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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 screamed. "My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!' Just then, a telegram came. The woman's father had died of a heart attack. 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 flames. Everyone was killed!
Some people say stories like these are lies or coincidences. Others, including some scientists say that ESP is true. From studies of ESP, we may some day learn more about the human mind.
ESP lets people know about
A.their dreams
B.events after they happen
C.events before they happen
D.heart attacks
第二篇
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(超感官知觉).
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 screamed. "My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!' Just then, a telegram came. The woman's father had died of a heart attack. 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 flames. Everyone was killed!
Some people say stories like these are lies or coincidences. Others, including some scientists say that ESP is true. From studies of ESP, we may some day learn more about the human mind.
ESP lets people know about
A. their dreams
B. events after they happen
C. events before they happen
D. heart attacks
A young woman rode with her new husband in a wagon(四轮马车). They came to a log cabin(小棚屋). The mall shouted and a little boy came running out of the cabin. Sarah, the young woman, got down from the wagon, opened wide her arms and held the boy close.
"Hello, Abe Lincoln," she said. "I think we'll be good friends."
The new mother with the smiling face went to' work at once. She washed Abe and his sister and tidied(整理) their hair. And that night she threw away the boy's mattress(床垫) of leaves and gave him a soft mattress and enough blankets to keep him warm at night.
Sarah wove cloth and made new shirts for Abe. She made him new deerskin trousers and even deerskin shoes.
Maybe, if she hadn't come to the cabin, he wouldn't have lived to be a man. When Abe's father told him not to go to school any more and help on the farm, Sarah took Abe's part against his father. Abe would rather read than eat, and when his father told him to stop, Sarah said, "Let the boy read."
In 1830 the day came when Abe would leave home to work in New Salem. For the last time she had taken Abe's part against his father. For the last time she had kept the cabin quiet so that Abe could read.
More than twenty years later, when Abe, who had then become famous, was going to make a speech in a nearby town, Sarah went there just to watch him. In the crowd she tried to make herself small, but he saw her and, in front of everybody, got out of his carriage and went over and put his arms around her and kissed her. Yes, that was her Abe.
"He loved me truly," she said later.
Which of the following is not true?
A.The young woman in the wagon was Abe's new mother.
B.The man in the wagon was Abe's new father.
C.The little boy was the young woman's new son.
D.The little boy running out of the cabin was Abe.
"Sir," replied the lawyer. "Here I have $ 500, whether you cure my wife or you kill her. I'll give you all this."
The doctor was reassured (使消除疑虑) and went into the house. When he reached the woman's beside, it soon became clear to him that he could do little. She was seriously ill, and though he prescribed(开药方) her medicine, she soon died.
He told the lawyer he was very sorry,, and then asked for the money which he had promised. "Did you kill my wife?" asked the lawyer. "Of course I didn't," said the doctor. "Well! Did you cure my wife?" asked the man. "I'm afraid that was impossible," replied the doctor. "Well, then since you neither killed my wife nor cured her, I have nothing to pay you."
One day a lawyer's wife fell iii, and the lawyer ______.
A.cured his wife
B.got a doctor for her
C.got some medicine for her illness
D.promised to pay $ 500 to the doctor
Section B
Directions: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, you will hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C and D.
听力原文: Narcissus, a handsome young man, was walking through the woods one day when he heard a girl named Echo walking nearby. She had seen him before and fallen in love with him. But Echo could only repeat what someone else said to her. So when Narcissus asked, "Who's there? ' Echo could only reply, "There. ""Come here," called Narcissus. "Here" was the reply. When Echo finally appeared and tried to embrace Narcissus, he pushed her roughly aside, telling her not to bother him. This young man treated many other young women the same way because he felt that none was good enough for him. Soon the girlshoped that someone would treat Narcissus in the same way that he treated them.
One day, while looking in a pool of water, Narcissus saw his reflection. Believing it was that of a beautiful young woman, he fell in love with it and tried to hug it. His love, however, disappeared. He waited in the hope that "she" would return, and, of course, "she" did. Day after day he came to the pool, trying to get the beautiful woman to come out of the water. He got thinner and thinner, sadder and sadder, until finally he died at the side of the pool. When the girls came to remove his body from the pool, they found only a beautiful flower with white and yellow petals (花瓣) . Ever since it has been known as the Narcissus.
