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某大学哲学系的几个学生在谈论文学作品时说起荷花。甲说:“每年碧园池塘的荷花开放几天后,就该期终考试了。”乙接着说:“那就是说每次期终考试前不久碧园池塘的荷花已经开过了”丙说:“我明明看到在期终考试后池塘里有含苞欲放的荷花嘛!”丁接着丙的话茬说:“在期终考试前后的一个月中,我每天从碧园池塘边走过,可从未见到开放的荷花呵!”
虽然以上四个人都没有说假话,但各自的说法好像存在很大的分歧。以下哪项最能解释其中的原因( )

A.甲说的荷花开放并非指所有荷花,只要某年期终考试前夕有一朵荷花开放就行了。
B.正如丙说的一样,有些年份在期终考试后池塘里有含苞欲放的荷花,这是自然界里的特殊现象,不要大惊小怪。
C.自去年以来,碧园池塘里的水受到污染,荷花不再开了。所以丁也就不会看到荷花开放了,看来环境治理工作有待加强。
D.通常说来,哲学系的学生爱咬文嚼字。可他们今天讨论问题时对一些基本概念还没有弄清楚,比如部分与全体的关系以及时间范围、颜色界定等等。
E.虽然大多数期终考试的时间变化不大,有些时候也会变。比如,去年三年级的学生要去实习,期终考试就提前了半个月。

答案

参考答案:D

解析: D说明了题干中四个人所犯的逻辑错误是混淆概念。

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请根据以下的任务说明和写作要求,以We Cannot Do without Gratitude 为题写一篇150字左右的英语短文,在校园英文小报上的Hot Topic栏目发表。

[任务说明]

“感激”是每个人都应该懂得的一种待人接物的态度。请认真阅读下面的短文,然后完成以下写作任务。

1.概括故事的内容要点,以此引入话题,该部分的词数大约30;

2.就“感激”这个主题发表你的看法,至少包含以下内容要点:

1)什么是感激(gratitude)?

2)感激的表现方式。

3)表达感激最重要在于真诚(sincere)。

4)故事的启示和你的结论。

[写作要求]

1.你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子。

2.短文的开头已给出,不计入所限字数。短文开头:

The other day I read a story which is about …

[阅读材料]

As I got into a taxi one afternoon, the driver was very angry about something that had happened to him earlier that day. Here’s how he told the story:

“One of my fares (旅客) left a wallet in my cab this morning. Nearly three hundred dollars in it. I spent more than an hour trying to trace the guy. Finally I found him at his hotel. He took the wallet without a word and glared at me as though I’d meant to steal it.”

“He didn’t give you a reward?” I asked.

“Not a cent. But it wasn’t the money I wanted,” he fumbled, then exploded, “If the guy had only said something…”

Why was the driver so upset? All he wanted was something simple, but even more valuable than money: to be thanked for his efforts. In short, what he wanted, what he needed but did not get, was a little bit of gratitude.

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