专题 10 英美文化阅读理解专项：星期五余13+伦敦塔守卫+美国税收- 2024年高考英语常考英美文化阅读专练+素材积累

24. Friday and the Thirteenth 星期五和13 Friday-the Thirteenth has long been considered extremely unlucky because it has some bad associations which came from mythology tale of the Bible, and the customs and habits. According to the Bible, the Lord God created the first man, Adam. Then he took a rib from Adam's body and out of it created the first woman, Eve. It was said that Adam was created on a Friday and it was on Friday that Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit, and on a Friday they died. 　Friday was also the common day in England for executing criminals , for which it was sometimes known as Hanging Day. 　From the old Norse myth people got the idea that 13 people sitting at a table to have a dinner was unlucky. And this superstition was confirmed by the last supper of Christ and his disciples. Bible tells us that Christ sat down with his 12 disciples, which made up the number 13, at the last supper when Judas, one of the 12 disciples , sold his master for thirty pieces of silver. Christ was killed by nailing on the cross the following day on a Friday. (193 words) ◆Helper: association联系 mythology [mi'θɔlədʒi]神话 Bible['baibl]圣经 Adam ['ædəm]亚当 rib肋骨 Eve [i:v]夏娃 forbidden fruit禁果 execute ['eksikju:t]处死 Hanging Day绞刑日 Norse myth[miθ]挪威神话 superstition [sju:pə'stiʃən] 迷信 disciple [di'saipl]门徒 ◆ Exercises: 从所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。 1. People think Friday and the Thirteenth are unlucky days because ______. A. the Bible persuades them to think so B. they draw the conclusion from countless facts C. they believe in the Bible and have some bad associations D. Christ warned people of the days before he died 2. The figure 13 was first considered unlucky______. A. before the last supper happened B. after the last supper happened C. from the 16th century D. after Christ was killed 3. From the passage we know people think it ______that Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit. A. reasonable B. good C. bad D. natural