Peopledonotanalyzeeveryproblemtheymeet.Sometimestheytrytorememberasolutionfromthelasttimetheyhadasimilarproblem.Theyoftenaccepttheopinionsorideasofotherpeople.Othertimestheybegintoactwithoutthinking.Theytrytofindasolutionbytrialanderror.Howeverwhenallthesemethodsfailthepersonwithaproblemhastostartanalyzing.Therearesixstagesinanalyzingaproblem.

Firstthepersonmustrecognizethatthereisaproblem.ForexampleSam’sbicycleisbrokenandhecannotrideittoclassasheusuallydoes.Sammustseethatthereisaproblemwithhisbicycle.

Nextthethinkermustdefinetheproblem.BeforeSamcanrepairhisbicyclehemustfindoutthereasonwhyitdoesnotwork.Forinstancehemustdetermineiftheproblemiswiththegearsthebrakesortheframe.Hemustmakehisproblemmorespecific.

Nowthepersonmustlookforinformationthatwillmaketheproblemclearerandleadtopossiblesolutions.ForinstancesupposeSamdecidesthathisbikedoesnotworkbecausethereissomethingwrongwiththegearwheels.Atthistimehecanlookinhisbicyclerepairbookandreadaboutgears.Hecantalktohisfriendsatthebikeshop.Hecanlookathisgearscarefully.

Afterstudyingtheproblemthepersonshouldhaveseveralsuggestionsforapossiblesolution.TakeSamasanillustration.Hissuggestionsmightbe:putoilonthegearwheels;buynewgearwheelsandreplacetheoldones;tightenorloosenthegearwheels.

Eventuallyonesuggestionseemstobethesolutiontotheproblem.Sometimesthefinalideacomesverysuddenlybecausethethinkersuddenlyseessomethingneworseessomethinginanewway.Samforexamplesuddenlyseesthatthereisapieceofchewinggumbetweenthegearwheels.Heimmediatelyrealizesthesolutiontohisproblem:hemustcleanthegearwheels.

Finallythesolutionistested.Samcleansthegearwheelsandfindsthatafterwardshisbicycleworksperfectly.Inshorthehassolvedtheproblem.

63.Whatisthebesttitleforthispassage?

A.SixStagesforRepairingSam’sBicycle B.PossibleWaystoProblem-solving

C.NecessitiesofProblemAnalysis D.SuggestionsforAnalyzingaProblem

64.Inanalyzingaproblemweshoulddo