Question

【題目】 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 (靈學(xué)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 (心理學(xué)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（受試者）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】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，你感覺(jué)有人盯著你，這種感覺(jué)，靈學(xué)家解釋為第六感，心理學(xué)家做了兩個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)，證明并沒(méi)有第六感這一說(shuō)法。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題意：兩個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)的目標(biāo)是什么？A. Prove why humans have a sixth sense. 證明為什么人類有第六感；B. Explain when people can have a sixth sense. 解釋什么時(shí)候人可以有第六感；C. Show how people act while being watched in the lab. 展示人們?cè)趯?shí)驗(yàn)室被觀察時(shí)的行為；D. Study whether humans can sense when they are stared at. 研究人類在被注視時(shí)是否有感覺(jué)。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists, Robert Baker, did two experiments.為了研究這樣的“第六感”是否存在，他做了兩個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)。可知，是為了研究人類被注視時(shí)，是否有感覺(jué)，故選D。

【2】詞義猜測(cè)題。題意：最后一段的劃線詞“outcome”是什么意思？A. value價(jià)值；B. result結(jié)果；C. performance表演；D. connection連接。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker, “I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.” 貝克說(shuō)，如果人們懷疑他的兩個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)的結(jié)果，“我建議他們重復(fù)實(shí)驗(yàn)，自己去看看。”可知，是結(jié)果的意思，故選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題意：在第二個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)中，對(duì)象…。A. could tell when they were stared at and when they weren’t. 能分辨出他們什么時(shí)候被盯著看，什么時(shí)候沒(méi)有；B. couldn’t tell when they were stared at or when they weren’t. 不知道他們什么時(shí)候被盯著看，什么時(shí)候沒(méi)有；C. couldn’t tell when they were stared at but could tell when they weren’t. 不知道他們什么時(shí)候被盯著看，但知道他們什么時(shí)候沒(méi)有；D. could tell when they were stared at but couldn’t tell when they weren’t. 能分辨出他們什么時(shí)候被盯著看，但不能分辨出他們什么時(shí)候沒(méi)被盯著。根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t. 貝克發(fā)現(xiàn)，受試者并沒(méi)有更好的辨別出什么時(shí)候被盯著和什么時(shí)候不被盯著。可知，實(shí)驗(yàn)對(duì)象根本分辨不出來(lái)，故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。題意：我們能從文章中學(xué)到什么？A. People are born with a sixth sense. 人生來(lái)就有第六感；B. The experiments support parapsychologists’ idea. 實(shí)驗(yàn)支持靈學(xué)家的觀點(diǎn)；C. The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments. 實(shí)驗(yàn)對(duì)象沒(méi)有第六感；D. People have a sixth sense in all places. 人們?cè)谌魏蔚胤蕉加械诹�感。根�?jù)文章內(nèi)容Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. 貝克的結(jié)論是，當(dāng)人們被注視時(shí)，他們沒(méi)有感知的能力�？芍�，實(shí)驗(yàn)者是沒(méi)有第六感的，故選C。