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Duolingo English Test Read & Complete Practice #12 (Hard Level)

How to practice: This is the real DET (Duolingo English Test) Read & Complete format: one connected passage with a few blanks. Each blank shows the first few letters of the word; type the rest. Hit CHECK when you're done, or CONTINUE once every answer is correct.
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Complete the text with the correct words

Type the missing letters. Use Backspace to remove a letter and move back.

Critical thinking requires more than the ability to recall facts; it demands a willingness to question one's own ass, even when doing so feels deeply uns. Genuine intellectual growth often depends on this kind of uncomfortable intr, which many people instinctively try to av. Philosophers have long debated whether moral values are obj truths that exist independently of human belief, or whether they are so constructed by societies over time. The structure of language compounds this difficulty, since a single sentence can often be int in more than one way, leaving room for amb rather than clarity. Compounding the problem is a well-documented cognitive tendency: people naturally seek out information that co their existing beliefs while dismissing evidence that contradicts them. Recognizing this b in oneself is often the first, and hardest, step toward more rigorous reasoning.

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