問題詳情
<3> Many superstitious people are afraid of black cats. They believe that these cats have astrange power. If a black cat crosses their path, they think they will have bad luck.Black cats haven’t always had such a bad reputation. Long ago, the Egyptians thoughtblack cats were holy animals. They even worshipped them. Pasht was an Egyptiangoddess who had a woman’s body and a cat’s head. Because the Egyptians had so muchrespect for black cats, they often buried the sacred creatures with great ceremony.Mummies of cats have often been found in ancient cemetery ruins. To keep the catscompany after they died, mice were sometimes buried beside them.Feelings about black cats have always been strong. People have thought they wereeither very good or very bad. The people of Europe in the Middle Ages believed black catswere the evil friends of witches and the devil. Witches were said to have the power tochange themselves into black cats. People believed that you could not tell whether a blackcat was just a cat or whether it was a witch disguising herself as she plotted some evilscheme. The brain of a black cat was thought to be the main ingredient in a witch’s brew orstew.Unlike their ancestors in the Middle Ages, the English today consider black cats to begood luck charms. Fishermen’s wives often keep a black cat around so that their husbandswill be protected when they are out at sea.
【題組】46. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
(A) The Egyptians in ancient time didn’t just make mummies of human beings.
(B) The Egyptians respected black cats so much that they often buried them with greatceremony.
(C) European people used to hate the black cats so much that they cooked with their littlebrains.
(D) Fishermen’s wives keep black cats around for the sake of protecting their husband.
參考答案
答案：C
難度：適中0.484848
統計：A(2),B(9),C(16),D(2),E(0)