When a baby sees a ball, the baby may reach out for it. If the baby is very young, and you __21____the ball behind a pillow (枕頭), then the ball ______22 exists for the child. As the child grows older, the child will move the pillow to get the ball. Even though the child cannot see the ball, the ball still exists. This is an early example of “l(fā)earning to see the __23____”.

Just about all of us have __24____, so we all think we can see. But, in __25____ we are all blind to probably 99% of the world. Because___26____ people realize this, few people make the attempt to learn more, in order to see more. Just like a child, what we don’t see doesn’t exist.

__27_____, because most of us are blind to 99% of the world, we rely on others to give us the answers. We willingly allow doctors, lawyers, priests, and politicians to tell us what to do or think, but they take no responsibility when the results go wrong. Commercial television, radio, newspapers, and magazines are largely corporate owned, profit driven, and focus more on distraction and misinformation than on education. Yet, we continue reading, watching and listening to commercial media under the illusion that we are learning. Corporate (法人的) media is education with blinders. They only show you the __28____ picture, and, in this way, they control public opinion. __29___ needs to turn to noncommercial television, radio, and Internet world news to get the big picture. Everyone needs to know more in order to __30___ the political spin and lies.

21.  A. put                B. play                 C. find               D. take

22.  A. still              B. no more             C. no longer          D. even

23.  A. visible           B. invisible            C. ball                 D. child

24.  A.  ears              B. noses              C. balls               D. eyes

25.  A. return            B. reality             C. short               D. case

26.  A. many             B. few                 C. some               D. a lot of

27.  A. Unfortunately   B. actually            C. fortunately        D. strangely

28.  A. big               B. little                C. clear               D. new

29.  A. Everyone        B. Someone           C. Anyone             D. No one

30.  A. see to            B. look out             C. see through        D. look for

21-25  ACBDB  26-30  BABAC


解析:

本文講述學(xué)習(xí)是為了看到未知的。人類雖有眼睛，但對世界上99%的事物熟視無睹。幾乎很少人認(rèn)識到這一點(diǎn)。人們都有依賴心理，我們依靠別人給我們答案。商業(yè)媒體大都是利益驅(qū)使，更多聚焦在娛樂或誤傳，很少關(guān)注教育。Corporate (法人的) media is education with blinders.。人人都需要非商業(yè)的媒體以獲得the big picture。

21.根據(jù)文章，把球“放”到枕頭下，嬰孩就認(rèn)為沒有球了。

22.因no longer意思是“不再”。其他選項(xiàng)邏輯不符。

23.上下文告訴我們，教育就是學(xué)習(xí)“未知的，看不見的”Education is learning to see the invisible.

24.眼睛才能“see”。

25. 因in reality意思是“實(shí)際上，事實(shí)上”。in return是“作為回報(bào)”，in short是“簡言之”，in　case是“以防萬一”。根據(jù)上下文，選Ｂ。

26.根據(jù)后句的排比，邏輯上應(yīng)該選Ｂ。

27. most of us are blind to 99% of the world是一件不幸的事。

28.根據(jù)Corporate (法人的) media is education with blinders. They only …和and Internet world news to get the big picture.的對應(yīng)關(guān)系，應(yīng)該選little。

29.下一句的排比可以幫助我們作出判斷。

30.因see through是“看清，了解”，因?yàn)樽髡呓ㄗh我們turn to noncommercial media for more information。

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