题目内容
One of the most remarkable things about the human mind is our ability to imagine the future. In our 1._____we can see what has not yet happened. For example, while we are looking forward to 2._____a new place or country, we 3._____what it will be like. We predict( 预料) the 4._____ people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things 5._____. Things are often very different from the way we 6._____them to be. One of the 7._____ dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been 8._____ to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had 9._____and analysed(分析) the problem from every angle(角度) for days, but there 10._____ to be no way of 11._____ out the answer. Then one night he went to bed and dreamed. When he 12._____ up, he realized that he knew the answer. He had solved the problem in his 13._____. The hypnotist(催眠者)sat in the chair opposite him and spoke 14._____: I want you to concentrate on my voice. Think about 15._____. You know nothing but my voice. And as you pay attention to my voice, your 16._____ will get heavier. Soon you’ll be asleep. You will hear my voice and 17._____ my words, but your body will be asleep, your eyes are too heavy. You are 18._____ asleep, and when you wake up you will 19._____ nothing. You will forget everything. Now I am going to 20._____ slowly from one to five. One, two, three, four, five.
1.A.brains | B. senses | C. minds | D. sights |
2.A.visiting | B. seeking | C. reaching | D. discovering |
3.A.imagine | B. know | C. feel | D. guess |
4.A.custom | B. habit | C. style | D. way |
5.A.quickly | B. simply | C. correctly | D. neatly |
6.A.required | B. wished | C. left | D. expected |
7.A.funny | B. dull | C. famous | D. silly |
8.A.managing | B. trying | C. thinking | D. hoping |
9.A.studied | B. learned | C. discussed | D. researched |
10.A.used | B. ought | C. seemed | D. had |
11.A. making | B. finding | C. turning | D. letting |
12.A.gave | B. sat | C. woke | D. got |
13.A.dream | B. lesson | C. research | D. exercise |
14.A.softly | B. loudly | C. slowly | D. firmly |
15.A.everything | B. something | C. nothing | D. anything |
16.A.eyes | B. feet | C. head | D. body |
17.A.believe | B. repeat | C. take | D. understand |
18.A.really | B. extremely | C. actually | D. almost |
19.A.accept | B. remember | C. hear | D. receive |
20.A.count | B. say | C. add | D. Speak |
内容概要:本文讲述了人的大脑有预测未来的非凡能力,甚至在梦中有时也能解决一些难题。
答案简析:
1、C
解析:从前一句话中可以得到足够的启示。
2、A
解析:此处强调过程,另三个词系短暂动词,不能这样用。
3、A
解析:imagine表示一种心理描绘,与look forward to,predict 和expect 等词意相吻合。
4、D
解析:这里强调的是行为方式。此外,第6个空格前重现了类似的表达方式。
5、C
解析:情况经常与我们预计的不同,说明我们的预计不总是“正确的”。
6、D
解析:四个项中只有expect与predict 同义。
7、C
解析:开普勒的梦不具有 funny,dull和silly的特征。
8、A
解析:从下文来看,已成功地解决了问题,而不是“想”、“希望”或“努力”去做。
9、A
解析:“研究”与“分析”是紧密相联的。study 此处意为“研究”。research作“研究”讲时,若接宾语,须加上介词on 或into。
10、C
解析:凭语感确定。
11、B
解析:find out 意为“弄清”、“找出”。其余三个词组不合文意。
12、C
解析:wake up“醒来”,符合情节发展的进程:睡觉――做梦――醒来。
13、A
解析:由前文可知,他是在“梦”中解决了难题。
14、A
解析:softly意为 gently and slowly,这是催眠者对催眠对象应该采用的方式。
15、C
解析:从前后句来看,催眠者希望他什么也不要想。
16、A
解析:从下文your eyes are too heavy一句中可得到暗示。
17、D
解析:听到并且“理解”合乎逻辑。
18、D
解析:almost asleep意为迷迷糊糊地睡着了,从眼皮沉重,还有简单的思维活动来看,不能说是完全睡着了。
19、B
解析:这里的remember nothing等于下一句中的forget everything。
20、A
解析:后面列举的一、二、三、四、五这一串数字,表明“计数”已经开始。