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（特异功能）. 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】

试题分析:你是否突然感觉某个人有麻烦而事实上确实如此呢？你是否遇到过梦里的事情变成现实的情况呢？也许那是因为你有特异功能，或者说第六感。第六感就是预知的事情在现实生活中真实发生，科学家正对此作出研究。

1. 作者态度猜测题。通读全文可知作者对第六感是否存在举了两个肯定的例子，说明作者认为第六感是可能存在的。故选A。

2. 细节题。根据最后一段From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind.可知通过研究ESP，我们可能知道关于人类思想更多的信息。故选C。

3. 词义猜测题。分析语境可知coincidences指代stories，亦指代前文那些预知的事情在真实生活中发生的事情，就像巧合一样。故选B。

4. 主旨大意题。通读文章可知文章主要介绍了预知的特异功能，也就是第六感。故选D。

考点：考查说明类短文阅读