Question

【題目】

Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally about what to believe or what to do. According to a report on the World Economic

Forum (2016), critical thinking, creativity, and their practical application are widely accepted as the top three skills that young people need to possess in their future career.

A good critical thinker usually takes the following steps before he decides what to do. Whenever he needs to do something, he would, first of all, reason. He checks why he needs to do it and whether he really needs to do it. Then, analyze. He tries to find out what it really is and the best way to do it. After that, evaluate. He makes sure whether he is able to do it and how to do it well. Finally, he makes the decision and takes action. Take the “Double 11” (a popular online shopping day in China) as an example. A few days before it, he checks carefully what he needs and whether he really needs them, and makes a shopping list. He goes to the online shops to compare the quality and the prices of the things that he is going to buy. He compares the shops that sell these things. Then he checks whether he can afford them and in which shops he is going to buy them. Although it takes him some time to make the decisions, he would not regret after the shopping.

Then what would happen if he didn’t think critically before he made the decisions? After the crazy “Double 11”, there were usually a lot of complaints on the Internet. There were regrets about buying more things than they needed. There were complaints about the poor quality and the prices of the things they bought. There were also complaints because they received wrong things or simply received nothing. There were all kinds of regrets and complaints. Why so? They had not thought critically before they made the decisions.

Critical thinking helps you make wiser decisions. It helps you avoid wasting time, money and so on. Therefore, do look before you leap.

【1】According to the passage, critical thinking is a thinking skill that .

A. helps make better choices

B. will appear in the future

C. helps make quick decisions

D. makes us spend more money

【2】In Paragraph 2, how does the critical thinker analyze the things he may buy?

A. He checks what he needs to buy.

B. He studies the quality and the prices.

C. He makes a proper shopping list.

D. He checks how much money he has.

【3】The underlined word “complaints” means that the people .

A. are not satisfied

B. are not confident

C. are not interested

D. are not responsible

【4】Which of the following examples is the use of “critical thinking”?

A. Daming did a new science experiment before reading instructions.

B. Lingling’s parents became very angry when they knew her bad marks.

C. After looking at the other team’s weak points, the coach made a new plan.

D. After hearing the stranger’s words, the girl followed him into a supermarket.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】試題本文以“雙十一網(wǎng)購”為例，介紹了批判性思維者的特點(diǎn)：理智思考、評估利弊、做出決定。并通過和不認(rèn)真思考而做的決定進(jìn)行了對比，指出批判性思維能幫助人們做出更明智的決定。

【1】題意：根據(jù)文章，批判性思維是一種 的思維技能�？疾榧�(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一句Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally about what to believe or what to do.，可知批判性思維能夠幫助人們選擇該相信什么或該做什么，故選A。

【2】題意：在第2段中，批判性思考者如何分析他可能購買的東西？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。A. He checks what he needs to buy. 他檢查他需要買什么。B. He studies the quality and the prices. 他研究質(zhì)量和價(jià)格。C. He makes a proper shopping list.他列一份正確的購物清單。D. He checks how much money he has.他檢查他有多少錢。根據(jù)He goes to the online shops to compare the quality and the prices of the things that he is going to buy.，可知他會在其他網(wǎng)店比較他要買的東西的質(zhì)量和價(jià)格，故選B。

【3】題意：下劃線的“complaints”一詞意味著人們 。考查詞義理解題。根據(jù)下文There were regrets about buying more things than they needed.以及后面There were all kinds of regrets and complaints.，可知是抱怨，故選A。

【4】題意：下列哪一個(gè)例子是使用的“批判性思維”？考查綜合理解題。A. Daming did a new science experiment before reading instructions.大銘在閱讀說明書前做了一個(gè)新的科學(xué)實(shí)驗(yàn)。B. Lingling’s parents became very angry when they knew her bad marks.玲玲的父母知道她的壞成績時(shí)非常生氣。C. After looking at the other team’s weak points, the coach made a new plan. 在看了另一個(gè)隊(duì)的弱點(diǎn)之后，教練制定了一個(gè)新的計(jì)劃。D. After hearing the stranger’s words, the girl followed him into a supermarket. 聽到陌生人的話后，女孩跟著他進(jìn)了超市。根據(jù)Whenever he needs to do something, he would, first of all, reason.以及另外兩個(gè)步驟，可知ABD三個(gè)例子都沒有進(jìn)行理智地分析而直接就做，C的做法則是認(rèn)真進(jìn)行了evaluate（評估），是和其他隊(duì)對比后做出的決定，故選C。