Thinking is something you choose to do as a fish chooses to live in water. To be human is to think. But thinking may come naturally without your knowing how you do it. Thinking about thinking is the key to critical(批判性的) thinking. When you think critically, you take control of your thinking processes(过程). Otherwise, you might be controlled by the ideas of others. Indeed, critical thinking is at the heart of education.

    The word “critical” here has a special meaning. It does not mean taking one view against another view, as when someone criticizes another person for doing something wrong. The nature of critical thinking is thinking beyond the easily seen--beyond the pictures on TV, the untrue reports in the newspapers, and the faulty reasoning.

    Critical thinking is an attitude as much as an activity. If you are interested in life and want to dig deeper into it, you are a critical thinker. If you find pleasure in deep thinking about different ideas, characters, and facts, you are a critical thinker.

    Activities of the mind and higher-order reasoning(推理)are processes of deep and careful consideration. They take time, and do not go hand in hand with the fast speed in today’s world: fast foods, instant coffee, and self-developing film. If you are among the people who believe that speed is a measure(尺度)of intelligence(智慧), you may learn something new from a story about Albert Einstein. The first time Banesh Hoffman, a scientist, was to discuss his work with Albert Einstein. Hoffman was too nervous to speak. But Einstein immediately made Hoffman feel comfortable by saying, “Please go slowly. I don’t understand things quickly.” 

1.Critical thinking is important to us because if we do not think critically, _______.

    A.it will be hard for us to think naturally and fast

    B.we might be controlled by other people’s ideas

    C.we will follow the ideas of others naturally

    D.we might be fooled by other people’s ideas

2.If you are a critical thinker, you will ________.

     A.take one view against another view           

B.trust the reports in the newspapers

     C.think deeply about different ideas           

D.criticize other people for their mistakes

3. In the last paragraph, “something new” suggests that ________.

A.speed can improve intelligence

B.intelligence is not decided by speed

C.the smarter you are, the faster you do things

D.the faster you do things, the smarter you become

 

 

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                                                              Don't break kid's heart
      I ran into a stranger as he passed by. "Oh, excuse me please" was my reply. He said," Please excuse
me too.I wasn't even watching for you."
      We were very   1  , this stranger and I. We went on our way and said goodbye.
      But at home   2   story is told-how we treat our loved ones, young and old. Later that day, cooking the evening meal, my daughter stood beside me very still. When I turned, I nearly knocked her down. "Move
out of the way," I shouted at her. My daughter walked away, her little heart broken. I didn't realize how
rudely I had spoken.
      While l was   3_ in bed. God's small voice came to me and said, "When dealing with a   4  ,common
manners you use, but the children you love, you seem to be rude. Look on the kitchen floor, and you will
find some   5   there by the door. Those are the flowers your daughter brought for you. She picked them
herself, pink, yellow and blue. Your daughter stood _6   not to spoil(毁坏)the surprise, and you never saw
the tears in her eyes."
      By this time, I felt very small, and now my   7   began to fall. I quietly went and knelt(跪下) by her bed, "Wake up, my little baby, wake up," I said.
      "Are these the flowers you   8   for me?" My daughter smiled, "I found them out by the tree. I picked them   9   they are pretty like you. I knew you would like them, especially the blue."
      I said, "Daughter, I am sorry for the way I acted today: I should not have shouted at you that way."My
daughter said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay. I love you anyway."
      I said, "Daughter, I love you too, and I do like the flowers, especially the   10  ."
(     )1. A. happy      
(     )2. A. same      
(     )3. A. awake      
(     )4. A. friend    
(     )5. A. newspapers
(     )6. A. excitedly  
(     )7. A. surprises  
(     )8. A. picked    
(     )9. A. until      
(     )10. A. pink      
B. angry    
B. different
B. asleep  
B. classmate
B. books    
B. quietly  
B. flowers  
B. took    
B. if      
B. blue    
C. polite  
C. funny  
C. alive  
C. enemy  
C. flowers
C. sadly  
C. tears  
C. bought  
C. unless  
C. red    
D. selfish      
D. exciting      
D. afraid        
D. stranger      
D. sweets        
D. angrily      
D. knees        
D. gave          
D. because      
D. yellow        

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