首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
People tend to be more impressed by evidence that seems to confirm some relationship. Thus many are convinced their dreams are p
People tend to be more impressed by evidence that seems to confirm some relationship. Thus many are convinced their dreams are p
admin
2011-02-28
42
问题
People tend to be more impressed by evidence that seems to confirm some relationship. Thus many are convinced their dreams are prophetic because a few have come true ;they neglect or fail to notice that many have not.
Consider also the belief that "the phone always tings when I’m in the shower. "If it does ring while you axe in the shower, the event will stand out and be remembered. If it doesn’t ring, that non event probably won’t even register.
People want to see order, pattern and meaning in the world. Consider, for example, the common belief that things like personal misfortunes, plane crashes, and deaths "happen in threes. "Such beliefs stem from the tendency of people to allow the third event to define the time period. If three plane crashes occur in a month, then the period of time that counts as their "happening together is one month; if three crashes occur in a year, the period of time is stretched. Flexible end points rein force such beliefs.
We also tend to believe what we want to believe. A majority of people think they are more intelligent, more fair-minded and more skilled behind the wheel of an automobile than the average person. Part of the reason we view ourselves so favorably is that we use criteria that work to our advantage. As economist Thomas Schelling explains," Everybody ranks himself high in qualities he values: careful drivers give weight to care, skilled drivers give weight to skill, and those who are polite give weight to courtesy. "This way everyone ranks high on his own scale.
Perhaps the most important mental habit we can learn is to be cautious in drawing conclusions. The "evidence" of everyday life is sometimes misleading.
In the first paragraph the author states that ______.
选项
A、dreams cannot be said to be prophetic even though a few have come true
B、dreams are prophetic because some of them did come true
C、dreams may come true ff clearly remembered
D、dreams and reality are closely related
答案
A
解析
第一段中作者指出,不应以个别应验的梦境得出梦具预测性这一推断。毕竟大多数的梦都不具任何预言性。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/CYtd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语三级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语三级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Usingapublictelephonemaywellbeoneoftheminorirritationsoflife,demandingpatience,determinationandastrongpossib
Howmanypeopleappliedbutdidn’truntherace?
Payandproductivity,itisgenerallyassumed,shouldberelated.Buttherelationshipseemstoweaken【C1】______peoplegetolder
Payandproductivity,itisgenerallyassumed,shouldberelated.Buttherelationshipseemstoweaken【C1】______peoplegetolder
Payandproductivity,itisgenerallyassumed,shouldberelated.Buttherelationshipseemstoweaken【C1】______peoplegetolder
Sincethedawnofhumaningenuity,peoplehavedevisedevermorecunningtoolstocopewithworkthatisdangerous,boring,burd
Whatistheman’schiefresponsibilityintheGreenPeaceorganization?
ThereisarangeoffactorsthataffectthedemandforprivaterentalaccommodationinAstoria.【F1】Inthepast,the20-29year
Companieshavethelegalrighttomonitoremployees’e-mailandinstantmessaging.Manydo,whethertheywarntheirworkersorno
随机试题
甲、乙两个施工单位组成联合体投标,双方约定,如因施工质量问题导致建设单位索赔,各自承担索赔额的50%。施工过程中建设单位因质量原因索赔12万元,则下列关于此索赔和赔偿责任承担的说法,正确的有()。
电子云图中黑点越密的地方电子越多。()
组织人员变动率的公式为()
A、exampleB、excuseC、expertD、expressA
A.血肌酐<178μmol/LB.GFR25~50ml/分C.两者均是D.两者均不是
【九品混通】北京大学1996年魏晋南北朝史真题
根据使用频率为5个字符设计的赫夫曼编码不可能是()。
当x→0时,xx一为x的三阶无穷小,则a=__________,b=__________.
ping命令使用的是(29)协议。
下列叙述中正确的是()。
最新回复
(
0
)