BSuperstition(迷信)hasexistedforsuchalongtime.Hundredsofyearsagoitwasmorea-livebecauseofhumans'limitedknowledge.Whowasthefirsttowalkunderaladderandsufferthebadresult?Whohungahorseshoethewrongway
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Superstition(迷信)hasexistedforsuchalongtime.Hundredsofyearsagoitwasmorea-livebecauseofhumans'limitedknowledge.Whowasthefirsttowalkunderaladderandsufferthebadresult?Whohungahorseshoethewrongwayuporbrokeamirrorandthentheirluckranout?
Superstitionsomehowhasbeenwithusasatradition.Humanbeingshavetriedhardtofindexplanationsforit.
Fridaythe13thisanunluckydayinmuchofWesternEuropeNorthAmericaandAus?tralia.ManypeopleavoidtravelandavoidsigningcontractsonFridaythe13th.Floorsintall buildingsoftenskipfrom12to14.SuchbeliefhasdeeprootsinChristianreligion.
SomepeopleclaimthatthenumberisbadluckbecausethirteenpeoplesatdownfortheLastSupperbeforeJesuswasputtodeath,andwiththisinmindfewhostswillservedinnerwiththirteenatthetable.
IntheNorsemythology(挪威神话)twelveGodsgatheredforafeastwhenathirteenthLokeentered.LokethenafterthemealkilledBalderwhowasthemostbelovedofthegods.Haveyoueverplacedyourshoesonthetableorontopofyourbed?Ofcourseyouhaven't?theymightbedirty.Butthereisalsoanotherreasonfornotdoingit―itmeansbadluck.
TherehasbeenastrangetraditionintheWestofthrowinganoldshoeafterapersonwhenheorsheleaveshisorherhome.Believeitornotthisisawayofwishingthemluck.
Inthepastthiswasalsoacommonthingtodowhenanewcouplelefttheirhomestogetmarried.Thenwhentheywerejustmarriedonecouldwishthemgoodluckbytyinganoldboottothebackoftheircar.
Isthenumber13reallyunluckyorisitjustamyth?Thereareahandfulofathleteswhodaretoweartheinfamous(名声坏的)number.NBAsuperstarSteveNashwearsthenumber13bothinDallasMavericksandPhoenixSuns.
Itissaidthatsuperstitionhasbeenapartofsportssincethebeginning.Playershavetheirwaysofavoidingbadluck.
( )5.Thepassagemainlytalksabout .
A.therelationshipbetweensuperstitionandbadluck
B.howsuperstitioninfluencespeople'slife
C.howsuperstitionbegananddeveloped
D.superstitionandtradition
( )6.Whichofthefollowinggivesthecorrectexplanationfortheunluckynumber13?