It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it; but the youn
History as the artificial extension of the social memory (and I willingly concede that there are other appropriate ways of apprehending human experience) is an art of long standing, necessarily so since it springs instinctively from the impulse to enlarge the range of immediate experience; and however camouflaged by the disfiguring jargon of science, it is still in essence what it has always been. History in this sense is story, in aim always a true story; a story that employs all the devices of literary art (statement and generalization, narration and description, comparison and comment and analogy) to present the succession of events in the life of man, and from the succession of events thus presented to derive a satisfactory meaning. The history written by historians, like the history informally fashioned by Mr. Everyman, is thus a convenient blend of truth and fancy, of what we commonly distinguish as "fact" and "interpretation". In primitive times, when tradition is orally transmitted, bards and story-tellers frankly embroider or improvise the facts to heighten the dramatic import of the story. With the use of written records, history, gradually occurred; and with the increase and refinement of knowledge the historian recognized that his first duty is to be sure of his facts, let their meaning be what it may. Nevertheless, in every age history is taken to be a story of actual events from which a significant meaning may be derived; and in every age the illusion is that the present version is valid because the related facts are true, whereas former version are invalid because based upon inaccurate or inadequate facts.
A.issue
B.illusion
C.version
D.perspective
The passage suggests that there is______.
A.no final answer to the Moon illusion
B.no final answer to the size of the Moon
C.a definite answer to the Moon illusion
D.no final answer to people"s visual illusion
A.conclusion
B.expression
C.enjoyment
D.illusion
The conventional explanation for the Moon illusion today is that______.
A.our brains tend to make objects smaller when they appear closer to us based on distance cues
B.objects that are overhead are perceived to be nearer than objects on the horizon
C.the effects of Ponzo illusion
D.it is a combination of two psychological effects
A.Use optical illusion to reduce traffic accidents.
B.Change the road signs across the country.
C.Replace straight, horizontal bars with V shapes on the roads.
D.Enforce the speed limits more effectively.
We can infer from the text that the appearance of "immortal" life is ______.
A.a fading hope
B.far from certain
C.just an illusion
D.only a matter of time
Many people have the illusion that wealth is the chief source of happiness。
A.fim belief
B.outlook
C.false idea
D.vision