Question

Last week Lu visited England. He stayed with my grandmother. He found it was strange.

‘I don’t know why, but I frightened your grandmother a lot. When I arrived, I gave her a purse from Dongtai. She looked in it and asked me to take it back. Then I saw a red spider (蜘蛛) on the table, and I killed it for her. She seemed very unhappy. Do English people like spiders?

‘Later we went shopping. Someone was painting a shop front, so there was a ladder. Grandmother stopped me from walking under it and said I must walk around it. I liked the shops and bought some lovely rose soap for my mother, a smart umbrella for my father and some new shoes for myself. When we got back, I put the shoes on the table and opened the umbrella to check if it was all right. Your grandmother came in and screamed!

‘Then I broke a small mirror in the bathroom. Your grandmother’s face went white. I felt very sorry. When I left, I gave your grandmother some flowers. She counted and there were 13. She didn’t like them.’

I explained to Lu, ‘My grandmother follows the old customs. You must not give someone an empty purse, or they will have no money. You must not kill a “money spider”, or the same will happen. Also it is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table. An open umbrella in a house means someone will die. Breaking a mirror brings seven years’ bad luck, and 13 is also a very unlucky number. You were really making my grandmother very afraid.’

1.Why did Lu frighten the writer’s grandmother?

A. Because he could not speak English.

B. Because he did many unlucky things.

C. Because he understood British customs.

D. Because he went shopping in England.

2.What do many British people think of spiders?

A. They are afraid of them.

B. They keep spiders as pets.

C. They hope to see every kind of spiders in their houses.

D. They think some kinds of spiders are lucky.

3.What did the writer’s grandmother feel when she saw the umbrella?

A. Excited. B. Satisfied. C. Afraid. D. Happy.

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Thirteen is an unlucky number in England.

B. It is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table in England.

C. For most British people, breaking a mirror means bad luck.

D. People never give purses as presents in England.

5.How many wrong things did Lu do altogether?

A. 5. B. 6. C. 8. D. 10.

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是Lu去倫敦參觀，住在作者的奶奶家里，他做了很多事情，讓作者的奶奶感到非常的害怕。原來他做的這些事情在他看來沒什么，但是在英國的文化里卻都是不吉利的。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文中第二段到第四段Lu的描述可知，Lu來倫敦，和作者的奶奶住在一起。他做了一些事情，讓作者的奶奶不開心了。例如他送給了奶奶一個空的錢包，這就意味著沒有錢。由此可知選B。

2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第二段中Then I saw a red spider (蜘蛛) on the table, and I killed it for her. She seemed very unhappy以及最后一段中You must not kill a “money spider”, or the same will happen.可以看出，在英國，人們覺得有些蜘蛛是錢的象征，代表著好運氣。故選D。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文最后一段中An open umbrella in a house means someone will die.可知，在房子里面撐傘意味著有人要死了，是很不吉利的。因此我們可以推斷出，當(dāng)作者的奶奶看到Lu的傘的時候，她應(yīng)該是感到非常害怕的。故選C。

4.推理判斷題。根據(jù)and 13 is also a very unlucky number可知A說的是對的；根據(jù)Also it is very unlucky to walk under a ladder or put new shoes on the table.可知B也是對的；根據(jù)Breaking a mirror brings seven years’ bad luck,可知C是對的。根據(jù)You must not give someone an empty purse, or they will have no money.可知，在英國不是不能送給別人錢包，而是不能送空的錢包，故D不對。

5.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文意可知，Lu在英國做錯了很多事，如他送給了作者的奶奶一個空的錢包、殺死了代表好運的蜘蛛、在梯子的下面走，還把新鞋放在了桌子上、在房間里撐傘、打破了鏡子、送給了奶奶13朵花。一共是六件事，故選B。

考點：文化類短文閱讀。