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1、PassageOneQuestions21to25arebasedonthefollowingpassage.Peopletendtobemoreimpressedbyevidencethatseemstoconfirmsomerelationship.Thusmanyareconvincedtheirdreamsareprophetic(预言的)becauseafewhavecometrue;theyfailtonoticethemanythathavenot.Consideralsothebelieft
2、hat"thephonealwaysringswhenI'mintheshower."Ifitdoesringwhileyouareintheshower,theeventwillstandoutandberemembered.Ifitdoesn'tring,thatnoneventprobablywon'tevenregister（留下印象）.Peoplewanttoseeorder,patternandmeaningintheworld.Consider,forexample,thecommonbeli
3、efthatthingslikepersonalmisfortunes,planecrashes,anddeaths"happeninthrees."Suchbeliefsstemfromthetendencyofpeopletoallowthethirdeventtodefinethetimeperiod.Ifthreeplanecrashesoccurinamonth,thentheperiodoftimethatcountsastheir"happeningtogether"isonemonth;if
4、threecrashesoccurinayear,theperiodoftimeisstretched.Flexibleendpointsreinforcesuchbeliefs.Wealsotendtobelievewhatwewanttobelieve.Amajorityofpeoplethinktheyaremoreintelligent,morefair-mindedandmoreskilledbehindthewheelofanautomobilethantheaverageperson.Part
5、ofthereasonweviewourselvessofavorablyisthatweusecriteriathatworktoouradvantage.AseconomistThomasSchellingexplains,"Everybodyrankshimselfhighinqualitieshevalues:carefuldriversgiveweighttocare,skilleddriversgiveweighttoskill,andthosewhoarepolitegiveweighttoc
6、ourtesy,"Thiswayeveryonerankshighonhisownscale.Perhapsthemostimportantmentalhabitwecanlearnistobecautious(谨慎的)indrawingconclusions.The"evidence"ofeverydaylifeissometimesmisleading.21.Inthefirstparagraphtheauthorstatesthat_D___.(A)dreamscannotbesaidtobeprop
7、heticeventhoughafewhavecometrue.(B)dreamsarepropheticbecausesomeofthemdidcometrue.(C)dreamsmaycometrueifclearlyremembered.(D)dreamsandrealityarecloselyrelated.22.By"thingslike...""happeninthrees"(Para.3,Line2),theauthorindicatesthatpeoplebelieve__A__.(A)pe
8、rsonalmisfortunestendtohappeneverynowandthen.(B)personalmisfortunes,planecrashes,anddeathsusuallyhappentogether.(C)misfortunestendtooccuraccordingtocertainpatterns.(D)misfortuneswillneveroccurmorethanthreetim
