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【題目】Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you!

Parapsychologists (靈學家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists（存在）, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理學家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.

In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects(受試者)were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when he questioned the subjects, almost?all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.

For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t.

Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker, “I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”

【1】The aim of the two experiments is to________.

A. explain when people can have a sixth sense

B. show how people act while being watched in the lab

C. study whether humans can sense when they are stared at

D. prove why humans have a sixth sense

【2】In the first experiment, the subjects_________________.

A. were told that they were stared at??? B. did nothing but sit silently

C. were stared at for 5 to 15 hours??? D. didn’t know that someone was staring at them

【3】The underlined word “outcome” in the last paragraph most probably means_______.

A. value??? B. result??? C. effort??? D. reason

【4】In the second experiment, the subjects _________.

A. could tell when they were stared at and when they weren’t.

B. could tell when they were stared at but couldn’t tell when they weren’t.

C. couldn’t tell when they were stared at but could tell when they weren’t.

D. couldn’t tell when they were stared at or when they weren’t.

【5】What can be learned from the passage?

A. People are born with a sixth sense.

B. The experiments support parapsychologists’ idea.

C. The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments.

D. People have a sixth sense in all places.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】本文介紹貝克做了兩個實驗來研究人類是否有“第六感”，能感知他們被盯著看。結果他發(fā)現(xiàn)實驗中受試者當有人盯著看時，他們沒有“第六感”，感知有人盯著看自己。

【1】C

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Parapsychologists (靈學家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists（存在）, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理學家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.可知這兩個實驗的目的是想要研究人類是否有“第六感”，能感知他們被盯著看。故選C。

【2】D

推理判斷題。根據(jù)The subjects(受試者)were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods.可知受試者不知道有人在盯著他們看，故選D。

【3】B

詞義猜測題。根據(jù)Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at.可知貝克總結到，當人們被盯著看時，他們沒有能力感知的，故此處是實驗的結果，故選B。

【4】D

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t.可知在第二次實驗中，受試者沒有被告知他們什么時候被盯著看，什么時候沒有被盯著看，故選D。

【5】C

推理判斷題。根據(jù)Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at.故可知實驗中受試者當有人盯著看時，他們沒有“第六感”，感知有人盯著看自己，故選C。