問題詳情

Despite the beliefs of some 20 million people, there is no evidence that accidentsare more likely to happen on Friday the 13th. On the contrary, some studies haveshown there are actually fewer accidents on Friday the 13th. A recent report completedby a Dutch insurance company showed that there were fewer incidents of fires andthefts on Fridays that fell on the 13th than on any other Fridays in the same year. It ishighly probable that this reduction in accidents owes itself to the fear of Friday the 13thitself. If people are more cautious on Friday the 13th, then there are likely to be feweraccidents.If, then, there is no significant evidence that Friday the 13th is any moredangerous than any other day of the year, why do friggatriskaidekaphobics remainconvinced of its unluckiness? While the historical or folk traditions may havesomething to do with this belief, people may also use associational links to justify theirsuperstitions. If a friggatriskaidekaphobic loses his wallet on Tuesday the 21st, forexample, he would probably not assign any meaning to the date on which this eventoccurred. If the same individual lost his wallet on Friday the 13th, however, he mightbe likely to conclude that the inauspicious nature of Friday the 13th was at fault.
41. This passage is most likely an excerpt from
(A) the introduction to an article about friggatriskaidekaphobia.
(B) the introduction to a study about accidents occurring on Friday the 13th.
(C) a longer work proving that superstitions are justified by real-world events.
(D) a longer work that analyzes evidence about the superstition of Friday the 13th.
(E) the conclusion of a safety tip brochure.

參考答案

答案：D
難度：適中0.545455
統計：A(1),B(5),C(2),D(12),E(2)

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