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1、2008Inhisautobiography,Darwinhimselfspeaksofhisintellectualpowerswithextraordinarymodesty.Hepointsoutthathealwaysexperiencedmuchdifficultyinexpressinghimselfclearlyandconcisely,but(46)hebelievesthatthisverydifficultymayhavehadthecomDensatingadvantageofforcinghimtothinklongandintent
2、lyabouteverysentence,andthusenablinghimtodetectenxKSinreasoningandinhisownobservations.Hedisclaimedthepossessionofanygreatquicknessofapprehensionorwit,suchasdistinguishedHuxley.(47)Heasserted、also,thathispowertofollowalongandpurelyabstracttrainofthoughtwasverylimited,whichreasonhef
3、ellcertainthathenevercouldhavesucceedcciwithmathematics.Hismemory,too,hedescribedasextensive,buthazy・Sopoorinonesensewasitthathenevercouldrememberformorethanafewdaysasingledateoralineofpoetry.(48)Ontheotherhand,hedidnotacceptaswellfoundedthechargemadebysomeofhiscriticsthat,whilehew
4、asagoodobserve匚hehadnoDowerofreasoning.This,hethought,couldnotbetrue,becausethe"OriginofSpecies”isonelongargumentfromthebeginningtotheend,andhasconvincedmanyablemen・Noone,hesubmits,couldhavewrittenitwithoutpossessingsomepowerofreasoning.Hewaswillingtoassertthat"Ihaveafairshareofinv
5、ention,andofcommonsenseorjudgment,suchaseveiyfairlysuccessfullawyerordoctormusthave,butnot,Ibelieve,inanyhigherdegree.n(49)Headdshumblythatperhapshewas"suDeriortothecommon「unofmeninnoticingthingswhicheasilyescapeattention、andinobservingthemcarefully「Writinginthelastyearofhislife,he
6、expressedtheopinionthatintwoorthreerespectshismindhadchangedduringtheprecedingtwentyorthirtyyears.Uptotheageofthirtyorbeyonditpoetryofmanykindsgavehimgreatpleasure・Formerly,too,pictureshadgivenhimconsiderable,andmusicverygreat,delight.In1881,however,hesaid:"NowformanyyearsIcannoten
7、duretoreadalineofpoetiy・Ihavealsoalmostlostmytasteforpicturesormusic/(50)DarwinwasconvincedthatthelossofthesetasteswasnotonlyalossofhaDpiness,butmightpossiblybeinjurioustotheintellect,andmoreprobablytothemorzilchanicter・答案:46.他认为或许正因为(语言表达上的)这种因难,他不得不对自己要说的每句话都经过长时间的认真思考,从而能发现口己在推理
8、和观察中的错误,结果这反而成为他的优点。47.他还坚