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A.Because other girls often treated him in this way.
B.Because he had fallen in love with another girl.
C.Because Echo wouldn't try to embrace him.
D.Because he felt that Echo was not good enough for him.
Judge James Pinkies warned that there is no use for woman criminals to become pregnant ______in order to avoid jail sentence.
A.after being sentenced
B.under their detention
C.in jail
D.between the time of their arrest and their appearance in court
听力原文:M: Who came up with the idea of Father's Day?
W: Her name was Sonora Louise Smart Dodd and she lived in Spokane, Washington. Sonora was the oldest of six children raised by their father, William Jackson Smart, when their mother died during childbirth. Sonora honored and revered her father, and while listening to a Mother's Day sermon, in 1899, she determined there should also be a day to honor fathers.
M: Why June?
W: In 1910 Sonora chose June 19th, as the day to celebrate Father's Day because that was her father's birthday. With support from the Spokane Ministerial Association and the YMCA, the first Father's Day was celebrated in Spokane on June 19, 1910.
M: When did the United States begin celebrating Father's Day?
W: In 1910 Spokane, Washington celebrated Father's Day. In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge pro claimed the third Sunday in June as Father's Day. In 1926 a National Father's Day Committee was formed in New York City. Then in 1956 Father's Day was recognized by Joint Resolution of Congress. In 1966 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring that the third Sunday of June was Father's Day. In 1972 President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father's Day to be held on the third Sunday in June.
M: Do other countries celebrate Father's Day?
W: Father's Day is celebrated in every part of the world. In the United States, Canada and most countries in Asia, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June. Apart from flowers, on the third Sunday in June each year, all the fathers are still given presents, treated to dinner or other wise made to feel special.
M: What flowers are given to fathers as gift?
W: In both early times and these days, wearing flowers was a common way of celebrating the Day. Mrs. Dodd favored the red rose to honor a father still living, while a white flower honored a de ceased dad.
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A.Because she thought man and woman should be equal.
B.Because the president Washington asked her to do so.
C.Because she wanted to show respect to her father who brought up six children.
D.Because she could not celebrate Mother's day.
第三节 短文理解2
阅读下列短文,从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。
Henry was in London for a holiday. He stayed in an old woman's house. One day he was not feeling well, so he went to the old woman and said, "I must go to see a doctor. Can you give me the name of a good one?"
The woman looked in a telephone book and then said, "Here is one, Dr John Crey, 2929196."
Henry said, "Thank you very ranch. Does he take a lot of money?"
"Well," said the woman," he always takes five pounds or the first visit, and then from the second time, he takes three pounds each time."
Henry wanted to save two pounds, so when he went to sec the doctor, he said, "I came here a few days ago, doctor." The doctor looked at his face for a moment and said, "Everything is just like last time. I remember I gave you some medicine. Please go on taking it. You'll be all right soon."
Henry went to London in order to ______ .
A.spend his holiday
B.see a doctor
C.visit the old woman
One summer he managed to get a job in a butcher's shop during the day time ,and another in a hospital at night. In the shop he learned to cut meat up quite nicely, so the butcher often left him to do all the serving while he went into a room behind the shop to do the accounts. In the hospital, on the other hand, he was, of course, allowed to do only the simplest jobs, like lifting people and carrying them from one part of the hospital to another. Both at the butcher' s and at the hospital, John had to wear white clothes.
One evening at the hospital, John had to carry a woman from her bed to the place where she was to have an operation. The woman was already feeling frightened at the thought of the operation before he came to get her, but when she saw John, that frightened her.
"No! No!" She cried, "Not my butcher! I won't be operated on by my butcher!" and fainted away.
John made enough money by_______.
A.studying in the university
B.working in a butcher's shop
C.doing two jobs
D.cutting meat well
The author of the passage is a______.
A.patient
B.doctor
C.flight attendant
D.airline manager
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