限时训练十三

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Years ago,I drove into a service station to get some gas.It was a beautiful day,and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to___16___ the gas, the owner said to me, “How do you feel ? ”That seemed like a __17___question,but I felt fine and told him___18____.

“You don’t look well .” he replied. This ___19____me completely by surprise.A little less ___20____, I told him that I had never felt better. Without ___21____, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared ___22___.

By the time I left the service station,I was feeling a little___23___. About a block away, I ___24___ to the side of the road to look at my face in my mirror.How did I feel? Was I sick? Was everything all right? By the time I got home,I was beginning to feel a little ill.Did I have hepatitis(肝炎)？Had I ___25____some rare disease?

The next time I went into that gas station, feeling fine again, I ___26____ what had happened. The place had recently been pained a bright yellow,and the light ___27____off the walls made everyone inside look as if they had hepatitis! I wondered how many other folks had ____28___ the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total stranger change my ___29_____for an entire day. He told me I looked sick ,and before long,I was____30___ feeling sick.That single __31____ observation had a strong effect on the way I felt and ___32____.

A little while later I saw how ___33____the incident was, although on that day when the man had told me how ill I looked ,I was ___34____ frightened. I wonder how many other people that man had told they were ill __35_____he realised that the service station had had a paint job!

16. A. ask for B. search for C. hope for D. pay for 17. A.strange B.simple C. common D. familiar 18. A.this B.not C. so D.such 19. A. made B. put C. caused D.took 20. A. anxiously B.confidently C. carefully D.seriously 21. A.doubt B.certainty C.hesitation D.difficulty 22. A. pale B. yellow C. brown D.colorless 23. A. positive B.relaxed C.unconscious D.uneasy 24. A.pulled over B. pulled in C. got across D.ran over

25. A. taken up B.picked up C.referred to D.recovered from 26. A.made sure B.thought up C.called up D.figured out 27. A. reflecting B.shining C. coming D.falling 28. A.impressed B. influenced C. behaved D.reacted 29. A.idea B. mind C.attitude D.plan 30. A. completely B. naturally C.actually D.easily 31. A. strange B.careful C. opposite D. negative 32. A. did B.performed C.acted D.worked

33. A. annoying B.funny C.boring D.disappointing 34. A.never B. ever C.really D.hardly

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35. A. after B.before C.until D.when

A

What would it take to persuade you to exercise? A desire to lose weight or improve your figure? To keep you away from diseases? To live to a healthy old age? You'd think any of those reasons would be enough to get Americans exercising. Yet a vast majority of Americans have thus far failed to swallow the \"exercise pill\". Now a research by psychologists strongly suggests it's time to think of current well-being（幸福）and happiness as motivators for exercise instead of future health, weight loss and body image.

Dr. Segar, one of the researchers, believes that immediate rewards are more motivating than distant ones. \"People who say they exercise for the quality of life exercise more over the course of a year than those who say they value exercise for its health benefits.\" He said. '

Other studies have shown that what keeps people moving depends on age, sex and life circumstances. For those of college age, physical attractiveness typically heads the list of reasons to begin exercising, although what keeps them going seems to be the stress relief that a regular exercise program provides. The elderly, on the other hand, may get started because of health concerns. But often what keeps them exercising are the friendships and sense of community that may otherwise be missing from their lives. Improving daily well-being is the most influential factor for women. Men indicate they are motivated by more distant health benefits, but this may be because men feel less comfortable discussing their mental health needs.

\"Exercise should be encouraged but the emphasis on weight loss, disease prevention and healthy aging should be reduced.\" Dr. Segar concluded. \"Exercise can make people feel more energetic, less stressed and, yes, happier.\"

36. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. Be free from diseases. B. Take some diet pills. C. Improve their figure. D. Keep physically active.

37. According to the passage, which of the following people may exercise more in a year? A. Jane, who decides to lose weight.

B. David, who exercises for future health. C. Mary, who enjoys exercising with her son.. D. Mark, who is suffering from a serious illness.

38. According to Paragraph 4, which group of people tends to exercise for friendship? A. Men. B. Women. C. The elderly. D. College students. 39. What is the author mainly arguing in the passage?

A. Immediate rewards of exercise should be emphasized. B. Distant benefits should be the motivators for exercise. C. Feeling relaxed is more important than future health. D. Men and women take exercise for different purposes.

B.

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Some people are happy to believe in ESP(第六感觉) while others are firm disbelievers.

Parapsychologists, who lend a certain seriousness to the subject, have identified four types of ESP: clairvoyance describes the act of being able to obtain knowledge of a person or event without the use of the normal senses; telepathy is the process by which a person is able to read another person' s thoughts without the use of any of the normal senses; psychokinesis is the ability to influence a physical object just by thinking about it; precognition is the term applied when somebody is able to foresee future events.

Over the years there have been many ESP experiments conducted by serious scientists in serious institutions. Joseph Banks Rhine, a botanist at Duke University published a famous book in 1934 called \" Extra-Sensory Perception\" in which he claimed to have overwhelming (压倒的) evidence of ESP. However, other scientists have been unable to repeat his results exactly in the same way, which has resulted in the book losing much of its original reliability(可靠性).

The Granzfield experiments are considered to have been the most carefully examined ESP experiments. The experimenters had their eyes covered and ears blocked while a \"sender\" attempted to transmit messages. Later the experimenters would compare the messages received to the original messages sent out. There was a great deal of excitement and interest at the time but the research failed to produce convincing results.

Human beings are attracted to the supernatural phenomena. ESP will always continue to fascinate. Some of the most successful films in recent years have fuelled interest among the younger generations who are starting to ask the same questions and to look for explanations for the same phenomena as their parents and grandparents before them. Who knows? One day we might just find these answers because one thing is certain, \" The truth is out there!\" 40．According to the passage, Rhine’s book was ______. A．accepted by the famous scientists in ESP field B．presented the first-hand evidence against ESP C．less trusted and believed by the public D．truly proved results of the experiments

41．In Paragraphs 3 and 4, the author wants to show _________ . A．what resulted in people ' s disbelief B．who were involved in the experiments C．why people accepted ESP

D．how seriously the experiments were conducted 42．The author's attitude towards ESP is

A．objective B．defensive C．supportive D．persuasive