One of the most remarkable things about the human mind is our ability to imagine the future. In our __1__we can see what has not yet happened. For example, while we are looking forward to __2__a new place or country, we __3__ what it will be like. We predict(预料) the __4__ people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things __5__. Things are often very different from the way we __6__them to be. One of the __7__ dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been __8__ to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had __9__and analyzed (分析) the problem from every angle(角度) for days, but there __10__ to be no way of __11__ out the answer. Then one night he went to bed and dreamed. When he __12__ up, he realized that he knew the answer. He had solved the problem in his __13__. The hypnotist(催眠者)sat in the chair opposite him and spoke __14__： I want you to concentrate on my voice. Think about __15__. You know nothing but my voice. And as you pay attention to my voice, your __16__ will get heavier. Soon you'll be asleep. You will hear my voice and __17__ my words, but your body will be asleep, your eyes are too heavy. You are __18__ asleep, and when you wake up you will __19__ nothing. You will forget everything. Now I am going to __20__ slowly from one to five. One, two, three, four, five.
1. A. brains B. senses C. minds D. sights
2. A. visiting B. seeking C. reaching D. discovering
3. A. imagine B. know C. feel D. guess
4. A. custom B. habit C. style D. way
5. A. quickly B. simply C. correctly D. neatly
6. A. required B. wished C. left D. expected
7. A. funny B. dull C. famous D. silly
8. A. managing B. trying C. thinking D. hoping
9. A. studied B. learned C. discussed D. researched
10. A. used B. ought C. seemed D. had
11. A. making B. finding C. turning D. letting
12. A. gave B. sat C. woke D. got
13. A. dream B. lesson C. research D. exercise
14. A. softly B. loudly C. slowly D. firmly
15. A. everything B. something
C. nothing D. anything
16. A. eyes B. feet C. head D. body
17. A. believe B. repeat C. take D. understand
18. A. really B. extremely C. actually D. almost
19. A. accept B. remember C. hear D. receive
20. A. count B. say C. add D. speak
1. 解析：选C。从前一句话中可知，选C。
2. 解析：选A。考查动词辨析。visit拜访；seek寻找；reach到达；discover发现．由文意可知，选A。
3. 解析：选A。由文意可知，此处用imagine表示一种心理描绘。
4. 解析：选D。这里强调的是行为方式。此外，第6个空格前重现了类似的表达方式。
5. 解析：选C。由文意可知，情况经常与我们预计的不同，说明我们的预计不总是“正确的”。
6. 解析：选D。句意为：事情也不同于我们期待的那样。
7. 解析：选C。由下文可知，开库勒的梦不具有 funny，dull和silly的特征。
8. 解析：选A。从下文可知，已成功地解决了问题，而不是“想”、“希望”或“努力”去做。
9. 解析：选A。“研究”与“分析”是紧密相连的。study 此处意为“研究”。research作“研究”讲时，若接宾语，须加上介词on 或into。
10. 解析：选C。由but可知，此处表达：似乎没有办法找到答案。
11. 解析：选B。find out 意为“弄清，找出”。其余三个选项不合文意。
12. 解析：选C。wake up醒来，符合情节发展的进程：睡觉——做梦——醒来。
13. 解析：选A。由前文可知，他是在“梦”中解决了难题。
14. 解析：选A。softly在此处等同于： gently and slowly，这是催眠者对催眠对象应该采用的方式。
15. 解析：选C。从前后句来看，催眠者希望他什么也不要想。下文也有暗示。
16. 解析：选A。从下文“your eyes are too heavy”一句中可得到暗示。
17. 解析：选D。由文意可知，听到并且“理解”合乎逻辑。
18. 解析：选D。almost asleep意为“迷迷糊糊地睡着了”，从眼皮沉重，还有简单的思维活动来看，不能说是完全睡着了。
19. 解析：选B。这里的remember nothing等于下一句中的forget everything。
20. 解析：选A。由后面列举的一、二、三、四、五这一串数字，表明“计数”已经开始。
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