【正文】 ne from the list A— G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. Americans wear black for mourning. Chinese wear white. Westerners think of dragons as monsters. Chinese honor them as symbols of God. Chinese civilization has often shown such polarities with the West, as though each stands at extreme ends of a global string. 1） His findings go far toward explaining why American cultures seem so contentious and Chinese cultures so passive, when pared to each other. More importantly, the research opens the way for the peoples of the East and the West to learn from each other in fundamental ways. 2） said kaiping Peng, a former Beijing scholar, who is now a UC Borkeley assinstant professor of psychology. “Americans have a terrible need to find out who is right in an argument,” said Peng. “The problem is that at the interpersonal level, you really don’t need to find the truth, or may be there isn’t any.” Chinese people, said Peng, are far more content to think that both sides have flaws and virtues, because they have a holistic awareness that life is full of contradictions. They do far less blaming of the individual than do Americans, he added. In studies of interpersonal argument, for example, when subjects were asked to deal with contradictory information stemming from conflict between a mother and a daughter or a student and a school, Peng found that Americans were “nonpromising, blaming one side usually the mother for the causes of the problems, demanding changes from one side to attain a solution and offering no promise” in dealing with the conflict. 3） In tests of scientific thinking, however, the Chinese came up short. Asked to determine which statement was true whether, for instance, smoking makes people gain or lose weight Chinese respondents took the middle road, even when they believed one statement to be less true than another. 4） He believes that this tendency to find the middle way has hampered Chinese efforts to seek out scientific truth through aggressive argumentation, the classic Western method for fing a linear path through contradictory information, which results in identifying right and wrong answers. Dialectical thinking also has a Western version, which Americans often consider the highest, most sophisticated form of reasoning, said Peng. This type of reasoning allows people to proceed from thesis to antithesis, to synthesis. 5） ［ A］ In Chinese folk wisdom, by parison, people do not attempt to work through the contradictions, following a cultural tradition which holds that reality is “multi layered, unpredictable and contradictory,” and is in a constant state of change, Peng said. ［ B］ “It can h ardly be right to move to the middle when you have just read evidence for a less plausible view. Yet that is what the Chinese subjects did,”said Peng. ［ C］ The Chinese could learn much from Western methods for determining scientific truth,and Americans could profit enormously from the Chinese tolerance for accepting contradictions in social and personal life. ［ D］ Compared to this angry, blaming merican stance, the Chinese were paragons of promise, finding fault on both sides and looking for solutions that moved both sides to the middle. ［ E］ The best way is to use both one style for science and another for relationships. Maybe that will be the real benefit of multicultralism. ［ F］ “They should stop blaming each other, poor people and immigrants, and talk about what we can do as a society to bee more tolerant,” said Peng. ［ G］ Now a University of California, Berkeley, Psychologist has discovered deeper polatities between Chinese and American cultures polarities that go to the heart of how we reason and discover truth. 答案及詳解 。顯然 A 項與此聯(lián)系最緊密 3） G。 the methods by which they can best be taught to the particular pupils in the classes he is teaching。得知的熱門消息往往是過時的。 練習三 Directions:In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 15, choose the most suitable one from the list A— G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. These are things to watch out for when starting to invest. Calculate your worth: Make a note of all your assests, no matter how insignificant they seem. 1). Know your risk levels: 2). Consider the objective behind your decision to invest: are you aiming to retire in a decade, or are you saving for a deposit on a house? Your age and circumstances, as well as economic conditions, will determine the right investment for you. Have a nest egg: Keep at least three months’ wages available in cash before considering any other investment. That way, you will not lose out by having to liquidate a poorlyperforming asset at an unfavourable time. Learn the basics: 3)The market for property may appear favourable for firsttime homebuyers, but a house is an illiquid investment. Equities are relatively volatile, but can be liquidated quickly. Take advice: 4) News takes a long time to filter down to the guy in the street and chances are that any hot tip is past its sellby date. Spend some time with a financial adviser, read the papers or books on investing. That way, you can make educated decisions. Diversify: Once you have a core position, look around for satellite investments that may spice up your portfolio. Do not only buy equities, consider bonds, property or collectibles to protect yourself against poor performance in one asset class. Hang in there: Stick to your plan, even if your investment seems to be floundering. New investors are often driven by emotion and react at the wrong times. 5). ［ A］ Create a core investment portfolio in something solid such as blue— chip