2.Do I exist?
Obviously!
Until Descartes came along in the seventeenth century,everyone assumed that we exited.Obviously.The fact seemed so mind-blowingly obvious that it wasn't really discussed.We could see ourselves in the mirror,we could feel pain and pleasure,we could think thoughts for ourselves and,more importantly,perhaps,all the world's main religions assumed that we do exist.So we exist.

No you don't it!
You don't exist.That's because it's impossible to show once and for all that you do.There's no proof.You might think you exist-that you are sitting at a table reading this book,for instance-but how could you show with 100percent certainty that this is true?There's no experiment that could prove it.Although Descartes said just you could prove your own existence by the fact that you are able to think,this isn't actually,according to the British philosopher A.J.Ayer.Just because we know that we are thinking,this doesn't mean that there is a"you"doing the thinking.It just shows that the thoughts are happening,not that anyone is having them.Thoughts exists,"You"don't.

______!
What a waste of time this question is.Although you can argue until the end of time whether you exist or not,it doesn't get you anywhere.Unless you forget about this unanswerable question,you'll be stuck thinking about it forever,and that isn't of any use to anyone.Move on.Think about something more important!This very roughly,is the view of almost all philosophers,who prefer to answer other,apparently more useful,questions.

Yes,but…
You exist,but not in the way you might think.According to the great French philosopher Ren Descartes,you can't show that anything exists-apart from your own self.The existence of the entire world can be doubted in one way or another,but the facts you're having thoughts shows that there might be something (that's you) having them.This let Descartes to write the famous philosophical phrase,"I think before I am".

60.Which of the following can be the missing heading?D
A.Forget about it            
B.What a ridiculous point
C.Think about it             
D.What a pointless question
61.This passage is anything but a(n)A.
A.comment   
B.discussion    
C.a(chǎn)rgument   
D.debate
62.The famous answer to the question"Do I exist?"isB.
A.No,you don't exist.
B.I think,therefore,I am.
C.Yes,you do exist.
D.It won't get you anywhere.

分析 本文屬于議論文,主要向我們介紹了關(guān)于"我存在嗎"這個問題的辯論,文中一共給出了四種不同的回答,使讀者能從不同方面理解這個問題.

解答 60.D  推理判斷題,根據(jù)What a waste of time this question is.Although you can argue until the end of time whether you exist or not,it doesn't get you anywhere.可知本段講述的是什么是一個毫無意義的問題,故選D.
61.A  理解推斷題,通讀全文可知這篇文章是一個討論,論據(jù),而沒有提到評論,故選A.
62.B  細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)This let Descartes to write the famous philosophical phrase,"I think before I am".可知關(guān)于我存在嗎這個問題的最著名的答案是笛卡爾的回答,故選B.

點評 做閱讀理解時要快速的瀏覽全文,把握文章主旨大意,帶著問題回到原文,尋找細節(jié)或概括相應(yīng)的答案,最后要理清作者寫作思路.

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