Many people don’t think that the number 13 is a lucky number. Many hotels don't have the 13th floor. Floors go from twelve to fourteen, and there is no number 13. Some people will never sit at a table with twelve other people. They will tell someone to go or ask another person to sit with them. No one really knows why people don’t like the number 13. Perhaps one reason is that when people began to count they used ten fingers and two hands. This made twelve. They could not count more.
　　SomeChristians(基督徒) said that 13 is not lucky, because there were 13 people at a meal the day before Jesus(耶稣)was killed. In a story about the old Greek(希腊的)gods (神), 12 gods were asked to have a meal, but one more came. This made 13. It is why the gold Balder, who was at the meal, was killed.
1).There is often no floor number 13 in______.
A. restaurants B. countriesC. hotels D. Greece
2).One way people can count is by using their______.
A. fingers B. hotelsC. tables D. gods
3).Some people will never sit at a table with twelve other people so______.
A. all of them will leave
B. they will eat tomorrow
C. they will never come for dinner together
D. they will ask one of them to leave
4).TheChristian story and the Greek story both talk about______.
A. Jesus B. the number 13 C. Balder D. hotels
5).The story is about______.
A. the death of Jesus
B. the person who killed Balder
C. the way people count with their fingers
D. why thirteen is not a lucky number