Question

Hi！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 (超感覺知覺).

　　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．in existence

B．imaginative

C．not real

D．impossible

2.ESP lets people know _________.

A．about events before they happen

B．about events after they happen

C．about events that are happening some distance away

D．A and C

3.In the last paragraph the underlined word "coincidences" probably means _______.

A．things that may not happen

B．things that happen in a dream

C．things that must happen

D．things that happen by accident

4.This article is mainly about ________.

A．the human dream	B．the sixth sense
C．the human mind	D．a crowded bus

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：1.A 推理題。根據文章最后一段Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is real.說明他認為ESP可能存在。以后會被解釋清楚的。

2.D 細節題。根據第二段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.說明D正確。

3.D 推理題。根據本句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，故該詞指偶然發生的巧合。故D正確。

4.B 主旨大意題。文章主要是關于ESP也稱為第六感。故B正確。

考點：考查科普類短文閱讀

點評：文章主要是講述了ESP也稱為第六感的相關信息。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。