Question

【题目】 Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you!

Parapsychologists (灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理学家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.

In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects（受试者）were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when he questioned the subjects, almost all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.

For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t.

Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker, “I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”

【1】What’s the aim of the two experiments for?

A. Prove why humans have a sixth sense.B. Explain when people can have a sixth sense.

C. Show how people act while being watched in the lab.D. Study whether humans can sense when they are stared at.

【2】The underlined word “outcome” in the last paragraph most probably means ________.

A. valueB. resultC. performanceD. connection

【3】In the second experiment, the subjects _________.

A. could tell when they were stared at and when they weren’t.

B. couldn’t tell when they were stared at or when they weren’t.

C. couldn’t tell when they were stared at but could tell when they weren’t.

D. could tell when they were stared at but couldn’t tell when they weren’t.

【4】What can we learn from the passage?

A. People are born with a sixth sense.

B. The experiments support parapsychologists’ idea.

C. The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments.

D. People have a sixth sense in all places.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，你感觉有人盯着你，这种感觉，灵学家解释为第六感，心理学家做了两个实验，证明并没有第六感这一说法。

【1】细节理解题。题意：两个实验的目标是什么？A. Prove why humans have a sixth sense. 证明为什么人类有第六感；B. Explain when people can have a sixth sense. 解释什么时候人可以有第六感；C. Show how people act while being watched in the lab. 展示人们在实验室被观察时的行为；D. Study whether humans can sense when they are stared at. 研究人类在被注视时是否有感觉。根据文章内容To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists, Robert Baker, did two experiments.为了研究这样的“第六感”是否存在，他做了两个实验。可知，是为了研究人类被注视时，是否有感觉，故选D。

【2】词义猜测题。题意：最后一段的划线词“outcome”是什么意思？A. value价值；B. result结果；C. performance表演；D. connection连接。根据文章内容If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker, “I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.” 贝克说，如果人们怀疑他的两个实验的结果，“我建议他们重复实验，自己去看看。”可知，是结果的意思，故选B。

【3】细节理解题。题意：在第二个实验中，对象…。A. could tell when they were stared at and when they weren’t. 能分辨出他们什么时候被盯着看，什么时候没有；B. couldn’t tell when they were stared at or when they weren’t. 不知道他们什么时候被盯着看，什么时候没有；C. couldn’t tell when they were stared at but could tell when they weren’t. 不知道他们什么时候被盯着看，但知道他们什么时候没有；D. could tell when they were stared at but couldn’t tell when they weren’t. 能分辨出他们什么时候被盯着看，但不能分辨出他们什么时候没被盯着。根据文章内容Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t. 贝克发现，受试者并没有更好的辨别出什么时候被盯着和什么时候不被盯着。可知，实验对象根本分辨不出来，故选B。

【4】推理判断题。题意：我们能从文章中学到什么？A. People are born with a sixth sense. 人生来就有第六感；B. The experiments support parapsychologists’ idea. 实验支持灵学家的观点；C. The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments. 实验对象没有第六感；D. People have a sixth sense in all places. 人们在任何地方都有第六感。根据文章内容Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. 贝克的结论是，当人们被注视时，他们没有感知的能力。可知，实验者是没有第六感的，故选C。