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1、Readselectivelyorintensively?Thepassagemainlydealswiththeissueofwhethertoreadselectivelyorintensivelywhenfacedwithawiderangeofbooks.Accordingtotheauthor,weshouldvaluetheabilitytopickandchooseratherthandipintowhateverwecangetanaccessto.Asforthetopic,people’sopinionsareapparentlyvariedbasedondiffere
2、ntideas.Peoplewhothinkweshouldreadwidelyholdtheviewthatthemoreknowledgewepossess,thebetterunderstandingwewillhaveoftheworld.Intheireyes,onlywhenweabsorbavarietyofknowledgecanitbepossibleforustoknowmoreabouttheworldfromallperspectives.Andcommonsensealwaysmakesusbelievethatthemoreknowledgeweobtain,t
3、hesmarterwewillbe.Incontrast,thosewhothinkweshouldbefullyawareofwhatinterestsandbenefitsusholdtheviewthatweshouldlearntoselect,arguingthatthereisnopointinreadingasmanybooksaspossiblesinceourtimeandenergyarelimited.AsfarasIamconcerned,Iprefertoacceptthelatteropinionthatweshouldtrytopickandchoosewha
4、tcanbeofrealvaluetous.Admittedly,itistruethatwecangainknowledgebyreadingintensively,butitdoesn’tfollowthatwearesupposedtoreadwhateverwecanputourfingerson.Inthissense,it’sofgreatsignificanceforustobeabletogetconcentratedononeortwosubjectssothatwecanbeprofessionalinsomefields.Onlyinthiswaycanweachie
5、veourfinalgoalwithoutwastingourtime.Forinstance,whythosefamousscientistscouldcontributealottothedevelopmentofscienceisthattheyjustdevotedthemselvestooneortwofields,whichmakesthemoutstandingincertainareas.Tosummarize,intermsofreading,IthinknobodyelsecanhavegivenusbetteradvicethanFrancisBacon,whomai
6、ntained“somebooksaretobeswallowed,somearetobetasted,andonlyafewothersaretobechewedanddigested.”Therefore,wecandrawaconclusionthatitwillbebetteroffifwecanreadselectively.(1)Itseemsthatthereisnomiddleground____1____itcomestocats.Peopleeitherloveorhate___2___.Thesefeelingsarenotneweither.All____3___h
7、istory,catshavebeenworshipedorhated.Astudyofancientwritingsandevidence____4_____(find)Intombsindicatesthatforthepast5,000years,cats____5____(keep)aspetsinChina,Arabia,EgyptandIndia.Catswereattheirhighestpositioni
