Question

Numbers are part of out everyday life. After all, we live with numbers. From buildings to computers. ______ are used everywhere!

People started to make lucky numbers long ago. And people also began to look for that unlucky number. Unluckily, 13 became that "_____ " number.

It's said that Judas was the 13th person at the Last Supper. He betrayed Jesus (出卖耶稣). So now many people ___it very bad to have 13 people around a dinner table. People believe that if 13 people have dinner_______, one of them would die in the year. Many cities in the UK and the U.S.A. don't have a(n)_______ street or floor. People believe that Friday the 13th is very unlucky because it is an unlucky day_______ an unlucky number.

______, not everyone is afraid of the number 13. A popular_______ called Taylor Swift draws "13" on her hand before every show. She ______ she was successful because of "13" in the last few years. She said, "I was born on the 13th. I turned 13 years old on Friday the 13th. _______ first music CD went top in 13 weeks."

So, there are no lucky or unlucky numbers. They might become lucky or unlucky only if we think of them as such.

1.A. numbers B. signs C. reports D. tools

2.A. silly B. dangerous C. safe D. interesting

3.A. keep B. expect C. make D. consider

4.A. lonely B. together C. forever D. quietly

5.A. eleventh B. twelfth C. thirteenth D. fourteenth

6.A. with B. behind C. through D. against

7.A. Unluckily B. So C. However D. Also

8.A. scientist B. nurse C. writer D. singer

9.A. hoped B. thought C. feared D. advised

10.A. Her B. His C. Your D. My

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