阅读理解。Insomeforeigncountriessomepeopledon'tlikethenumber13.Theydon'tthink13isaluckynumber.Forexampletheydon'tliketoliveonthethirteenthfloor.MyfriendJackhasgotthesameidea.Hedoesn'tli

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     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. He doesn't like the number 13 either.
     One day my friend Jack asked some friends to dinner. Mr and Mrs came here too. 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!" Everyone's face turned
white except Mr Brown. He said slowly with a smile on his face "Don't worry my dear friends. We have
fourteen people here. My wife Mrs Brown will have a baby in a few months. 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 that
evening.

1. Some foreigners think the number 13 is ______.

A. lucky
B. luckily
C. unlucky
D. unluckily

2. Mr and Mrs Brown were Jack's _____.

A. parents
B. friends
C. classmates
D. relatives

3. Everybody's face turned white when they _____.

A. saw Jack
B. saw the food
C. heard the number 13
D. were drinking

4. The sentence"She is in the family way now" means ______.

A. she is going to have a baby
B. she is at home
C. she is on her way home
D. she is coming from home now

5. All of them became happy again because _____.

A. Mr Brown told not to worry
B. they enjoyed the delicious food
C. Mr Brown would have a baby
D. the number of people was 14 not 13

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