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【题目】Have you ever suddenly felt that someone you know was in trouble and he was? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP.

ESP stands for Extra Sensory 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 is an example：A woman was doing washing. Suddenly she screamed, “My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair.”Just then, a telegram came. The woman's father had died of a heart attack. He died sitting in a chair.

There are thousands of stories like this on record. Scientists are studying them to find out what is behind these strange mental messages. Here's another exampleone 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 was death, so he ran away. The next day the man was getting on a crowded bus. The bus driver said，“There's room for one more.”Then the man saw 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 lies or coincidence. Others, including some scientists say that ESP is true. From studies of ESP, we may some day learn more about the human mind.

【1】ESP lets people know about________.

A．their dreams

B．events after they happen

C．events before they happen

D．heart attacks

【2】The example of the man shows an ability to________.

A．avoid traffic accident

B．judge the good and evil of a person

C．know about the events that are happening some distance away

D．sense a danger that will actually happen later on

【3】In this passage the underlined word“coincidences”probably means________.

A．things which do not happen

B．things which happen by accident without necessary connection

C．things which are only dreams

D．things dreamed of only by sick people

【4】From the passage, it can be inferred that________.

A．the dead

B．men

C．women

D．either B or C

Answer 1

【答案】【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】【1】什么是ESP(超感官知觉)，在第二段中进行了解释；It seems to let people know about events before they happen...，故选C。

【2】文章第五自然段记叙了一个实例，一个人梦中发生的一切后来竟成为事实。他感知到了梦中可怕的结局，在现实中He wouldn't get on the bus.由此可见他有一种超前预知未来危险的能力(即ESP)，故本题选D。

【3】人们对ESP持两种观点：一些人(包括一些科学家在内)认为ESP真实存在；而另一些人认为这些ESP的事例要么是撒谎，要么是巧合。A、C项与事实不符。D项文章中没有涉及sick people。

【4】文中列举了一男一女两个实例，而A项the dead不可能有ESP。故本题选D。