单选题 PassageTwo Questions36to40arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Nowcustomhasnotbeencommonlyregardedasasubjectofanygreatimportance.Theinnerworkingsofourownbrainswefeeltobeuniquelyworthyofinvestigation,butcustom,wehaveawayofthinking,isbehavioratitsmostcommonplace.Asamatteroffact,itistheotherwayaround.Traditionalcustom,takentheworldover,isamassofdetailedbehaviormoreastonishingthanwhatanyonepersoncaneverevolveinindividualactions.Yetthatisarathertrivialaspectofthematter.Thefactoffirst-rateimportanceisthepredominantrolethatcustomplaysinexperienceandinbeliefandtheverygreatvarietiesitmaymanifest. Nomaneverlooksattheworldwithpristine(未受外界影响的)eyes.Heseesiteditedbyadefinitesetofcustomsandinstitutionsandthewaysofthinking.Eveninhisphilosophicalprobingshecannotgobehindthesestereotypes(固定的模式);hisveryconceptsofthetrueandthefalsewillstillhavereferencetohisparticulartraditionalcustoms.JohnDeweyhassaidinallseriousnessthatthepartplayedbycustominshapingthebehavioroftheindividualasoveragainstanywayinwhichhecanaffecttraditionalcustom,isastheproportionofthetotalvocabularyofhismothertongueoveragainstthoseworldsofhisownbabytalkthataretakenupintothelanguageofhisfamily.Whenoneseriouslystudiessocialordersthathavehadthe opportunitytodevelopindependently,thefigure(比喻)becomesnomorethananexactandmatter-of-factobservation.Thelifehistoryoftheindividualisfirstandforemostanadjustmenttothepatternsandstandardstraditionallyhandeddowninhiscommunity.Fromthemomentofhisbirththecustomsintowhichheisbornshapehisexperienceandbehavior.Bythetimehecantalk,heisthelittlecreatureofhisculture,andbythetimeheisgrownandabletotakepartinitsactivities,itshabitsarehishabits,itsbeliefshisbeliefs,itsimpossibilitieshisimpossibilities.

A、 An individual can exercise very little influence on the cultural tradition into which he is born.
B、 Custom is the direct result of the philosophical probings of a group of people.
C、 An individual is strongly influence by the cultural tradition even before he is born.
D、 Custom represents the collective wisdom which benefits the individual.