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Questions 36-40      Do you believe that seven is a lucky number or that bad luck happens in sets of three? If so, your ideas are as old as Pythagoras, aGreek philosopher who lived 2,600 years ago. Pythagoras believed that certain numbers and their multiples had mystical power. Forcenturies, people have given importance to numbers and developed superstitions about them. Many of these superstitions have beenpassed on throughout the generations and still exist today.      Numbers don’t have the same meaning in all cultures. Five is considered a holy and lucky number in Egypt. But in Ghana, theAshanti people considered five to be an unlucky number. To give someone five of anything is to wish the person evil. The ancientGreeks and Egyptians thought the number four was a perfect number symbolizing unity, endurance, and balance. However, theChinese consider the number four to be unlucky because it sounds like the word for death.      There are many superstitions regarding the number 13. For example, in Britain it’s considered a bad omen for 13 people to sit ata table. Some say that the person who rises first at this table will meet with misfortune, even death, within a year. Other says it’s thelast person to rise. Some British people think it’s unlucky to have 13 people in a room, especially for the person closest to the door.The thirteen day of the month isn’t considered a good day on which to begin any new enterprise, including marriage, or to set out on ajourney. Many people believe that Friday the thirteenth is the unluckiest day in the year. This belief is so widespread that there arehorror movies called Friday the Thirteen.     From ancient civilizations to modern societies, the belief in the magic of numbers has persisted in spite of the advances inscience and technology. There is nothing quite as stubborn as superstition. Even today, in the twenty-first century, people still believein bad luck and omens. In the future, people may work in space stations or travel the universe in starships, but there probably won’t bea “Starbase 13” or a rocket liftoff on Friday the thirteen. A seventh voyage will be a good one, and the third time around will still belucky.
36. What is the main idea of this paragraph?
(A) People have given meaning and importance to numbers.
(B) People have written stories about numbers.
(C) People have considered five as a lucky number.
(D) People have used numbers to tell the future.

參考答案

答案：A
難度：簡單0.76087
統計：A(35),B(4),C(3),D(4),E(0)

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