15.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.
59.According to the passage,the author believes that the sixth sense isA.
A.possible B.imaginativeC.not real D.impossible
60.By studying ESP,scientists may get toC.
A.learn how people tell lies
B.know more about human dreams
C.know more about human mind
D.learn how strange things happen
61.In the last paragraph the underlined word"coincidences"probably means"B".
A.things that may not happen
B.things that happen by accident
C.things that must happen
D.things that happen in a dream
62.This article is mainly aboutD.
A.the human dream
B.a(chǎn) crowded bus
C.the human mind
D.the sixth sense.
分析 文章主要是講述了ESP也稱為第六感的相關(guān)信息.本文屬于科普類短文,可能生詞較多,語言障礙對于考生理解文章有較大的影響,要求考生提高上下文推測詞義的能力和推理能力.
解答 59-62 ACBD
59 A 推理題.根據(jù)文章最后一段Others,including some scientists,say that ESP is real.說明他認(rèn)為ESP可能存在.以后會被解釋清楚的.
60 C 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.
61 B 推理題.根據(jù)本句Some people say stories like these are coincidences.Others,including some scientists,say that ESP is real.說明一些人認(rèn)為這些都是偶然巧合的事情,其他人卻說ESP可能是存在的,故該詞指偶然發(fā)生的巧合.故B正確.
62 D 主旨大意題.文章主要是關(guān)于ESP也稱為第六感.故D正確.
點評 學(xué)生需要認(rèn)真閱讀原文,把握文章大意,對文章脈絡(luò)有整體的了解,能仔細(xì)查找文中細(xì)節(jié),并能根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容進(jìn)行合理的推測判斷.