9．Do you sometimes argue about what seems to you to be simple fact？Do you argue whether it's cold outdoors or whether the car in front of you is going faster than the speed limit？
If you get into such arguments，try to think about the story about the six blind men and the elephant．The first blind man who felt the elephant's trunk said it was like a snake．The second who felt the elephant's side said it was like a wall，while the third said it was like a spear as he touched the animal's tusk．The fourth，who caught hold of the elephant's tail insisted that it was like a rope．The fifth man said it looked like a tree as he put his arms around one of the elephant's legs．The sixth，who was tall and got hold of the elephant's ears，said it was like a huge fan．
Each man's idea of the animal came from his own experience．So if someone disagrees with you about a"simple fact"，it's often because his experience in the matter is different from yours．
To see how hard it is for even one person to make up his mind about a"simple fact"，try this simple experiment．Get three large bowls．Put ice water in one．Put hot water in the second．Put lukewarm water in the third．Now put your left hand in the ice water．Put your right hand in the hot water．After thirty seconds，put both hands in the lukewarm water．Your right hand will tell you the water is cold．Your left hand will tell you it's hot!
56．What makes people think about simple facts differently？B
A．The fact that simple facts differ from one another．
B．The fact that people have different experience in the simple facts．
C．The fact that people often disagree with one another．
D．The fact that it's hard to make up one's mind about simple facts．
57．The writer's advice isB．
A．we should never think about simple facts
B．we should never judge something with a one-sided view
C．we should not agree about simple facts
D．we must learn from the six blind men
58．After reading the last paragraph，we may think ofC．
A．Newton's law
B．Galileo's theory of falling objects
C．Einstein's Theory of Relativity
D．Marx's On Capital
59．The main idea of this passage isA．
A．people often judge something according to his own experience
B．people often agree about simple facts
C．it's hard for a person to make up his mind about a simple fact
D．you should not care too much about simple fact．
分析 本文是一篇科教類閱讀，主要講了為什么人面對(duì)一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的事實(shí)會(huì)爭(zhēng)吵--那是因?yàn)槿藭?huì)根據(jù)自己的經(jīng)歷去判斷事物．
解答 56-59．BBCA
56題答案：B考查細(xì)節(jié)推理，根據(jù)原文第二段So if someone disagrees with you about a"simple fact"，it's often because his experience in the matter is different from yours．因此如果有人就一個(gè)"簡(jiǎn)單的事實(shí)"與你意見不一，這通常是因?yàn)樗谠搯栴}中的經(jīng)歷與你的不一樣．可知本題答案為B選項(xiàng)．
57題答案：B考查細(xì)節(jié)推理，根據(jù)文章最后一句Your right hand will tell you the water is cold．Your left hand will tell you it's hot!你的右手會(huì)告訴你水是冷的，你的左手會(huì)告訴你水是熱的．可知作者想說明的是"即使對(duì)于自身而言關(guān)于‘簡(jiǎn)單事實(shí)'做出判斷也是很難的，因此我們不能從單方面對(duì)事情作出判斷"，故本題答案為B選項(xiàng)．
58題答案：C考查細(xì)節(jié)推理，最后一段說明的道理是"任何東西都是相對(duì)的"，因此我們會(huì)想到愛因斯坦的相對(duì)論；故本題答案為C選項(xiàng)．
59題答案：A考查主旨大意，本文主講了人們喜歡根據(jù)自己的經(jīng)歷去判斷事物，故本題答案為A選項(xiàng)．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文是一篇科教類閱讀，題目涉及多道細(xì)節(jié)理解題，做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對(duì) 性找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案．推理判斷也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確的答案．
