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 imagine what it will be like.We predict the __3 ___ people will eat,dress and act.Of course,we do not always predict things __4 ___.Things are often very different from what we have__5 ___them to be.
One of the famous dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist,Kekule,who had been ___6 ___ to work out a very difficult problem in physics.He had studied and ___7____ the problem from every angle for days,but there seemed to be no way of finding out the answer.Then one night he went to bed and dreamed.When he __8 _____ up,he realized that he knew the answer.He had __9__ the problem in his dream .
The hypnotist( 催眠者 )sat in the chair opposite him and spoke ___10 ___:I want you to concentrate on my voice.Think about ___11 _____.You know nothing but my voice.And as you pay attention to my voice,your __ 1 2 ___ will get heavier.Soon you’ll be asleep.
You will hear my voice and understand my words,but your body will be asleep and your eyes are too heavy.You are ___13 ___ asleep,and when you wake up you will ___14 ___ nothing.
You will forget everything.Now I am going to __15__ 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.style B.habit C.method D.way 4 .A.quickly B .correctly C .objectively .D ．subjectively 5 .A.required B.wished C.left D.expected 6 .A.managing B.trying C.thinking D.hoping 7 .A.analyzed B.learned C.discussed D.concluded 8 .A.gave B.sat C.woke D.got 9 .A.dream t B.solved C.research ed D.exercise d 10 .A.softly B.loudly C.slowly D.firmly 1 1 .A.everything B.something C.nothing D.anything 1 2 .A.eyes B.brain C.head D.body 13 .A.really B.extremely C.actually D.almost 1 4 .A.accept B.remember C.hear D.receive 15.A.count B.say C.add D.speak
1.解析：選C.從前一句話中可知,選C.
2.解析：選A.考查動詞辨析.visit拜訪；seek尋找；reach到達；discover發(fā)現(xiàn).由文意可知,選A.
3.解析：選A.由文意可知,此處用imagine表示一種心理描繪.
4.解析：選D.這里強調的是行為方式.此外,第6個空格前重現(xiàn)了類似的表達方式.
5.解析：選C.由文意可知,情況經常與我們預計的不同,說明我們的預計不總是“正確的”.
6.解析：選D.句意為：事情也不同于我們期待的那樣.
7.解析：選C.由下文可知,開庫勒的夢不具有 funny,dull和silly的特征.
8.解析：選A.從下文可知,已成功地解決了問題,而不是“想”、“希望”或“努力”去做.
9.解析：選A.“研究”與“分析”是緊密相連的.study 此處意為“研究”.research作“研究”講時,若接賓語,須加上介詞on 或into.
10.解析：選C.由but可知,此處表達：似乎沒有辦法找到答案.
11.解析：選B.find out 意為“弄清,找出”.其余三個選項不合文意.
12.解析：選C.wake up醒來,符合情節(jié)發(fā)展的進程：睡覺——做夢——醒來.
13.解析：選A.由前文可知,他是在“夢”中解決了難題.
14.解析：選A.softly在此處等同于：gently and slowly,這是催眠者對催眠對象應該采用的方式.
15.解析：選C.從前后句來看,催眠者希望他什么也不要想.下文也有暗示.
16.解析：選A.從下文“your eyes are too heavy”一句中可得到暗示.
17.解析：選D.由文意可知,聽到并且“理解”合乎邏輯.
18.解析：選D.almost asleep意為“迷迷糊糊地睡著了”,從眼皮沉重,還有簡單的思維活動來看,不能說是完全睡著了.
19.解析：選B.這里的remember nothing等于下一句中的forget everything.
20.解析：選A.由后面列舉的一、二、三、四、五這一串數(shù)字,表明“計數(shù)”已經開始.