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  3. People tend to be more impressed by evidence that seems to confirm some relationship. Thus many are【B1】______their dreams are pr

People tend to be more impressed by evidence that seems to confirm some relationship. Thus many are【B1】______their dreams are pr

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问题     People tend to be more impressed by evidence that seems to confirm some relationship. Thus many are【B1】______their dreams are prophetic(预言的)because a few have come true; They fail to【B2】______the many that have not.
    Consider also the belief that "the phone always rings when I’ m in the shower." If it does ring while you are in the shower, the event will stand out and be【B3】______. If it doesn’t ring, that non-event probably won’t even register(留下印象).
    People want to see order,【B4】______and meaning in the world. Consider, for example, the【B5】______belief that things like personal misfortunes, plane crashes, and deaths "happen in threes." Such beliefs stem from the【B6】______of people to allow the third event to【B7】______the time period. If three plane crashes occur in a month, then the period of time that counts as their "happening【B8】______"is one month; if three crashes occur in a year, the period of time is stretched.【B9】______.
    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.【B10】______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(谨慎的)in drawing conclusions.【B11】______.
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答案Part of the mason we view ourselves so favorably is that we use criteria that work to our advantage.
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