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George Banks was a clever journalist． He worked for a good newspaper, and he liked arguing with anybody, and about anything． Sometimes the people whom he argued with were as clever as he was, but often they were not．

He did not mind arguing with stupid people at all: he knew that he could never persuade them to agree, because they could never really understand what he was saying, and the stupider they were, the surer they were that they were right, but he often found that stupid people said very amusing things．

At the end of one argument which George had with one of these less clever people, the man said something which George has always remembered and which has always amused him． It was, “Well, sir, you should never forget this: there are always three answers to every question, your answer, my answer, and the correct answer．”

56．George liked arguing        ．

A． neither with anybody nor about anything

B． either with anybody or anything

C．not with anybody but about anything

D． not only with anybody but also about anything

57．The people whom George often argued with were        ．

A．those who were cleverer than him

B． those who were stupider than him

C．both such clever people as he and those who were not

D．only the clever people

58．George thought the stupider they were, the surer they were that they were right

because         ．

A．the stupider they were, the less knowledge they had

B． they were not worth arguing

C． stupid people often said very amusing things

D． clever people were always right

59．According to one of these less clever people's words, “there are always three answers

to every question, …” meant      ．

A． George's answer was right

B． the man's answer was right

C． George's and the man's answers were not right

D． there was not a right answer