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Last week Lu visited England. He stayed with my grandmother. He said it was a strange visit. “I don’t understand, but I 1 your grandmother a lot. When I arrived, I gave her a 2 from Suzhou. She looked in it and asked me to take it back. Then I saw a red spider(蜘蛛) on the table so I killed it for her and she seemed very 3 . Do English people like spiders?”
“Later we went shopping. Someone was painting a shop 4 , so there was a ladder. Grandmother 5 me walking under it and said I must walk around it. I liked the shops and bought a smart 6 for my father and some new shoes for myself. When we got back, I put the shoes 
on the table and opened the umbrella to wonder 7 it was all right. Your grandmother came in and 8 !”
“Then I broke a small 9 in the bathroom. Your grandmother’s face went white. I felt very sorry. When I left I gave 10 grandmother some flowers. She counted and there were 13. She 11 it. I think she was happy I was going.”
I 12 to Lu, “My grandmother follows the old customs(习俗). You must not give someone an empty purse 13 they will have no money. You must not kill a “money spider” or the same will happen. It is very unlucky to walk under a ladder and to put new shoes on the table. A(n) 14 umbrella in a house means someone will die. Breaking a mirror brings seven years’ bad luck, and 13 is 15 a very unlucky number. You were really making my grandmother very afraid. ”
1. A. affected B. loved C. frightened D. encouraged
2. A. pen B. purse C. dress D. handbag
3. A. honest B. humorous C. happy D. unhappy
4. A. back B. right C. front D. left
5. A. stopped B. kept C. insisted D. suggested
6 A. wallet B. umbrella C. flower D. shirt
7. A. why B. that C. if D. where
8. A. laughed B. screamed C. clapped D. cheered
9. A. bowl B. bottle C. plate D. mirror
10. A. my B. your C. her D. our
11. A. didn’t like B. liked C. enjoyed D. smelt
12. A. shouted B. talked C. told D. explained
13. A. but B. for C. or D. so
14. A open B. closed C. new D. old
15. A. hardly B. never C. seldom D. also