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    The magician (魔术师) usually depends on his skill with his hands, and on his knowledge of psychology (心理学). Since magic tricks are meant to fool people, the use of psychology is important. The magician must keep people from noticing all the movement of his hands and from thinking about the secret parts of his equipment. He must also lead the people to draw false conclusions. The magician’s success depend on the fact that many things seen by the eye do not register(记下)on the mind.

    Two basic magic tricks are making objects seem to appear or to disappear. For example, the magician puts a small ball under one of several cups. The ball then seems to jump from one cup to another or to change color. What actually happens is that the magician, by quick hand movements, hides one ball. While doing this he talks to the people and waves a brightly colored cloth with one hand. The people are too busy watching the cloth and listening to the magician’s words to notice that his other hand is hiding the ball. 

    Another favorite trick is to cut or burn something, and then make it appear again. What actually happens is that the magician makes the cut or burned object disappear by quickly hiding it while the people watch something else. Then he “magically” makes it appear again by displaying another object that has not been cut or burned.

    1．From the passage we know that the magician pretends to do things which　　   .

    A. are possible　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. are impossible

    C. make people laugh　　　　　　　　　　　　   D. we can’t see

    2．An important part of a magic trick is that  　　 .

    A. a bright colored cloth is used

    B. it does not take too long to prepare

    C. people don’t discover how it is done

    D. the magician pretends to talk to the people watching

    3．The people draw false conclusions because　　   .

    A. they are not as clever as the magician

    B. they are led to believe what the magician does

    C. there is no other explanation

    D. the magician has knowledge of psychologists

    4．Psychology is an important part of magic tricks because　　   .

    A. most magicians are psychologists

    B. it tells you the magician doesn’t burn or cut anything

    C. there is a special branch of psychology devoted to magic

    D. it is used to make people believe what they have seen

    5．In this article the author intends to　　   .

    A. make us not to believe what we have seen with our own eyes

    B. expose the tricks played by the magician

    C. tell the magician not to fool other people any more

    D. explain how magic tricks are played

     

    答案：B;C;B;D;D
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