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辽宁省瓦房店市2017-2018学年高二英语上学期第一次月考试题 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。 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 common superstitions.Careful with that mirrorAccording 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 come up with solutions after breaking a mirror. These include touching a piece of the broken mirror to a tombstone or powdering the broken mirror.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 come 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