問題詳情

Americans cross their fingers in several situations: when they are wishing for good luck ( or wishing to avoid bad luck) and when they are saying something untrue for ___40__ they want to avoid being held accountable. The statements that go along with these situations are “ Keep your fingers crossed ” and “It doesn’t count. I had my fingers crossed. “ These situations have in common the feature of potential danger; thus the gesture ___41__ protection from bad luck or from the penalties normally associated with lying.Why should crossed fingers provide protection? Because they are what Desmond Morris and his colleagues call a “ cryptic version” of the sign of the cross—a version early Christians could have ___42___ without attracting the attention of pagan eyes. Only after its origins were obscured by long-standing repetition ___43___ the twined fingers pattern “ come out into the open as a social gesture, performed by Christians and non-Christians alike.accountable: 應負責任的 penalty: 處罰 cryptic: 隱密的 pagan: 異教的 obscured: 模糊不清的 repetition: 重複 twine: 交錯
40.
(A) it
(B) which
(C) how
(D) that

參考答案

答案：B
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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