Section ADirections: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required

Section A

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item with a single line through the center. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

The fear of Friday the 13th stems from two separate fears--the fear of the number 13 and the fear of Fridays. Both fears have deep【S1】______in Western culture, most notably in Christian theology(基督教神学)

Thirteen is significant to Christians because it is the number of people who were【S2】______at the Last Supper(Jesus and his 12 apostles). Judas, the apostle who betrayed Jesus, was the 13th【S3】______of the party to arrive.

Christians have traditionally been wary of Fridays【S4】______Jesus was crucified(钉死在十字架上)on a Friday. Additionally, some theologians【S5】______that Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden fruit on a Friday, and that the Great Flood began on a Friday. In the past, many Christians would never begin any new project or trip on a Friday, fearing they would be【S6】______from the start.

Sailors were particularly superstitious in this【S7】______, often refusing to ship out on a Friday.

According to【S8】______legend, the British Navy commissioned a ship in the 1800s called H. M. S. Friday, in order to put an end to the superstition. The navy selected the crew on a Friday, launched the ship on a Friday and even selected a man【S9】______James Friday as the ship's captain. Then, one Friday morning, the ship set off on its maiden【S10】______... and disappeared forever.

A)absent B)because

C)voyage D)although

E)roots F)find

G)doomed H)regard

I)unreal J)named

K)member L)hold

M)present N)unverified

O)trip

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