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【題目】Thinking is something you choose to do as a fish chooses to live in water. To be human is to think. But thinking may come naturally without your knowing how you do it. Thinking about thinking is the key to critical（批判性的）thinking. When you think critically, you take control of your thinking processes（過程）. Otherwise, you might be controlled by the ideas of others. Indeed, critical thinking is at the heart of education.

The word "critical" here has a special meaning. It does not mean taking one view against another view, as when someone criticizes another person for doing something wrong. The nature of critical thinking is thinking beyond the easily seen—beyond the pictures on TV, the untrue reports in the newspapers, and the faulty reasoning (錯誤的推理).

Critical thinking is an attitude as much as an activity. If you are curious about life and desire to dig deeper into it, you are a critical thinker; if you find pleasure in deep thinking about different ideas, characters, and facts, you are a critical thinker.

Activities of the mind and higher-order reasoning are processes of deep and careful consideration. They take time, and do not go hand in hand with the fast speed in today's world, fast foods, instant coffee, and self-developing film. If you are among the people who believe that speed is a measure of intelligence, you may learn something new from a story about Albert Einstein. The first time Banish Hoffman, a scientist, was to discuss his work with Albert Einstein, Hoffman was too nervous to speak. But Einstein immediately put Hoffman at ease by saying, "Please go slowly, I don't understand things quickly."

【1】Critical thinking is important to us because if we do not think critically,__________.

A.it will be hard for us to think naturally and fast

B.we will follow the ideas of others naturally

C.we might be controlled by other people's ideas

D.we might be fooled by other people's ideas

【2】If you are a critical thinker, you will________.

A.criticize other people for their mistakesB.trust the reports in the newspapers

C.take one view against another viewD.think deeply about different ideas

【3】In the last paragraph, "something new" suggests that________.

A.the smarter you are, the faster you do things

B.intelligence is not decided by speed

C.speed can improve intelligence

D.the faster you do things, the smarter you become

【4】What would be the best title for the passage?

A.Understanding Critical ThinkingB.Thinking and Critical Thinking

C.Thinking Natural and HumanD.Thinking Fast Means Intelligence

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

本文是議論文。文章介紹批判性思維的概念，批判性思考的好處，批判性思考會讓我們不被別人控制，判斷性思維會讓我們考慮不同的問題更深刻。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段的Otherwise, you might be controlled by the ideas of others.說明我們沒有批判性的思考就會被別人控制。故選C。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段的句子The nature of critical thinking is thinking beyond the easily seen-beyond the pictures on TV, the untrue reports in the newspapers, and the faulty reasoning.說明判斷性思維不會讓你僅限于表面現(xiàn)象，會讓你考慮不同的問題更深刻。故選D。

【3】猜測詞義題。根據(jù)最后一段的句子If you are among the people who believe that speed is a measure of intelligence(智力), you may learn something new from a story about Albert Einstein.認為速度決定智力的人會從愛因斯坦的故事中學到新知識，說明智力不是速度決定的。故選B。

【4】主旨大意題。從第一段的句子Thinking about thinking is the key to critical(批判性的)thinking.和批判性思考帶給我們的好處，可知這篇文章是對批判性思維的理解。故選A。