Question

Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you knew was in trouble —and was he? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP（特異功能）. ESP stands for Extrasensory Perception. It may be called a sixth sense. It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening some distance away.

Here’s an example. A woman was ironing clothes. Suddenly she screamed, “My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!” Just then, a telegram came. The woman’s father died of a heart attack. He died sitting in a chair.

There are thousands of stories like this one on record. Scientists are studying them to find out what’s behind these strange mental messages. Here’s another example —one of hundreds of dreams that have come true.

A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and carriage came by. The driver said, “There’s room for one more.” The man felt the driver seemed dead, so he ran away. The next day, when the man was getting on a crowded bus, the bus driver said. “There’s room for one more.”

Then the man saw that the driver’s face was the same face he had seen in the dream. He wouldn’t get on the bus. As the bus drove off, it crashed and burst into flames. Everyone was killed!

Some people say stories like these are coincidences. Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is real. From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind.

1.According to the passage, the author believes that the sixth sense is ______.

A. possible B. imaginative

C. not real D. impossible

2.By studying ESP, scientists may get to ______.

A. learn how people tell lies

B. know more about human dreams

C. know more about human mind

D. learn how strange things happen

3.In the last paragraph the underlined word “coincidences” probably means “______”.

A. things that may not happen

B. things that happen by accident

C. things that must happen

D. things that happen in a dream

4.This article is mainly about ______.

A. the human dream B. a crowded bus

C. the human mind D. the sixth sense

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析:你是否突然感覺某個(gè)人有麻煩而事實(shí)上確實(shí)如此呢？你是否遇到過夢里的事情變成現(xiàn)實(shí)的情況呢？也許那是因?yàn)槟阌刑禺惞δ埽�或者說第六感。第六感就是預(yù)知的事情在現(xiàn)實(shí)生活中真實(shí)發(fā)生，科學(xué)家正對此作出研究。

1. 作者態(tài)度猜測題。通讀全文可知作者對第六感是否存在舉了兩個(gè)肯定的例子，說明作者認(rèn)為第六感是可能存在的。故選A。

2. 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)最后一段From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind.可知通過研究ESP，我們可能知道關(guān)于人類思想更多的信息。故選C。

3. 詞義猜測題。分析語境可知coincidences指代stories，亦指代前文那些預(yù)知的事情在真實(shí)生活中發(fā)生的事情，就像巧合一樣。故選B。

4. 主旨大意題。通讀文章可知文章主要介紹了預(yù)知的特異功能，也就是第六感。故選D。

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