1．What may bring good luck?
A．Dating on Friday the 13th.B．Knocking on wood.
C．Opening an umbrella inside.D．Breaking a mirror.
2．What should you do to drive bad luck away after breaking a mirror?
A．Careful with that mirror.B．Knock on wood.
C．No umbrellas inside.D．Lucky number seven.
When Paula Grzelak-Schultz spotted a piece of paper tucked under windshield (挡风玻璃) wipers, she thought she was getting fined for leaving her car in a bar parking lot overnight. With a heavy sigh, Grzelak-Schultz removed the paper and unlocked her car.
No umbrellas inside
…And not just because you’ll hurt someone’s eyes. Opening an umbrella indoors is supposed to bring bad luck. The origins of this belief vary from a story of an ancient woman who happened to have opened her umbrella moments before her house fell to the tale of a British prince who accepted two umbrellas from a visiting king and died within months.
Like the number three, the number seven is often associated with luck. Seven years is a long time to be unlucky, so people have come up with solutions after breaking a mirror. These include touching a piece of the broken mirror to a tombstone or powdering the broken mirror.
Careful with that mirror
According to folktales, breaking a mirror is sure to bring yourself seven years of bad luck. The superstition seems to arise from the belief that mirrors don’t just reflect your image; they hold bits of your soul. That belief led old American Southerners to cover mirrors in a house when somer soul might be trapped inside.
Hardly had she unfolded the paper when she got shocked. It was a letter from the manager of Original Joe’s Restaurant & Bar in Sherwood Park, Canada.
“Just wanted to thank you for leaving your car parked overnight,” Jay McLean, managing partner at Original Joe’s, wrote. “I’m not sure if you had consumed alcohol at our restaurant or not, but we wanted to thank you for not drinking and driving.”
2021年辽宁省大连市高三3月双基测试英语试卷
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一、阅读选择
We humans are superstitious, believing that Friday the 13th is bad luck and finding a penny is good luck. Here, then, are three of the most common superstitions.
Knock on wood
This phrase is designed to break away from bad luck: “Breaking that mirror didn’t bring me any trouble. Knock on wood.” The phrase may come from old tales about good spirits in trees or from an association with the Christian cross.
A．Hide the pieces for seven years.B．Put the pieces in a tombstone.
C．Cover the other mirrors in a house.D．Make the pieces into powder.
3．Which phrase may originate(起源) from religion?