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Many superstitious people are afraid of black cats. They believe that black eats have a strange power. If a black cat crosses their path, they think they will have bad luck.

Black eats haven’t always had such a bad reputation. Long ago, theEgyptians thought that black eats were holy animals. They even worshipped them. Pasht was anEgyptian goddess who had a woman’s body and a cat’s heaD、Because theEgyptians had so much respect for black eats, they often buried the sacred creatures with great ceremony. Mummies of cats have often been found in ancient cemetery ruins. To keep the cats company after they died, mice were sometimes buried beside them.
Feelings about black eats have always been strong. People have thought they were either very good or very baD、The people ofEurope, in the MiddleAges, believed black eats were the evil friends of witches and theDevil. Witches were said to have the power to change themselves into black cats. People believed that you could not tell whether a black cat was just a cat, or whether it was a witch disguising herself as she plotted some evil scheme. The brain of a black eat was thought to be a main ingredient in witch’s brew.
Unlike their ancestors of the MiddleAges,Englishmen today consider black eats to be good luck charms. Fishermen’s wives often keep a black cat around so that their husbands will be protected when they are out at seA、
"Sacred" means ______.
A、deadB、holy C、black D、fearful