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 shouted, “My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!” Just then, a telephone came. The woman’s father had died of a heart illness. 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 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 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 fires. Everyone was killed!
Some people say stories like these are lies or coincidences. Others say that are ESP in true, from studies of ESP, we may some day learn more about the human mind.
小題1:ESP lets people know about _________.
A．their dreamB．events after they happen
C．events before they happenD．heart illness
小題2:The example of the man shows the ability to _______.
A．a(chǎn)void traffic accidents
B．know the good and bad of a person
C．know about the events happening some distance away
D．sense a danger that will happen later on
小題3:The best title of this passage is _________.
A．Sixth SenseB．The Human Mind
C．A Big LieD．A Terrible Dream

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A

試題分析：本文講述的主要是ESP stands for Extra Sensory Perception.以及幾個(gè)與ESP有關(guān)的例子。
小題1:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第二句It seems to let people know about events before they happen,可知C正確。
小題2:D 推理題。根據(jù)文章第四段中描述可知這個(gè)人在夢(mèng)境中遇見(jiàn)了一件很危險(xiǎn)的事情，在現(xiàn)實(shí)中確切地發(fā)生了，說(shuō)明他感覺(jué)到了后來(lái)發(fā)生的危險(xiǎn)的事情。故D正確。
小題3:A 主旨大意題。本文講述的主要是ESP stands for Extra Sensory Perception.以及幾個(gè)與ESP有關(guān)的例子。故A正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文細(xì)節(jié)題居多，答題時(shí)在文章找到對(duì)應(yīng)的地方，用筆進(jìn)行標(biāo)記，這有利于后期有時(shí)間檢查時(shí)可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細(xì)理解作者所講的意思，再結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，通過(guò)排除法和自己對(duì)全文的把握，選出正確答案。本文講述的主要是ESP stands for Extra Sensory Perception.以及幾個(gè)與ESP有關(guān)的例子。
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