Ninety-fivepercentofpeopleneversucceedbecausethey’refollowingthewronggroup.AFrenchscientistoncemadeanexperimentwithcaterpillars(毛虫)lookingforfood.Heledagroupofcaterpillarsontotheedgeofalargeflowerpot
Ninety-fivepercentofpeopleneversucceedbecausethey’refollowingthewronggroup.
AFrenchscientistoncemadeanexperimentwithcaterpillars(毛虫)lookingforfood.Heledagroupofcaterpillarsontotheedgeofalargeflowerpotsothattheleaderofthegroupfounditselfnosetotailwiththelastcaterpillarformingacirclewithoutendorbeginning.Outofhabittheringofthecaterpillarscircledtheflowerpotforsevendaysandsevennightsuntiltheydiedofstarvation.Infactplentyoffoodwascloseathandbutitwasoutsidetherangeofthecirclesothecaterpillarscontinuedalongthewrongpath.
Peopleoftenbehaveinthesameway.Forexampleifsomeoneshouts“Fire!”manypeoplewillfollowthecrowdblindlyandmanythousandshavediedbecauseofit.Howmanystoptoaskthemselves:Isthisreallythebestwayoutofhere?
Mostpeoplefollowthecrowdbecauseitseemseasiertofollowthemainstreamthantodealwithchangeontheirownevenwhenthatchangemayrepresentfreedomachievementandsuccess.Ahardthingforthemtofullyunderstandisthatpeopleinsuchnumberscanbewrong.Peoplethoughttheearthwasflatandlateritwasbelievedthatthesunstarsandplanetstravelledaroundtheearth.Bothideasarenowconsideredridiculousbutatthetimetheywerebelievedbythemajorityoffollowers.
It’sagoodideatostepoutofthelineeveryonceinawhileandlookaroundtoseeifthelineisgoingwheretheywantittogo.Successonlyfavorsthosewhothinkoutsidethebox.
81.Howlongdidthecaterpillarcircletheflowerpot?(within6words)(2marks)
82.Whycouldn’tthecaterpillarfindthefoodeverwhenitwascloseathand?(within10words)(2marks)
83.Howdoestheauthorsupporthisideas?(nomorethan5words)(3marks)
84.Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?(within7words)(3marks)