2024年高二英语10月基础知识竞赛试题
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
We humans are superstitious(迷信), believing that Friday the 13th is bad luck and finding a penny is good luck. Here, then, are three of the most mon superstitions.
Careful with that mirror
According to folktales, breaking a mirror is sure to bring yourself seven years of bad luck. The superstition seems to arise from the belief that mirrors don’t just reflect your image; they hold bits of your soul. That belief led old American Southerners to cover mirrors in a house when someone died, for fear that their soul might be trapped inside.
Like the number three, the number seven is often associated with luck. Seven years is a long time to be unlucky, so people have e up with solutions after breaking a mirror. These include touching a piece of the broken mirror to a tombstone or powdering the broken mirror. 实用文档
Knock on wood
This phrase is designed to break away from bad luck: “Breaking that mirror didn’t bring me any trouble. Knock on wood.” The phrase may e from old tales about good spirits in trees or from an association with the Christian cross.
No umbrellas inside
…And not just because you’ll hurt someone’s eyes. Opening an umbrella indoors is supposed to bring bad luck. The origins of this belief vary from a story of an ancient woman who happened to have opened her umbrella moments before her house fell to the tale of a British prince who accepted two umbrellas from a visiting king and died within months.
21. What may bring good luck?
A. Dating on Friday the 13th. B. Knocking on wood. C. Opening an umbrella inside. D. Breaking a mirror. 22. What should you do to drive bad luck away after breaking a mirror? A. Hide the pieces for seven years. B. Put the pieces in a tombstone. C. Cover the other mirrors in a house. D. Make the pieces into powder. 23. Which phrase may originate(起源) from religion? A. Careful with that mirror. B. Knock on wood. C. No umbrellas inside. D. Lucky number seven. 实用文档
B
I was having a great morning until I sat down in front of my office puter. \password has run out,\for changing it. ing up with a new code doesn’t seem like a big deal unless you work at my pany, where we have to change it monthly, using at least one uppercase(大写的) character, one lowercase character, one symbol, and one number. Oh, and the whole thing can’t be fewer than eight characters. And I can’t use any of the same passwords I’ve used in the past three months.
Suddenly I was cross. What didn’t make it any better was that I was deeply depressed after my recent divorce. The flashing cursor(光标) was still waiting for me to type a password that I’d have to re-enter many times for the next 30 days. I remembered a tip from my former boss: I’m going to use a password to change my life.
I decided to choose a password, which would remind me that I shouldn’t let myself be a victim of my recent breakup and that I was strong enough to do something about it. I made my password Forgive@h3r.
I had to type this statement several times a day. Each time my puter would lock. Each time my screen saver with her photo would appear. Each time I would e back from eating lunch alone. In my mind, I wrote \ 实用文档
2024-2024年高二英语10月基础知识竞赛试题
