结构推理 Directions: Read the following passage(s) carefully and give brief answers to the questions. Good sense is the most equitably (公平地) distributed thing in the world, for each man considers himself so well provided with it that even those who are most difficult to satisfy in everything else do not usually wish to have more of it than they have already. It is not likely that everyone is mistaken in this; it shows, rather, that the ability to judge rightly and separate the true from the false, which is essentially what is called good sense or reason, is by nature equal in all men, and thus that our opinions differ not because some men are better endowed (天生赋有) with reason than others, but only because we direct our thoughts along different paths, for it is not enough to have a good mind: what is most important is to apply it rightly. For my part, I have never presumed (假定) my mind to be more perfect than average in any way. I have, in fact, often wished that my thoughts were as quick, or my imagination as distinct, or my memory as prompt, as those of some other men. And I know of no other qualities than these which make for the perfection of the minD、 For good sense alone makes us men and distinguishes us from the beasts, I am quite willing to believe that it is whole and entire in each of us, and to follow in the common opinion of the philosophers who say that there are differences of more or less only among the accidents, and not among the forms, or natures, of the individuals of a single species. (266 words) 1. According to the author, what are the three elements that comprise the perfect mind? 2. Why do people have different opinions on the same issue? 3. How does the author evaluate himself? 4. In the author's opinion, what sets human beings apart from beasts? 5. What does the author think of men's ability to distinguish between the true and the false?
【正确答案】1. Promptness of memory, distinctness of imagination and quickness of thought 2.Because they direct their thoughts along different paths. 3.Never thought he was smarter than average in any way. 4.Good sense. 5.It is endowed in equal measure in all people.
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