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阅读理解 　　Alfred Korzybski believes that all human beings lead a kind of double life．First, people live in an internal(内在的)world of ideas, feelings, etc．The happenings in this world are patterns of events in the human nervous system．Secondly, people live in a world outside their skins, the external(外内的)world of “reality”, The happenings in this world are patterns of events best known to science． 　　The first world, the patterns of events inside our skins, Korzybski called the INTENSIONAL area．The second, the patterns of events outside our skins, he called the EXTENSIONAL area．Think for a moment about the two worlds in which you live．Look, for example, at the following diagram： 　　Thinking along these lines, Alfred Korzybski began to see what was wrong with the great number of people：they confused intensional events with extensional“reality”．He believed that too many people mistake the events in their own nervous systems for events in the outside world．When they get lost in a strange city, more often than not they are angry at the map they use．In fact, it's the maps of words in their heads that are to blame． (1) According to Alfred Korzybski, we human beings live in ________． [　　] A． the world of ideas B． the world of reality C． either the world of ideas or that of reality D． both the world of ideas and that of reality (2) The INTENSIONAL area in the passage refers to the patterns of events ________． [　　] A． outside our skins B． best known to science C． in the human nervous system D． in the external world of reality (3) Which of the following belongs to EXTENSIONAL pattern? [　　] A． A computer on the shelf． B． A computer is useful． C． I like the computer． D． I want to buy the computer． (4) According to what Alfred Korzybski states in the last paragraph, you get lost because of ________． [　　] A． the map you bring with you B． the maps of words in your head C． the reality world before you D． the strange city you visit

Answer 1

答案：1．D;2．C;3．A;4．B;
解析：

(1)	考查细节理解。从文章第一段可以明确得出。
(2)	考查细节理解。从文章第二段第一句话可以得出。
(3)	考查推理判断。根据提供的例子可以明白，B、C、D三项都属于intensional patterns的内容。难度适中。
(4)	[解析]考查细节理解。从最后的句子可以得出。 　　[文章大意]一个名叫Alfred Korzybski的研究者认为人都有内外两个世界，即内心的情感世界与外部的真实世界，并通过例子进行了具体说明。