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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?
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. What sense does parapsychologists say that humans have?
A. A natural ability.
B. A natural staring ability.
C. A strange thinking.
D. A looking feeling.
3. The underlined word "outcome" in the last paragraph most probably means
A. value
B. result
C. performance
D. connection
4. 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
5. 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.
实际用时: minutes
Read the passage and then choose the right answers.
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?
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. What sense does parapsychologists say that humans have?
A. A natural ability.
B. A natural staring ability.
C. A strange thinking.
D. A looking feeling.
3. The underlined word "outcome" in the last paragraph most probably means
B
.A. value
B. result
C. performance
D. connection
4. In the second experiment, the subjects
B
.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
5. 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.
答案
1.D 2.A 3.B 4.B 5.C
解析
【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，需根据题干问题定位原文对应信息，通过原文内容分析每个题目的正确选项。具体思路：1. 针对每个问题，先明确题干核心，再回原文查找相关语句；2. 对比选项与原文表述，排除不符合的选项，选出匹配度最高的答案；3. 词义猜测题需结合上下文语境推断词汇含义。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据原文第二段“To research whether such a 'sixth sense' really exists, Robert Baker... did two experiments.”可知，实验目的是研究人类是否能感知被注视，对应选项D。
2. 第2题：原文第二段“Parapsychologists say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them.”明确指出灵学家认为人类有感知被注视的自然能力，对应选项A。
3. 第3题：最后一段“if people doubt the outcome of his two experiments... repeat the experiments”，结合语境，outcome指实验的结果，对应选项B（result）。
4. 第4题：第三段最后一句“Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren't.”说明受试者无法区分是否被注视，对应选项B。
5. 第5题：最后一段“Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they're being stared at.”可知实验表明受试者没有第六感，对应选项C。
【答案】
1.D 2.A 3.B 4.B 5.C
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、词义猜测
【点评】
本文围绕“第六感是否存在”的实验展开，题目以细节定位和词义猜测为主，难度适中，需学生快速抓取原文关键信息，适合考查基础阅读能力。
【难度系数】
0.7
本题为英语阅读理解题，需根据题干问题定位原文对应信息，通过原文内容分析每个题目的正确选项。具体思路：1. 针对每个问题，先明确题干核心，再回原文查找相关语句；2. 对比选项与原文表述，排除不符合的选项，选出匹配度最高的答案；3. 词义猜测题需结合上下文语境推断词汇含义。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据原文第二段“To research whether such a 'sixth sense' really exists, Robert Baker... did two experiments.”可知，实验目的是研究人类是否能感知被注视，对应选项D。
2. 第2题：原文第二段“Parapsychologists say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them.”明确指出灵学家认为人类有感知被注视的自然能力，对应选项A。
3. 第3题：最后一段“if people doubt the outcome of his two experiments... repeat the experiments”，结合语境，outcome指实验的结果，对应选项B（result）。
4. 第4题：第三段最后一句“Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren't.”说明受试者无法区分是否被注视，对应选项B。
5. 第5题：最后一段“Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they're being stared at.”可知实验表明受试者没有第六感，对应选项C。
【答案】
1.D 2.A 3.B 4.B 5.C
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、词义猜测
【点评】
本文围绕“第六感是否存在”的实验展开，题目以细节定位和词义猜测为主，难度适中，需学生快速抓取原文关键信息，适合考查基础阅读能力。
【难度系数】
0.7
