Humansarenaturallydrawntootherlifeformsandtheworldsoutsideofourown.Wetakedelightintheexistenceofcreaturesandevenwholesocietiesbeyondoureverydaylives.

Thissenseofwonderisuniversal.LookattheeffortsthatscientistshavemadetofindoutwhetherlifeofsomekindexistsonMarsandthepopularityoffantasyliteratureormovieslikeTheLordoftheRings.Thissenseofwonderdrawsustoeachothertotheworldaroundusandtotheworldofmake-believe.Buthavewegonesofarincreatingworldsoffantasythatwearemissingthepleasureofotherworldsthatalreadyexistallaroundus?

Humanbeingsasbiologistshavesuggestedpossessaninborndesiretoconnectwithandunderstandotherlifeforms.Howeverpeopleespeciallyinbigcitiesoftenleadratherisolatedlives.InastudyofBritishschoolchildrenitwasfoundthatchildrenbyageeightweremuchmorefamiliarwithcharactersfromtelevisionshowsandvideogamesthanwithcommonwildlife.Withoutmodemtechnologyasmallpondcouldbeanamazingworldfilledwithstrangeandbeautifulplantsinsectsbirdsandanimals.Whenwelackmeaningfulinteraction(交互)withtheworldaroundusandsometimesevenwithourfamiliesandfriendsweseektounderstandandcommunicatewiththingsthatexistonlyinourimaginationsoronacomputerscreen。

Theworldofmake-believeisnotnecessarilybad.Butwhentheworldoffantasybecomestheonlyoutlet(出路)foroursenseofwonderthenwearereallymissingsomething.Wearemissingaconnectionwiththelivingworld.Otherwonderfulworldsexistallaroundus.Butevenmoreinterestingisthatifwelookcloselyenoughwecanseethattheseworldsinabroadsensearereallypartofourown.

1.ThepopularityofTheLordoftheRingsproves

A.thecloseconnectionbetweenmanandthefantasyworld

B.thewonderfulachievementsoffantasyliterature

C.thefinetasteofmoviegoersaroundtheworld

D.thegeneralexistenceofthesenseofcuriosity

2.WhatcanweinferfromtheunderlinedsentenceinParagraph3?

A.Peoplearefarlessfamiliarwiththeworldoffantasy.

B.Theworldarounduscouldserveasasourceofwonder.

C.Theworldoffantasycanbemirroredbyasmallandlivelypond.