Some people don’t like the number 13. They don’t think 13 is a lucky or good number. For example（比如）, they don’t like to live（居住） on the 13th floor（樓）.
My friend Mary is one of them. She asks some friends to her home. All of her friends get to her home. They sit at the table. Then Mary counts, “One, two, three ...oh, my God! There are thirteen people here!” Everybody’s face(臉) turns white, but Mr. Brown doesn’t. He says, “Don’t worry（別擔(dān)心）, dear friends! We have fourteen people here. My wife will have a baby next week. She is in the family way now. ”
All of them become happy again. “Congratulations（恭喜）!” they say to Mr. and Mrs. Brown. They enjoy the nice food（享用美食） and have a good time this evening.
【小題1】The underlined word “lucky” means “________” in Chinese.

A．幸運(yùn)的

B．倒霉的

C．難得的

D．常見(jiàn)的

【小題2】Everybody’s face turns white, because ________.

A．there are thirteen people	B．there are fourteen people
C．they don’t like Mr. Brown	D．they don’t like the baby

【小題3】Who will have a baby next week?

A．Mary

B．Mr. Brown

C．God

D．Mrs. Brown

【小題4】When does the story happen(發(fā)生)?

A．In the morning.

B．In the afternoon.

C．In the evening.

D．At night.

【小題5】What is NOT true(正確的)?

A．some people don’t like to live on the 13th floor.

B．Mary and her friends don’t like the number 13.

C．Mr. Brown’s face turns white, too.

D．Mary and her friends became happy at last.

　　Children have their own rules in playing games. They seldom need a referee（裁判）and rarely trouble to keep scores. They don't care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn't seem to worry them if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities cannot be directly compared. They also enjoy games that move in stages, in which each stage, the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the determining of which side shall start, is almost a game in itself.

　　Grown-ups can hardly find children's games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too, in particular games, that it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he has caught.

　　It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.

(1)What is true about children when they play games?

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A．They can stop playing any time they like.

B．They can test their personal abilities.

C．They want to pick a better team.

D．They don't need rules.

(2)To become a leader in a game the child has to ________.

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A．play well

B．wait for his turn

C．be confident in himself

D．be popular among his playmates

(3)What do we know about grown-ups?

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A．They are not interested in games.

B．They find children's games too easy.

C．They don't need a reason to play games.

D．They don't understand children's games.

(4)Why does a child like playing games?

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A．Because he can be someone other than himself.

B．Because he can become popular among friends.

C．Because he finds he is always lucky in games.

D．Because he likes the place where he plays a game.

(5)The writer believes that ________.

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A．children should make better rules for their games.

B．children should invite grown-ups to play with them.

C．children's games can do them a lot of good

D．children play games without reasons

Knowing about yourself means not only you find what you are good at and what you like，it 1  means you find what you are not good at and what you don’t like．Both help you to  2  your aim（目標(biāo)）in life．

Although most students would be  3  if they found they always failed a maths exam，they have learned a lot about  4  ．They know they should not become engineers  5  physical scientists，and they should not be good at  6  work．So failure（失敗）can help a student have a much happier life if he or she draws the  7  conclusion（結(jié)論）from the failure．They may then make a decision  8  their aims and choose the kind of work they would like to do．

It is impossible to decide  9  or not you like something until you have tried it If you decide that you would like to play  10  ，you need to take  11   one lesson before you know whether you have any interest or ability．  12  is not enough to want to be a violinist．You also have to like the hard and long training  13  you become one．If you enjoy being a great violinist but  14   the work，forget it，please．It’s a good plan to try more when you are still young．And then you will come to a clever  15  ．

（    ）1．A．a(chǎn)lso         B．too                      C．either                     D．ever

（    ）2．A．look         B．see                      C．seem                     D．watch

（    ）3．A．excited       B．happy                  C．sad                        D．interested

（    ）4．A．himself      B．themselves           C．yourself                  D．herself

（    ）5．A．a(chǎn)nd         B．with                    C．or                          D．but

（    ）6．A．draw       B．drawing               C．count                     D．counting

（    ）7．A．right        B．wrong                 C．properly               D．bad

（    ）8．A．in            B．with                    C．on                         D．to

（    ）9．A．what        B．if                         C．where                    D．whether

（    ）10．A．basketball    B．the basketball   C．violin                     D．the violin

（    ）11．A．more than    B．less than       C．many more            D．no more than

（    ）12．A．These     B．Those                  C．It                          D．One

（    ）13．A．a(chǎn)fter      B．before                  C．when                     D．while

（    ）14．A．like        B．hate                     C．enjoy                     D．unlike

（    ）15．A．way      B．idea                     C．hope                      D．decision