53. C 细节理解题。根据第一段中的"...has studied how humans think and act"可知，James March是一位研究人类思维与行动的研究者。
54. A 推理判断题。根据第二段中的"The problem is that learning from experience involves serious complications, ones that are part of the nature of experience itself'"以及第三段中的". . . he tums a doubtful eye toward the use of stories as the most effective way of experiential leaming. "可推知，James March认为人们高估了"经验"。
55. B 推理判断题。根据第三段中的"In our efforts to make stories interesting, he argues, we lose part of the cc complicated truth of things."可推知有趣味的故事不能完全呈现事情的真相。
56. A 写作意图题。通读全文尤其是最后一段内容可知，本文是一篇图书推介，写作目的是向读者介绍The Ambiguities of Experience这本书。