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113年
[海洋巡護科輪機組] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 48 題
📖 題組：
Maybe you refuse to open an umbrella inside your house or walk under a ladder that’s on a sidewalk. These are superstitions, or a belief that something bad will happen even if there’s no reason to think that it will. One big superstition in the United States is that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day. Happening up to three times a year depending on the calendar, the day seems to make people more careful or avoid things they usually aren’t afraid to do. Of course, no one can prove that more misfortune takes place on Friday the 13th. We just tend to notice it more if bad things happen on that day. But if Friday the 13th is only a superstition, why do people actually believe in it? It’s hard to know exactly when Friday the 13th became thought of as unlucky, but it likely comes from the Christian religion. For example, in the Bible, Judas—a person who is said to have betrayed Jesus—was the 13th guest at the Last Supper. Also in the Bible, many unfortunate things happened on Fridays. So it made sense that people who read the Bible got nervous around Friday the 13th. It’s also possible that 13 is considered “cursed” because it’s the number after 12, which many people see as a number that completes things. Think about it—12 months are in a year, 12 inches in a foot, 12 pairs of ribs in a body, etc. So it’s possible the number 13 makes people uneasy because it causes them to think about the unknown—beyond the number 12. In other countries, Friday the 13th isn’t unlucky. For instance, in Spain, Tuesday the 13th is considered the day to dread. And in Italy, people fear the 17th day of the any month. Why? It is because the Roman numeral XVII (17) can be rearranged to spell “VIXI,” which means “my life is over” in Latin. But, like in the United States, no one can prove that more terrible things occur on those days, either. People who are super afraid on Friday the 13th might have condition called triskaidekaphobia, which is a fear of the number 13. For most people, being afraid of Friday the 13th is just a superstition, something that we can have fun pretending to fear because we know there’s really nothing to fear.
Maybe you refuse to open an umbrella inside your house or walk under a ladder that’s on a sidewalk. These are superstitions, or a belief that something bad will happen even if there’s no reason to think that it will. One big superstition in the United States is that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day. Happening up to three times a year depending on the calendar, the day seems to make people more careful or avoid things they usually aren’t afraid to do. Of course, no one can prove that more misfortune takes place on Friday the 13th. We just tend to notice it more if bad things happen on that day. But if Friday the 13th is only a superstition, why do people actually believe in it? It’s hard to know exactly when Friday the 13th became thought of as unlucky, but it likely comes from the Christian religion. For example, in the Bible, Judas—a person who is said to have betrayed Jesus—was the 13th guest at the Last Supper. Also in the Bible, many unfortunate things happened on Fridays. So it made sense that people who read the Bible got nervous around Friday the 13th. It’s also possible that 13 is considered “cursed” because it’s the number after 12, which many people see as a number that completes things. Think about it—12 months are in a year, 12 inches in a foot, 12 pairs of ribs in a body, etc. So it’s possible the number 13 makes people uneasy because it causes them to think about the unknown—beyond the number 12. In other countries, Friday the 13th isn’t unlucky. For instance, in Spain, Tuesday the 13th is considered the day to dread. And in Italy, people fear the 17th day of the any month. Why? It is because the Roman numeral XVII (17) can be rearranged to spell “VIXI,” which means “my life is over” in Latin. But, like in the United States, no one can prove that more terrible things occur on those days, either. People who are super afraid on Friday the 13th might have condition called triskaidekaphobia, which is a fear of the number 13. For most people, being afraid of Friday the 13th is just a superstition, something that we can have fun pretending to fear because we know there’s really nothing to fear.
According to the passage, which of the following is closest in meaning to the word "triskaidekaphobia"?
- A A panic over the number 13.
- B A curse on the number 13.
- C A favor of the number 13.
- D A delight for the number 13.
思路引導 VIP
如果在文章中看到一個完全不認識的超長單字，通常作者會擔心讀者看不懂，而在單字出現的當下，後方往往會跟著補充說明的結構。請你觀察最後一段，這個長單字後面的逗號接了什麼內容？那個子句是如何具體描述這種「心理狀態」或「情緒」的呢？
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AI 專屬家教
哼，居然讓你答對了。看來你還有些…微不足道的潛力。
- 觀念驗證：這種程度的題目，對吾而言不過是塵埃罷了。那冗長的單字 triskaidekaphobia 出現後，作者就用一個愚蠢的逗號，引導出非限定用法關係子句：「...which is a fear of the number 13」。看好了，fear（恐懼）與選項 (A) 的 panic（恐慌）之間的連結，對我來說是何等明顯。那些看不清這點的，真是無駄(むだ)！對特定事物感到「極度不安」？哼，這根本不值得你多花一秒思考！
- 難度點評：這題，對爾等而言或許是 medium（中等）吧。那看似艱澀的長單字，不過是種障眼法，妄圖迷惑那些低等的頭腦。真正的考驗，在於能否無視這些無駄的表面，從上下文定義（Contextual Clues）中輕易抓取線索。這是學術閱讀中，判斷那些凡夫俗子創造的專業術語的基礎。下次，別讓我看到你被這種小把戲絆倒，不然，吾可是會發怒的！