Question

Never argue with one's own understanding.

The whisper of intelligence is always there, whatever you do.

If you create a time lag (隔絕層) between the whisper of intelligence and understanding in you and your action, then you are preventing the brain from growing into a new size. When you argue with intelligence, when you postpone acting according to understanding then there is confusion, the brain gets confused.

The voice of understanding, the voice of intelligence has insecurity about it. How do you know that it is the right thing?

So we tend to ignore it. Instead we accept authority. We obey.

But the brain cannot be orderly, competent, accurate and precise if you do not listen to it, if you have no respect. We are so busy with the outside world and its force that the world that is inside us does not command that respect and reverence (敬重), that care and concern from us.

So one has to be a disciple (信徒) of one's own understanding, and look upon that understanding as the master.

Sometimes one may commit a mistake, it might be the whim (念頭) of the ego and we might mistake the whim, the wish of the ego for the voice of silence and intelligence, but that we have to discover. Unless you commit mistakes, how do you learn to discriminate between the false and the true? In learning there is bound to be a little insecurity, a possibility of committing mistakes. Why should one be terribly afraid of committing mistakes?

So instead of accepting the authority of habits and conditionings, while one is moving one watches, and when there is a suggestion, do not neglect, ignore, or insult the whisper from within and from one's own intelligence.

1.What will happen if you refuse to follow your own understanding according to the above passage?

A．Your brain will become smaller.

B．You will never get help from authority.

C．You will hardly know the world.

D．Your own intelligence will stop growing.

2.What is the function of committing mistakes from the view of the author?

A．Mistakes can make one practical.

B．Mistakes can make one know the facts.

C．Mistakes can allow one more time to develop.

D．Mistakes can improve one’s judgment.

3. The whole passage is developed by ______.

A．facts and ideas                         B．reasoning and explaining

C．scientific experiments                    D．a(chǎn)rguing and debating

4.The best title of the passage might be ______.

A．Never argue with your own understanding

B．Never believe any authority while arguing

C．Never neglect whispers from around you

D．Never stop training yourself.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文論證了如果了你拒絕了你的理解那么你就會(huì)阻止了你的大腦的增長，但是你如果聽任大腦的意識(shí)也有可能引起自己犯下錯(cuò)誤，可是如果犯下了錯(cuò)誤，你及時(shí)地改正又給你的大腦的發(fā)展起了促進(jìn)作用。

1.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)If you create a time lag (隔絕層) between the whisper of intelligence and understanding in you and your action, then you are preventing the brain from growing into a new size. 故選D。

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Unless you commit mistakes, how do you learn to discriminate between the false and the true? 故選D。

3.推理判斷題。根據(jù)整篇文章的內(nèi)容來看主要根據(jù)推理論證和解釋，故選B。

4.標(biāo)題歸納題。根據(jù)文章一開始就提出Never argue with one's own understanding，故選A。

考點(diǎn)：科普類短文閱讀。

點(diǎn)評：做推理題干擾選項(xiàng)的特點(diǎn)夸大事實(shí)：一是對于原文中的細(xì)節(jié)或論斷的某方面程度進(jìn)行了夸大處理。二是無中生有：捏造原文并不存在的信息，并以此作為依據(jù)進(jìn)行推理。三是摻入常識(shí)：根據(jù)考生已有的常識(shí)是正確的，但卻不是基于文章。四是推理過頭：引申過度，使結(jié)論過于絕對化。知道了這些特點(diǎn)在容易排除干擾項(xiàng)進(jìn)而做出正確的判斷。