How would you like to study at an American university in China?

36  the news that New York University (NYU) is opening a campus on Chinese mainland, the possibility of getting an American education is coming closer to a 37    .

But how will Chinese students deal with a very different style of teaching? 38    that encourages debate, discussion and critical thinking?

You know how kids constantly ask questions? They have so much to learn and simply 39  

information. Asking questions 40____ they are curious.

   So 41____ does that natural 42    become weaker? Not at kindergarten, nor at primary school. But perhaps with puberty(青春期) 43    self-consciousness and a reluctance to draw attention to yourself by asking the teacher questions.

  44   , that’s a pity, because asking your teachers questions should be encouraged. After all, they’ve been educated, 45    a lot more experience than you and perhaps possess a little wisdom.

  When I taught journalism at college in Scotland I 46    answering students’ questions. Some of them asked difficult ones. I didn’t always know the answers. If I didn’t, I’d admit47   and try to find out later.

  At university we were encouraged to challenge our peers and tutors. A student would prepare a paper on a subject and other students would 48       it. It was a way of 49____  critical and logical thinking.

  You can learn to think logically, 50   some of the more difficult problems would probably require advanced math. Having a logical mind    can help develop critical thinking.

  My wife doesn’t have a logical mind, but she does have emotional intelligence. An ability to empathize(有同感) with people, relate to them and 51    their personalities is also important to critical thinking.

   I can’t claim to have 52    like her emotional intelligence, but I’d like to think some of it has influenced me. If you can’t 53     try to put yourself in someone else’s 54    , how can you understand their situation and their problems?

   So try to develop your powers of critical thinking. 55    books, films, music and newspapers. And don’t believe everything you read or see. Think for yourself.

Attitudes Towards Work

Alfred Adler is a famous psychiatrist (精神科医师). When he was a small boy he got off to a  1  start in arithmetic. His teacher got the idea that he had no  2  in arithmetic, and told his parents what she  3 in order that they would not expect too  4  of him. In this way, they too 5  the idea--"Isn't it too bad that Alfred can't do arithmetic?" He  6  their mistaken estimate of his ability, felt that it was  7  to try, and was very poor in arithmetic, just  8   they expected.

One day he became very  9  at the teacher and the other students because they laughed when he said he knew how to do a problem which  10  of the other students had been able to solve.

Adler succeeded in solving the problem, which gave him 11 . He rejected the idea that he couldn't do arithmetic, and was  12 to show them that he could. His anger and his newfound confidence stimulated him to go at arithmetic problems with a new  13 . He now worked with interest, determination and purpose,  14  he soon became extraordinarily good in arithmetic. He not only   15  that he could do arithmetic, but he learned early in life from his own  16  that, if a person goes at a job with determination and purpose, he may 17 himself as well as others by his ability.

This experience made him  18  that many people have more ability than they think they have, and that lack of success is as  19  the result of lack of knowledge of how to  20 one's ability, lack of confidence and lack of determination as it is the result of lack of ability.

1. A. poor           B. good             C. fresh           D. new

2. A. purpose         B. ability         C. interest        D. determination

3. A. expected       B. adored           C. forecast        D. thought

4. A. little           B. few            C. much            D. many

5. A. developed      B. found            C. tolerated       D. received

6. A. enjoyed         B. rejected        C. hated           D. accepted

7. A. worthwhile      B. evident         C. useless         D. natural

8. A. which           B. as              C. that            D. what

9. A. angry           B. pleased         C. explicit        D. merciful

10. A. neither        B. none            C. everyone        D. either

11. A. energy         B. wisdom          C. confidence      D. conscience

12. A. informed       B. encouraged      C. convinced       D. determined

13. A. feeling        B. tendency        C. tension         D. spirit

14. A. but            B. and             C. for             D. or

15. A. confirmed      B. clarified       C. conveyed        D. compensated

16. A. weakness       B. strength        C. experience      D. advantage

17. A. distinguish    B. preserve        C. discourage      D. astonish

18. A. realize        B. suspect         C. examine         D. indicate

19. A. never          B. often           C. seldom          D. hardly

20. A. adapt          B. possess         C. apply           D. adopt