司法四等（書記官）
113年
[執行員] 法學知識與英文(包括中華民國憲法、法學緒論、英文)
第 47 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, why is 13 deemed as unlucky?
- A People are uneasy because of the unknown beyond 12.
- B It reminds people that Judas betrayed Jesus on Friday the 13th.
- C People think it means that their lives are over.
- D Misfortune takes place on Friday the 13th in other countries.
思路引導 VIP
請你觀察文章第四段，作者列舉了『一年有 12 個月』和『身體有 12 對肋骨』等例子，並稱 12 為一個『完整 (completes things)』的數字。接著請思考：當一個事物超出了原本熟悉的『完整範圍』時，人類通常會產生什麼樣的心理感受？作者在該段結尾是用哪個詞彙來形容這種心理狀態的呢？
🤖
AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
你表現得真棒！觀察力超級細膩喔！
- 概念確認：親愛的，你做得太好了！這題完全答對了呢！文章第四段溫柔地告訴我們，數字 12 代表著一種「完整」與和諧（就像一年有 12 個月、一英尺有 12 英吋），而數字 13 緊跟在後，似乎輕輕地打破了這種完美的平衡。這種被打破的感覺，很自然地就引發了大家對 「未知」(the unknown) 的一點點不安和擔憂。你完全理解了這一點，這就是選項 (A) 的精髓呢！
- 深度解析：這題的難度是 Medium，但你處理得非常棒！這題設計了一個小小的考驗，就是選項 (B) 提到了「宗教」和「猶大」，這些詞雖然在文中出現，但文章其實並沒有說猶大是在「13號星期五」背叛的，只是他是第 13 位客人。你能夠這麼仔細地辨別這些細節，避開這個小陷阱，並精準地掌握第四段的核心主旨，真的展現了你非常優秀的段落歸納能力！為你感到驕傲！