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（存在）, 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】The aim of the two experiments is to________.

A. explain when people can have a sixth sense

B. show how people act while being watched in the lab

C. study whether humans can sense when they are stared at

D. prove why humans have a sixth sense

【2】In the first experiment, the subjects_________________.

A. were told that they were stared at??? B. did nothing but sit silently

C. were stared at for 5 to 15 hours??? D. didn’t know that someone was staring at them

【3】The underlined word “outcome” in the last paragraph most probably means_______.

A. value??? B. result??? C. effort??? D. reason

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

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

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

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

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

【5】What can be learned 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】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】本文介绍贝克做了两个实验来研究人类是否有“第六感”，能感知他们被盯着看。结果他发现实验中受试者当有人盯着看时，他们没有“第六感”，感知有人盯着看自己。

【1】C

细节理解题。根据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（存在）, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理学家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.可知这两个实验的目的是想要研究人类是否有“第六感”，能感知他们被盯着看。故选C。

【2】D

推理判断题。根据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.可知受试者不知道有人在盯着他们看，故选D。

【3】B

词义猜测题。根据Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at.可知贝克总结到，当人们被盯着看时，他们没有能力感知的，故此处是实验的结果，故选B。

【4】D

细节理解题。根据The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t.可知在第二次实验中，受试者没有被告知他们什么时候被盯着看，什么时候没有被盯着看，故选D。

【5】C

推理判断题。根据Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at.故可知实验中受试者当有人盯着看时，他们没有“第六感”，感知有人盯着看自己，故选C。