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今天的英文克漏字其實很有意思喔，講了一堆西洋的小迷信(?)為甚麼I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you是代表祝福的意思呢？考生不妨放輕鬆，仔細看看這次的克漏字考題喔！先試著練習做答看看，不清楚的地方再來看英銘老師的解析內容喔！

What will you say to someone who just sneezed? Do you know

what it means to say “I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you”? Why is

Friday the 13th __1__ bad luck? Why do people avoid walking under a

ladder? And __2__ you happen to break a mirror? These beliefs and

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customs are usually called superstitions – beliefs which are not based

on reason or scientific knowledge __3__ magic and tradition. Yet they

actually have some basis in history and religion, and can tell us much

about Western culture. People believe in superstition partly because

they wish to have good luck, and others take it as insurance __4__

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misfortune. If you have some basic understanding about these

superstitious ideas, you will not wonder why people say “touch

wood” when they mention their future plans.

(  ) 1. (A) associated with     (B) combined with

(C) attributed to        (D) referred to

(  ) 2. (A) why  (B) what if  (C) how about  (D) when

(  ) 3. (A) if  (B) without  (C) or  (D) but

(  ) 4. (A) about  (B) against  (C) for  (D) with

第1題：根據文章的第2行至第3行，為什麼13號星期五與壞運有關？所以答案是(A)。

詳細解析 請參考 國考專門店 英銘國考英文周刊-No.82-克漏字篇

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