Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage . Ask a left - wing Briton what they believe about the safety of nuclear power, and you can guess their answer . Ask a right - wing American about the risks posed by climate change， and you can also make a _ 26 guess than if you didn‘ t know their political affinistion . Issues like these feel like they should be _ 27 _ by science, not our political tribes, but sadly, that' s not what happens . Psychology has long shown that education and intelligence won' t stop your politics from _ 28 _ your broader worldviews, even if those beliefs do not much the band evidence. Instead, your ability to weigh up the fleet may depend on a less well - recognized trail - 29 _ There is now a mountain of _ 30 _ to show that politics doesn' t just help predid people' s views on some scientific issues ; it also affects how they interpret new information . This is why it is a _ fact31 _ to think that you can somehow correct people' s views on an issue by giving them more facts, since study after study has shown that people have a tendency to _ 32 _ reject facts that don’ t fit with their existing views. But smarter people shouldn' t be susceptible to pre j a dice away ing their opinions, right? Wrong . Other researcher shows that people with the most education, highest mathematicsabilities， and the strongest tendenceis to be reflective about their beliefs are the most _ 33 _ to resist information which should contact their prejudices . This undermines the simplistic assumption that prejudices are the result of top much gut instinct and not enough deep thought . Rather， people who have the _ 34 _ for deeper thought about an issue can use themsel cognitive powers to justify what they already believe and find reasons to dismiss apparently _ 35 _ evidence. A ) better I ) flexibility B ) competitively J ) identical C ) contrary K ) informed D ) curiousity L ) likely E ) evidence M ) mistake F ) explained N ) selectively G ) facility O ) shaping H ) fact