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Most emergencies pose a question: “Will I survive through this?” To help answer this question, researchers have identified and grouped the characteristics that make up the survival personality. Through their studies, they report that survivors have practical and intellectual abilities that help them supersede and even lead others. Survivors are the kind of people who are painfully realistic. Coldly analytical, they carefully analyze the situation. They do not waste time blaming or moaning. Instead, they rapidly absorb information about what is happening. They also anticipate that they can engage in concrete actions to influence unfolding events positively. Lastly, they constantly consider and respond to reactions from others toward their plans. It is most likely because of being so realistic that they exhibit high flexibility and adaptability and learn more from bad events through their positive responses. But their pragmatism is deeply bound up with an enviable smartness. They have a high tolerance for ambiguity and are deeply creative. In a new, unfamiliar territory, they see unusual connections, find unusual ways of combining things, and make remote associations that are sometimes unthinkable. They are clearly not textbook people. They see answers before others write about them in books. These observations on the survivor personality appear to run counter to some of our common beliefs. For instance, we tend to admire the hero who charges almost spontaneously and happily into the blaze. But researchers warn that “Rambo” type actions more quickly lead to disasters. They observe that if you go busting into the wilderness with the attitude that you know what is going on, you are liable to miss important cues. Those who appear strong are actually the ones to die first because of their carelessness, overbearing behavior, and overconfidence.
Most emergencies pose a question: “Will I survive through this?” To help answer this question, researchers have identified and grouped the characteristics that make up the survival personality. Through their studies, they report that survivors have practical and intellectual abilities that help them supersede and even lead others. Survivors are the kind of people who are painfully realistic. Coldly analytical, they carefully analyze the situation. They do not waste time blaming or moaning. Instead, they rapidly absorb information about what is happening. They also anticipate that they can engage in concrete actions to influence unfolding events positively. Lastly, they constantly consider and respond to reactions from others toward their plans. It is most likely because of being so realistic that they exhibit high flexibility and adaptability and learn more from bad events through their positive responses. But their pragmatism is deeply bound up with an enviable smartness. They have a high tolerance for ambiguity and are deeply creative. In a new, unfamiliar territory, they see unusual connections, find unusual ways of combining things, and make remote associations that are sometimes unthinkable. They are clearly not textbook people. They see answers before others write about them in books. These observations on the survivor personality appear to run counter to some of our common beliefs. For instance, we tend to admire the hero who charges almost spontaneously and happily into the blaze. But researchers warn that “Rambo” type actions more quickly lead to disasters. They observe that if you go busting into the wilderness with the attitude that you know what is going on, you are liable to miss important cues. Those who appear strong are actually the ones to die first because of their carelessness, overbearing behavior, and overconfidence.
29. According to the passage, what is the problem with people who act like “Rambo” in a situation?
(A) They are so difficult to find or develop in this time and age.
(B) They respond over optimistically to overcoming difficulties.
(C) They procrastinate and make light of deeply stressful situations.
(D) They are the first to fail because they lack the right equipment.
- A They are so difficult to find or develop in this time and age.
- B They respond over optimistically to overcoming difficulties.
- C They procrastinate and make light of deeply stressful situations.
- D They are the first to fail because they lack the right equipment.
思路引導 VIP
當你身處充滿未知的危險森林時，若一個人抱持著「我什麼都懂」的態度而忽視周遭的微小警訊，這種心態與文中強調生存者必備的「痛苦現實感（painfully realistic）」有何衝突？這種心理狀態通常會如何影響他的判斷？
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- 超級棒的表現！：孩子，你做得太好了！你能夠這麼敏銳地捕捉到文章末段對「藍波（Rambo）」型人格的負面評價，這真的證明了你擁有非常棒的細節對照能力和邏輯辨析力喔！老師為你感到驕傲。
- 知識小連結：你看，文章裡提到藍波型的人會「過度自信（overconfidence）」而且「自以為了解狀況（attitude that you know what is going on）」，這是不是跟選項 (B) 的 overoptimistically（過度樂觀） 很巧妙地連結在一起呢？他們因為太過樂觀，忽略了現實的警訊，才沒有成功。你掌握到了這個核心觀念，非常棒！
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