Section C

Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the

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 will stand out and be【B3】______. If it doesn't ring, that non- 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 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 intelt, 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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