Reading is not the only way to gain knowledge of the work in the past. There is

Reading is not the only way to gain knowledge of thework in the past. There is another large reservoir (知识库) which may be called experience, and the collegestudents will find that every craftsman (工匠) hassomething he can teach and will generally teach gladly to any college studentwho does not look down upon them. The information from them differs from thatin textbooks and papers chiefly in that its theoretical (理论的) part -- the explanations of why things happen -- isfrequently quite fantastic (神奇的) . But thedemonstration (示范) and report of what happens, and how ithappens are correct even if the reports are in completely unscientific terms.Presently the college students will learn, in this case also, what to accept andwhat to reject. One important thing for a college student to remember is thatif Aristotle could talk to the fisherman, so can he.

Anothersource of knowledge is the vast store of traditional practices handed down fromfather to son , or mother to daughter, of old country customs ,of folklore (风俗). All this is very difficult for a college student toexamine, for much knowledge and personal experience is needed here to separategood plants from wild grass.The college students should learn to realize and rememberhow much of real value science has found in this wide, confused wildernessand how often scientific discoveries of what had existed in this area long age.

1. In the last paragraph the phrase "this wide,confused wilderness" refers to _____.

A．personalexperience

B．wild weedsamong good plants

C．theinformation from the parents

D．the vaststore of traditional practices

2. Which of the following statements is supported bythe passage?

A．The collegestudents have trouble separating good plants from wild grass

B．Craftsman’s experience is usually unscientific

C．Thecontemptuous (傲慢的) college students will receive nothingfrom craftsmen

D．Traditionalpractices are as important as experience for the college students

3. The author advises the college students to ______ .

A．becontemptuous to the craftsman

B．be patient inhelping the craftsman with scientific terms

C．learn thecraftsman’s experience by judging it carefully

D．gain thecraftsman’s experience without rejection

4. The main idea of this passage is about ________.

A．what to learnfrom the parents             B．how to gainknowledge

C．why to learnfrom craftsman               D．how to dealwith experience

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【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.B

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