
代號:2301
頁次:4
-
4
Experience teaches us not to assume that the obvious is clearly understood. So it is with the truism with which we
begin: all educational practice implies a theoretical stance on the educator ’s part. This stance in turn implies—sometimes
more, sometimes less explicitly—an interpretation of man and the world. It could not be otherwise. The process of men’s
orientation in the world involves not just the association of sense and images, as for animals. It involves, above all,
thought-language; that is, the possibility of the act of knowing through his praxis, by which man transforms reality. For
man, this process of orientation in the world can be understood neither as a purely subjective event, nor as an objective or
mechanistic one, but only as an event in which subjectivity and objectivity are united. Orientation in the world, so
understood, places the question of the purposes of action at the level of critical perception of reality.
If, for animals, orientation in the world means adaptation to the world, for man it means humanizing the world by
transforming it. For animals there is no historical sense, no options or values in their orientation in the world; for man
there is both a historical and a value dimension. Men have the sense of “project,” in contrast to the instinctive routines of
animals.
43 Which of the following is NOT a contrast between men and animals mentioned in the passage?
Subjectivity vs. objectivity
Sense of history vs. lack of historical sense
Men humanize the world while animals adapt to the world
Action directed by language and thought vs. action directed by association of sense and images
44 Which of the following statements comes closest to the author’s opinion about education expressed in the passage?
Education is a way by which the poor transform their lives.
Educational practices are ridden with values of the educator.
Thought and language are the instinctive tools by which students educate themselves about the world.
In education an explicit theoretical stance is more beneficial than an implicit one.
45 What does men’s sense of “project” most likely refer to?
Men’s ambitions to accomplish as much as they can in their lives
The purposefulness of men’s actions
The value of men’s knowledge
The adaptive capacity of men
46 Which of the following words or phrases is least appropriate to describe animals?
Instinctive Responsive to and controlled by visual stimuli
Adaptive to the environment Sensitive to history
Birds do it. Cats do it. And Spaniards most especially do it—every day, in broad daylight. They nap. 47 From
one or two o’clock to 4:30 or so every afternoon, Spain stops the world for a stroll home, a leisurely meal, and a few z’s.
Common Market technocrats have informed the Spanish that this is not the way things will get done in a unified Europe.
At a time when productivity is the world’s largest religion, the siesta tradition lives on. 48 No task is so critical
that it cannot wait a couple of hours while you attend to more important matters like eating, relaxing, or catching up on
sleep. When the midday break hits, offices empty and streets clear. Befuddled foreigners quickly learn that they have
entered a new circadian order.
Taking a long break in the middle of the day is not only healthier than the conventional lunch; it is apparently more
natural. 49 Studies suggest that humans are “biphasic” creatures, requiring days broken up by two periods of sleep
instead of one “monophasic” shift. The drowsiness you feel after lunch comes not from the food but from the time of the
day. “All animals, including humans, have a biological rhythm,” explains Claudio Stampi, director of the Chrono Biology
Research Institute in Newton, Massachusetts. “One is a 24-hour rhythm—we get tired by the end of the day and go to
sleep—and there is a second peak of sleepiness and a decrease in alertness in the early afternoon. 50 For others it is
less difficult, but it is there. So there is a biological reason for siestas.”
47 Some people have difficulty remaining awake, doing any sort of task between one and four in the afternoon.
Grown adults—executives, teachers, and civil servants—wink off in the middle of the workday.
In Spain, work operates under the command of life, instead of the other way around.
The Spanish need a long sleep after a day of hard work.
48 In Spain, work operates under the command of life, instead of the other way around.
Grown adults—executives, teachers, and civil servants—wink off in the middle of the workday.
Some people have difficulty remaining awake, doing any sort of task between one and four in the afternoon.
The Spanish need a long sleep after a day of hard work.
49 The Spanish need a long sleep after a day of hard work.
In Spain, work operates under the command of life, instead of the other way around.
Sleep researchers have found that the Spanish biorhythm may be tuned more closely to our biological clocks.
Most people go home for lunch, or get together with family or friends for a glass of wine.
50 The Spanish need a long sleep after a day of hard work.
Grown adults—executives, teachers, and civil servants—wink off in the middle of the workday.
Some people have difficulty remaining awake, doing any sort of task between one and four in the afternoon.
Most people go home for lunch, or get together with family or friends for a glass of wine.