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Directions: In this part there is a short passage with five questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words (not exceeding 10 words.)
As we have seen, sociology and the other social sciences focus on the study of certain aspects of human behavior. Yet human behavior is something with which we all have experience about and about which we have at least a bit of knowledge. Many of us, even without Ph. D. degree in the social sciences, could make suggestions about how to help "problem gambles." All of us might well have theories about why movie stars and rock stars are the subjects of so much attention. Our theories and suggestions come from our experiences and from a cherished source of wisdom-common sense.
In our daily lives, we rely on common sense to get us through many unfamiliar situations. However, this knowledge, which sometimes accurate, is not always reliable, because it rests on commonly held beliefs rather than systematic analysis of facts. It was once considered "common sense" to accept that the earth was flat-a view rightly questioned by Pythagoras and Aristotle. Incorrect commonsense notions are not just a part of the distant past; they remain with us today.
In American society, by common sense we know that, given the high level of divorces, most first marriages fail to reach their twentieth anniversaries. By common sense we realize that when a minority group moves into a previously all-White neighborhood, property values decline.
However, like the view that the earth is flat, these particular commonsense notions are untrue; each has failed to be supported by sociological research. Three out of four first marriages in the United States celebrate their twentieth anniversaries, and one out of five reaches the fiftieth! Race had been found to have little relationship to property values; such factors, as over-crowding and age of housing are more significant.
Questions: （注意：答題盡量簡短，超過10個詞要扣分。每條橫線限寫一個英語單詞，標點符號不占格。）
1. What do sociology and other social sciences study?
2. Where does our knowledge about human behavior come from?
3. Why are the suggestions from ordinary people not always reliable?
4. An example of incorrect commonsense notions in the past is the view that.
5. What will affect property values in the United States according to sociological research?
Anwsers:
1. Certain aspects of human behavior.或：They study certain aspects of human behavior.或：Their study focuses on certain aspects of human behavior.
2. Our experiences and common sense.或：Our experiences and cherished common sense.或：Our experiences and cherished source of wisdom--common sense.或：They come from our experiences and common sense.或：They are from our experiences and common sense.
3. Because they do not rest on systematic analysis of facts.
4. the earth is flat
5. Over-crowding and age of housing,.或：Over-crowding and age of housing will affect property values.或：Factors such as Over-crowding and age of housing
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