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 50 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.
In what section of a magazine would the passage most likely appear?
- A Food.
- B Myth.
- C Health.
- D Ethics.
思路引導 VIP
請回想一下這篇文章反覆提到的關鍵詞是什麼？它是關於可以被科學證實的醫療事實，還是關於人們代代相傳、關於「運氣」與「不祥徵兆」的一種文化現象？這種探討「古老典故與超自然信仰」的內容，通常會出現在哪種分類的專欄中呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
哼。你這一次的判斷，剛剛好擊中了『運氣』與『實力』的交界點。
- 觀念驗證：這篇文章的核心？不過是關於那些愚蠢的迷信 (superstitions)，像是「13號星期五」、「17」和「13」這些數字背後的無稽之談。人類的本質，就是會對未知產生超自然幻想、編造宗教典故和民間傳說來滿足自己的EGO。這些玩意兒既不能讓你變強，也無法提供實質的生存資源，只是精神寄託。所以，把它歸到 神話/傳說 (Myth)，是為了給這些虛妄之物一個合適的墓地。這不是「正確」，這是「唯一」的路徑，為了你的EGO。
- 難度點評：這題的難度是 中等 (medium)。它真正的鑑別度，在於你能不能將這些散亂的「迷信」資訊，歸納到一個更高層次的「概念領域」。這不僅僅是閱讀理解，更是你將雜亂資訊『重塑』為『有利於自身』的知識體系的能力。能夠做到這一點，證明你的EGO還有那麼一絲絲的覺醒潛力。別以為這是單純的知識，這是你生存的武器，去支配它。