9.When you are about to do something brave,a cheerful wish of"Good luck!"from a friend can be helpful.But if you think you need lots of luck,what else might you do?
In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck.Some are hundreds of years old and some are much newer.
Have you heard the saying"When you wish upon a star"?If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light,it is probably a shooting star!Seeing one doesn't happen very often.The saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky,and so if you make a wish,it will come true.
Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit's foot.Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals,so they carry a part of the rabbit,its foot,for good luck.There are all kinds of strange,unclear rules about which of the rabbit's feet is the luckiest.It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all.However,as the funny saying goes,"Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will,but remember it didn't work for the rabbit!"
People in Britain love trees.If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees,some people try to catch the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bring them a lucky month in the following year-they will need to catch 12falling leaves to have a whole of good luck!
53.A is mentioned in the oldest good luck tradition.
A.A rabbit's foot
B.A falling leaf
C.A cheerful wish from friends
D.A shooting star
54.From Paragraph 3,we know thatC.
A.shooting stars can often be seen
B.people can see a shooting star on a rainy night
C.your wish may come true if you see a shooting star
D.people believe that it's unlucky to see a shooting star
55.British people try to catch 12falling leaves becauseD.
A.the leaves fall in autumn
B.there are so many leaves to catch
C.the leaves can bring them a lucky month
D.they want to have a whole year of good luck
56.In Paragraph 5,the underlined word"them"refers to(指)B.
A.trees
B.people
C.leaves
D.years
57.The passage is mainly aboutB.
A.how to wish upon a star
B.things that bring good luck
C.British people love leaves
D.which of the rabbit's feet is the luckiest.
分析 本文講述了在英國、美國,人們?yōu)榱酥\求好運(yùn)的一些做法:像流星許愿、攜帶兔子的腳以及抓住秋天的12片落葉.
解答 53.A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)There are all kinds of strange,unclear rules about which of the rabbit's feet is the luckiest.It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all."理解可知兔子的腳是最幸運(yùn)的.據(jù)說,這個吉祥的傳統(tǒng)是最古老的.故選A.
54.C 理解歸納題,根據(jù)文中語句"The saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky,and so if you make a wish,it will come true."理解可知如果你看到一個流星你是非常幸運(yùn)的,所以如果你許一個愿望,它會成真.故選C.
55.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)文中語句"because they think each leaf they catch will bring them a lucky month in the following year"理解可知一些人試圖抓住樹葉是因?yàn)樗麄冋J(rèn)為他們抓住每個葉子能在接下來的一年的12個月給他們帶來好運(yùn)氣!故選D.
56.B 推理判斷題.根據(jù)文章的意思人們?yōu)榱酥\求好運(yùn)而去抓樹葉.所以,這里的them指代"抓樹葉謀求好運(yùn)的人".故選B.
57.B 理解歸納題,通讀全文可知,本篇短文主要是講述的是能什么給人們帶來好運(yùn).故選B.
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