CREDULOUS : GULLIBLE::A.didactic : onerousB.adventurous : pusillanimousC.yielding : servil
CREDULOUS : GULLIBLE::
A.didactic : onerous
B.adventurous : pusillanimous
C.yielding : servile
D.sycophantic: adulatory
E.assiduous : vain
CREDULOUS : GULLIBLE::
A.didactic : onerous
B.adventurous : pusillanimous
C.yielding : servile
D.sycophantic: adulatory
E.assiduous : vain
第1题
The skeptics thus have a vital role to play: to educate the public about the nature of science and to attempt to persuade media producers and directors that they have some responsibility to develop an appreciation for scientific rationality. One of the roles of CSICOP is to challenge the views of pseudoscience pouring forth daily from the media. It is clear that we cannot operate within the cloistered confines of the academy, but need to enter into the public arena. In monitoring the media, we surely have not sought to center producers or publishers; we only wish for some balance on their part in presenting paranormal claims, and for some role for scepticism about theses claims. Largely because of the media, large sectors of public opinion simply assume that psychic powers are real, that it is possible to modify material objects merely by the mind, that psychics can help detectives solve mysteries, and that we can abandon the clinical tests of medical science and heal patients by miraculous means. The number of paranormal, occult, and sci-fi television programs is increasing. Our objection is that "docudramas" are not labelled as fictionalized accounts but touted as fact. In regard to the many talk shows that constantly deal with paranormal topics, the skeptical viewpoint is rarely heard; and when it is permitted to be expressed, it is usually sandbagged by the host or other guests.
It can be inferred from the text that most people who have no doubts about paranormal phenomena are probably ______.
A.ignorant of what life really is
B.enthusiastic about mass media
C.inclined to believe things readily
D.fond of psychic powers themselves