根据以下材料回答题 Reading is not the only way to gain knowledge of the work in the past．T

根据以下材料回答题

Reading is not the only way to gain knowledge of the work in the past．There is another largereservoir (知识库) which may be called experience, and the college student will find that everycraftsman (工匠) has something he can teach and will generally teach gladly to any college studentwho does not look down upon them．But the demonstration (示范) and report of what happens,and how it happens are correct even if the reports are in completely unscientific terms (术语)．Presently the college student will learn, in this case also, what to accept and what to reject．

Another source of knowledge is the vast store of traditional practices handed down from fatherto son, or mother to daughter, of old country customs, of folklore (风俗)．All this is very diffi-cult for a college student to examine, for much knowledge and personal experience is needed hereto separate good plants from wild grass．The college student should learn to realize and rememberhow much of real value science has found in this wide, confused wilderness．

In the last paragraph the phrase "this wide， confused wilderness" refers to __________． 查看材料

A.personal experience

B.wild weeds among good plants

C.the information from the parents

D.the vast store of traditional practices