請依下文回答第 36 題至第 40 題: Stereotypes are a kind of gossip about the world, a gossip that makes us pre-judge people before we ever
lay eyes on them. 36 , it is not surprising that stereotypes have something to do with the dark world of
prejudice. Explore most prejudices and you will find a cruel stereotype at the core of each one.
Why is it that we stereotype the world in such irrational and harmful 37 ? In part, we begin to 38 people in
our childhood years. Early in life, as every parent whose child has watched TV knows, we learn to spot the
Good Guys 39 the Bad Guys. Some years ago, a social psychologist showed very clearly how powerful these
stereotypes of childhood vision are. He secretly asked the most popular kids in an elementary school to make
errors in the morning gym exercises. 40 , he asked the class if anyone had noticed any mistakes during gym
period. Oh, yes, said the children. But it was the unpopular students in class—the “bad guys”—they
remembered as being out of step.
【題組】 36
(A)Nevertheless
(B)Hence
(C)Additionally
(D)Conversely