Wemay,ifwelike,speakofconsequence,ascertainmysticslovetodo,ofthedifferentlevelsorordersoftruth.WemayadoptwhatisessentiallyaPlatonistic(布拉图式的)trickofthoughtandinsistuponpostulatingtheexistenceofexternalrealitieswhichcorrespondtotheneedsandmodesofhumanfeelingandwhich,sowemayinsist,havetheirbeinginsomepartoftheuniverseunreachablebyscience.Buttodosoistomakeanunwarrantableassumptionandtobeguiltyofthemetaphysicalfallacyoffailingtodistinguishbetweenatruthoffeelingandthatothersortoftruthwhichisdescribedas“truthofcorrespondence”anditisbetterperhaps,atleastforthoseofuswhohavegrownupinthought,tosteerclearofsuchconfusionsandtorestcontentwiththeadmissionthat,thoughtheuniversewithwhichsciencedealsistherealuniverse,yetwedonotandcannothaveanybutfleetingandimperfectcontactswithit;thatthemostimportantpartofourlives-oursensations,emotions,desiresandaspirations-takeplaceinauniverseofillusionswhichsciencecanattenuateordestroy,butwhichitispowerlesstoenrich.
1.Theauthorsuggeststhatinordertobridgethepuzzlingdifferencebetweenscientifictruthandtheworldofillusion,thereadershould____.A)trytoridhimselfofhisworldofillusionB)accepthiswordsasbeingoneofillusionC)applythescientificmethodD)learntoacknowledgeboth
2.Judgingfromtheideasandtoneoftheselection,onemayreasonablyguessthattheauthoris____.A)ahumanistB)apantheistC)anuclearphysicistD)adoctorofmedicine
3.Accordingtothispassage,ascientistwouldconceiveofa“table”asbeing____.A)asolidmotionlessobjectB)certaincharacteristicvibrationsin“ether”C)aformfixedinspaceandtimeD)amassofatomsinmotion
4.Thetopicofthisselectionis____.A)thedistortionofrealitybyscienceB)theconfusioncausedbyemotionsC)PlatonicandcontemporaryviewsoftruthD)theplaceofscientifictruthinourlives
5.By“objectivereality”(Lastline,Para.1)theauthormeans____.A)scientificrealityB)asymbolicexistenceC)theviewer'sexperienceD)realitycoloredbyemotion
答案与解析：
1.B作者暗示为了联系起科学世界和虚幻世界的不同点，把他的话当作一种假相。间接题型段尾结论题。根据第二段最后一句话，我们可推出B是正确答案。