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第三部分 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
认真阅读下列短语，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
Dear Applicant, A
We regret to inform you that your application to the stated establishment cannot be processed at this time due to the fact that it does not exist.
After consultation with out mythical advisors we have also determined that even if it didn’t exist, the course “wandology” would be highly in demand and hence require at least two As and a B in any of the following subjects:
Advanced Spellcrafting
Mystimatics
Defence Against The Dark Arts
History of the Occult
Shaft Design
Your hand written grade sheet claiming top marks in “waving a stick about”, “ waving a pointy hat” and “watching Paul Daniels TV specials” sadly is not suitable for submission, however by applying through clearing you may be suitable of Liberal Arts courses. Alternatively you may wish to resubmit next year by tying your letter to an owl and hoping for the best.
On behalf of UCAS I wish you every success.
Yours sincerely,
XXX
Dear Duke University Admissions, B
Thank you for your rejection letter of March 26, 2015. After careful consideration, I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me admission into the Fall 2015 freshman class at Duke.
This year I have been fortunate enough to receive rejection letters from the best and the brightest universities in the country. With a pool of letters so diverse and accomplished I was unable to accept the rejection letters I would have been able to only several years ago. Therefore, I will be attending Duke University's 2015 Class. I look forward to seeing you then.
Best,
Siobhan O'Dell
Dear Siobhan, C
I understand how disappointed you are that we were unable to offer you a space in our incoming class, I want to be honest with you and let you know that it’s very rare that we learn something that leads us to change our decision, in the last ten years we’ve about 500 requests for a review… and changed the decision four times
Wish you all the best~
XXX
56. Of the three letters, which is in response to which?
A. A---B B. C---B C. C---A D. B----C
57. Chances for Duke University to change its admission decision in history were_______.
A. none B. big C. slim D. hard to tell
58. What makes it impossible for the applicant to resubmit an application next year?
A. Tying the letter to an owl and send it to UCAS
B. Printing out grade sheet
C. Applying for the Liberal Arts course as an option
D. Improving his scores
59. What can we infer form the letter about college application?
A. It is disappointing for sure.
B. Rejection letters are better written than offers.
C. It is no as fun as on imagines.
D. There could be extra work beyond normal procedure.
B
Do I exist?
Obviously!
Until Descartes came along in the seventeenth century, everyone assumed that we exited. Obviously. The fact seemed so mind-blowingly obvious that it wasn’t really discussed. We could see ourselves in the mirror, we could feel pain and pleasure, we could think thoughts for ourselves and, more importantly, perhaps, all the world’s main religions assumed that we do exist. So we exist.
No you don’t it!
You don’t exist. That’s because it’s impossible to show once and for all that you do. There’s no proof. You might think you exist-that you are sitting at a table reading this book, for instance-but how could you show with 100 percent certainty that this is true? There’s no experiment that could prove it. Although Descartes said just you could prove your own existence by the fact that you are able to think, this isn’t actually, according to the British philosopher A. J. Ayer. Just because we know that we are thinking, this doesn’t mean that there is a “you” doing the thinking. It just shows that the thoughts are happening, not that anyone is having them. Thoughts exists, “You” don’t.
_____________!
What a waste of time this question is. Although you can argue until the end of time whether you exist or not, it doesn’t get you anywhere. Unless you forget about this unanswerable question, you’ll be stuck thinking about it forever, and that isn’t of any use to anyone. Move on. Think about something more important! This very roughly, is the view of almost all philosophers, who prefer to answer other, apparently more useful, questions.
Yes, but…
You exist, but not in the way you might think. According to the great French philosopher Ren Descartes, you can’t show that anything exists—apart from your own self. The existence of the entire world can be doubted in one way or another, but the facts you’re having thoughts shows that there might be something (that’s you) having them. This let Descartes to write the famous philosophical phrase, “ I think before I am”.
60. Which of the following can be the missing heading?
A. Forget about it B. What a ridiculous point
C. Think about it D. What a pointless question
61. This passage is anything but a(n)___________.
A. comment B. discussion C. argument D. debate
62. The famous answer to the question “Do I exist?” is ___________.
A. No, you don’t exist. B. I think, therefore, I am.
C. Yes, you do exist. D. It won’t get you anywhere
