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【題組】第 42 題至第 45 題 黃色表不會單字  紅色表答案

Numbers have a strange grasp^{急切地抓住}on people's lives,

thanks to the human tendency to^{趨勢，潮流} 42(D) ascribe ^{歸因於；歸咎於} deeper meaning to numbers.

Some people make a wish at 11:11.

Others believe that good things 43(D)come  in threes.

We celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, sweet 16s.

Some numbers are divine^{神授的 神的}, e.g., seventh heaven^極樂世界,

or are given divine ^{神授的 神的}connotations ^暗示through ^{以 用，憑藉}math, e.g., the

golden ratio^比例.

And of course, there's pop culture: James Bond is 007; Jim Carrey did something-or-other with the number 23.

Twelve has found particular^{特有的，獨特的；異常的}significance^{意義，含義} across

cultural ^文化的fields^{領域；專業；（活動）範疇}—there are 12 zodiac signs^{黃道十二宮},

12 months in a year, 12 models of Cylons.

But 13? Thirteen's cultural meaning is a little more 44(A)sinister^凶兆 .

This number is most often associated^{共事的；合夥的}with fear^{害怕，恐懼} or superstition

^迷信, mostly ^{大部分地；主要地；一般地，通常}in Western culture.

Thirteen is rooted^{根深蒂固的} in negative^{消極的否認的；反面的}meaning, which can partly

be 45(A)traced ^追蹤to the Bible since Judas, who betrays^背叛 Jesus, was the 13th guest at the Last

Supper^最後晚餐, as well as^和…一樣to pop culture.

The horror ^恐怖，franchise^{公民權,特權} Friday the 13th capitalizes^利用 on the fear of the date itself.