E
Humansarenaturallydrawntootherlifeformsandtheworldsoutsideofourown。WetakedelightintheexistenceofcreaturesandevenwholesocietiesBeyondoureverydaylives.
Thissenseofwonderisuniversal.Lookattheeffortsthatscientists（幻想）literatureormovieslikethelordoftherings.Thissenseofwonderdrawsustoeachother，totheworldaroundus,andtotheworldofmake-believe.buthavewegonesofarincreatingworldsoffantasythatwearemissingthepleasureofotherworldsthatalreadyexistallaroundus?
Humanbeings，asbiologistshavesuggested，possessaninborndesiretoconnectwithandunderstandotherlifeforms，However,people，especiallyinbigeities，oftenleadratherisolatedlives，InastudyofBritishschoolchildren，itwasfoundthatchildrenbyageeightweremuchmorefamiliarwithcharactersfromtelevisionshowsandvideogamesthancommonwildlife.withoutmodemtechnology，asmallPondcouldbeanamazingworldfilledwithstr angeandbeautifulplants，insects，birds，andanimals。whenwelackmeaning（交互）withtheworldaroundus,andsomethingsevenwithourfamiliesandfriends，weseektounderstandandcommunicatewiththingsthatexistonlyinourimaginationsoronacomputerscreen。
Theworldofmake-believeisnotnecessarilybad,butwhentheworldoffantasybecomestheonlyoutlet（出路）foroursenseofwonder，thenwearereallymissingsomething，wearemissingaconnectionwiththelivingworld.Otherwonderfulwonderfulworldsexistallaroundus.butevenmoreinterestingisthatifwelookcloselyenough，wecanseethattheseworlds,inabroadsense,arereallypartofourown.
72．Thepopularityofthelordoftherings.proves
A．thecloseconnectionbetweenmanandthefantasyworld
B．thewonderfulachievementsoffantasyliterature
C．thefinetasteofmoviegoersaroundtheworld
D．thegeneralexistenceofthesenseofcuriosity
正确答案：D
