不会与其他十二个人坐在一张桌子．他们会让其中一个人离去．所以选D．
49题答案：B 归纳题．根据最后一段的描述Some Christians （基督徒） say that 13is not lucky because there were 13people at a meal the day before Jesus （耶稣） was killed （被杀）．In a story about the old Greek （希腊的） gods（神），12gods were asked to a meal but one more came．This made 13．It is why the god Balder，who was at the meal，was killed．可知基督徒的故事和希腊故事都是关于数字十三的，所以选B．
50题答案：D 主旨题．根据第一句Many people don't think that the number 13is a lucky number该文主要介绍了为什么十三是个不幸运的数字，所以选D．