课时作业(十八) 说明文
Test 1
(2013·湖北省鄂西示范校高中毕业班质量检查)
Would you dare to put your shoes on the table？If so，then you may face death.Putting a hat on the bed could cause__31__spirits to slip into your clean sheets！And opening an umbrella indoors might bring punishments.
Most superstitions (迷信) are__32__to something negative，or the thought that something will bring bad luck.For example，the number thirteen is__33__by many to be unlucky，especially Friday falls on the 13th of the month.In many cultures，twelve is a number of__34__—there are twelve months of the year and 12 animal zodiacs (黄道十二宫图) in Chinese culture.__35__，thirteen is considered incomplete, unusual and therefore unlucky.
Walking under a ladder is also__36__that many people believe will bring bad luck.Some think that walking under a ladder is not polite to God，so they don’t take the__37__.Others，perhaps，are afraid that something will__38__on their head from a great height!
One of the most famous superstitions is that__39__a mirror will bring seven years of bad luck.In ancient Greek culture，many people held the__40__that a mirror reflected a person’s soul.The soul would
