The ill luck associated with 13 is supposed to have its origin in-考呗网

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单选题The ill luck associated with 13 is supposed to have its origin in

A．legen
B．religio
C．popular belie
D．certain custom

【定位】根据题干中的B和origin in可把考点定于第9段。
【解析】判断题。文章中提到人们关于数字l3不吉利的想法源自圣经典故一一最后的晚餐，因此可以判断该迷信的出处是宗教而不足传说、风俗等等。
【点睛】题于中的0rigin in是原文该段中第1句的derives from的同义替换，知道基督与宗教相关便不难解题。选项A．1egend“传说”，C．popular belief“普遍信仰”，D．certain customs“某些风俗”，均不符题意。

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