2021年12月英语六级长篇阅读答案：（第二套）（新东方）

36.(D)In Atomic Habits, I wrote, "Humans are herd animals. We want to fit in, to bond with others,and to earn the respect and approval of our peers....

37. (G)False beliefs can be useful in a social sense even if they are not useful in a fnctual sense.For lack of a better phrase, we might call this approach"factually false, but socially accu-rate."…..

38.(M)The most heated arguments often occur between people on opposite ends of the spectrum,

but the most frequent learning occurs from people who are nearby……

39.(F)We don't always believe things because they are cor-rect. Sometimes we believe things because they make us look good to the people we care about…

40.(N) Any idea that is suffciently different from your current worldview will feel threatening. And the best place to ponder a threatening idea is in a non-threatening environment…

41.(E)Understanding the truth of a situation is important, but so is remaining part of a tribe. While these two desires often work well together, they occasionally come into conflict……

42.(I)The way to change people's minds is to become friends with them, to integrate them into your tribe, to bring them into your circle...

43.(C) What's going on here? why don't facts change our minds? And why would someone continue to believe a false or inaccurate idea anyway?..…….

44.(O) There is another reason bad ideas continue to live on, which is that people continue to talk about them. Silence is death for any idea……….

45.(H) Convincing someone to change their mind is really the process of convincing them to change their tribe…