判斷性思考

閱讀下例短文，簡要回答問題。

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 drinking is the key to critical(判斷性的)thinking. When you think critically， you take control of your thinking processes(過程). 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 curious about life and desire 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 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 of intelligence(智力)， 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 put Hoffman at ease with an immediate response， “Please go slowly. I don’t understand things quickly.”

1. Find in the passage a word closest in meaning to the underlined word“instant”?

2. According to the passage， critical thinking is important to us because if we don’t think critically __________ .(回答詞數不超過8個)

3. What would be the best title for the passage?(回答詞數不超過5個)

答案解析

1. immediate.從文章最后一段可知，instant應有“立即的、快速的”意思，與前句fast foods相對應。在最后一句immediate 是“立即的、馬上的、迅速的”的意思，為形容詞，與instant意義相近。

2. We might be controlled by other people’s ideas. 這是一道細節理解題，從文章第一段最后兩句可知。

3. The understanding of critical thinking. 這是一道文章主旨題，綜觀全文，作者就是告訴你怎么去理解critical thinking;不難發現這個中心主題貫穿全文。文章作者用了不同的比較手法來突出這個主題。

編輯/梁宇清