Thinkingissomethingyouchoosetodoasafishchoosestoliveinwater.Tobehumanistothink.Butthinkingmaycomenaturallywithoutyourknowinghowyoudoit.Thinkingaboutdrinkingisthekeytocritical（判断性的）thinking.Whenyouthinkcriticallyyoutakecontrolofyourthinkingprocesses（过程）.Otherwiseyoumightbecontrolledbytheideasofothers.Indeedcriticalthinkingisattheheartofeducation.

Theword“critical”herehasaspecialmeaning.Itdoesnotmeantakingoneviewagainstanotherviewaswhensomeonecriticizesanotherpersonfordoingsomethingwrong.Thenatureofcriticalthinkingisthinkingbeyondtheeasilyseen-beyondthepicturesonTVtheuntruereportsinthenewspapersandthefaultyreasoning.

Criticalthinkingisanattitudeasmuchasanactivity.Ifyouarecuriousaboutlifeanddesiretodigdeeperintoityouareacriticalthinker.Ifyoufindpleasureindeepthinkingaboutdifferentideascharactersandfactsyouareacriticalthinker.

Activitiesofthemindandhigher-orderreasoningareprocessesofdeepandcarefulconsideration.Theytaketimeanddonotgohandinhandwiththefastspeedintoday’sworld:fastfoodsinstantcoffeeandself-developingfilm.Ifyouareamongthepeoplewhobelievethatspeedisameasureofintelligence（智力）youmaylearnsomethingnewfromastoryaboutAlbertEinstein.ThefirsttimeBaneshHoffmanascientistwastodiscusshisworkwithAlbertEinstein.Hoffmanwastoonervoustospeak.ButEinsteinimmediatelyputHoffmanateasebysaying“Pleasegoslowly.Idon’tunderstandthingsquickly.”

72．Criticalthinkingisimportanttousbecauseifwedonotthinkcritically_______.

A．itwillbehardforustothinknaturallyandfast

B．wemightbecontrolledbyotherpeople’sideas

C．wewillfollowtheideasofothersnaturally

D．wemightbefootedbyotherpeople’sideas

73．Ifyouareacriticalthinkeryouwill________.

A．thinkdeeplyaboutdifferentideas B．trustthereportsinthenewspapers

C．takeoneviewagainstanotherviewD．criticizeotherpeoplefortheirmistakes

74．Inthelastparagraph“somethingnew”suggeststhat________.

A．thesmarteryouarethefasteryoudothings

B．thefaste