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We’ve all been there. You’re around new people and you just want to impress them. It can be easy to pretend you know about movies, politics, or science just to get through an awkward situation. But contrary to what feels most natural, a new series of five studies from Pepperdine University shows that those who can admit when they don’t know something tend to actually have more knowledge. If you want to make those people think you’re smart, maybe the best thing to say is “I don’t know.”

For the study, which was led by Elizabeth Krumrei-Mancuso, the team of researchers had one question: Is there a knowledge benefit to admitting intellectual fallibility? To find out, they ran not one, not two, but five separate experiments. They engaged nearly 1,200 participants in their study, and evaluated them using a number of questionnaires testing their cognitive abilities, measuring their own predictions of their cognitive abilities, and, of course, rating their levels of intellectual humility.

For that last part, they used different methods in different studies to get a more well﹣rounded set of results. One IH survey used eight questions to assess participants on two elements: the “Knowing﹣It﹣All” subscale, which judged their attitudes of intellectual superiority, and the “Intellectual Openness” subscale, which assessed how open they were to learning from others. In other studies, they used the 22-question “Comprehensive Intellectual Humility Scale,” which assesses participants on four elements: independence of intellect and ego, openness to revising one’s viewpoint, respect for others’ viewpoints, and lack of intellectual overconfidence. The five studies were used to examine past learning, thinking styles, traits, and motivations.

What the researchers may agree is that the best thing to remember is that curiosity seems to be a good thing. The world is big, and it’s impossible to know everything. At your next dinner party, ask questions and admit your own cluelessness. It might make you a little less clueless next time.

38．Why did Elizabeth Krumrei-Mancuso led the study？    

A．to find out whether admitting that you don’t know something is beneficial.

B．to find the certain benefit of admitting intellectual disability.

C．to compare the modest people with proud people.

D．to stress the importance of curiosity.

39．From the article, we can learn that     .

A．we all tend to pretend we have a good command of knowledge.

B．the study engaged over 1,200 participants in their study.

C．”I don’t know” may be a good answer to people who ask you if you are clever.

D．a number of questionnaires are used to test participants’ cognitive humility.

40．What is the best title of the article？    

A．Be yourself!                                              B．Admitting your fallibility!

C．Express your drawbacks!                            D．Let curiosity lead you!

【回答】

38．A

39．C

40．B

【解析】

【分析】

這是一篇説明文。文章主要介紹了研究人員通過實驗，*了承認錯誤和不足，可能會讓別人認為你很聰明。

38．

細節理解題。根據第二段中For the study, which was led by Elizabeth Krumrei-Mancuso, the team of researchers had one question: Is there a knowledge benefit to admitting intellectual fallibility? To find out, they ran not one, not two, but five separate experiments.可知在這項由Elizabeth Krumrei-Mancuso領導的研究中，研究團隊有一個問題：承認自己不知道的事是否對知識有好處？為了找到*，他們進行了不是一個，也不是兩個，而是五個*的實驗。由此可知，可知Elizabeth Krumrei﹣Mancuso領導這項研究是為了找出承認自己不知道的事情是否有益。故選A。

39．

細節理解題。根據第一段中If you want to make those people think you’re smart, maybe the best thing to say is “I don’t know.”可知如果你想讓那些人覺得你很聰明，最好説“我不知道”。由此可知，對於那些問你是否聰明的人，“我不知道”可能是一個很好的*。故選C。

40．

主旨大意題。根據第一段We’ve all been there. You’re around new people and you just want to impress them. It can be easy to pretend you know about movies, politics, or science just to get through an awkward situation. But contrary to what feels most natural, a new series of five studies from Pepperdine University shows that those who can admit when they don’t know something tend to actually have more knowledge. If you want to make those people think you’re smart, maybe the best thing to say is “I don’t know.”可知我們都在那裏。你周圍都是新朋友，你只想給他們留下深刻印象。假裝你瞭解電影、*或科學只是為了度過一個尷尬的局面是很容易的。但是，與人們感覺最自然的情況相反，佩珀代因大學一項由五人組成的新系列研究表明，那些能夠承認自己不懂某事的人往往擁有更多的知識。如果你想讓那些人覺得你很聰明，最好説“我不知道”。結合文章主要介紹了研究人員通過實驗，*了承認錯誤和不足，可能會讓別人認為你很聰明。由此可知，B選項“承認你不知道!”最合適作為標題。故選B。

知識點：科普知識與現代技術

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