大一期末考试英语试题5(2)

Here's an example: A woman was ironing clothes. Suddenly she screamed, "My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair!" Just then, a telegram came. The woman's father had died of a heart attack. He had died sitting in a chair.

There are thousands of stories like this one on record. Scientists are studying them to find out what's behind these strange mental messages. Here's another example -- one of hundreds of dreams that have come true:

A man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and carriage came by. The driver said, "There's room for one more". The man felt the driver was Death, so he ran away. The next day, the man was getting on a crowded bus. The bus driver said, "There's room for one more". Then the man saw that the driver's face was the same face he had seen in the dream. He wouldn't get on the bus. As the bus drove off, it crashed and burst into flames. Everyone was killed!

Some people say stories like these are lies or coincidences. Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is real. From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind. 16. The best title for this selection is ____.

[A] The Human Mind [B] A horrible Dream [C] A Big Lie

[D] A Sixth Sense 17. ESP lets people know ____. [A] about their dreams [B] about events after they happen

[C] about events before they happen

[D] about heart attacks 18. The studies of ESP could be an important way to ____.

[A] understand the human mind [B] predict death [C] understand the five senses

[D] avoid accidents 19. The example of the man shows an ability to ____. [A] avoid traffic accidents [B] judge the good and evil of a person [C] know about events that are happening some distance away

[D] sense a danger that will actually happen later on 20. In the last paragraph, the word "coincidences" probably means ____. [A] things which do not happen

[B] things which happen by accident without necessary connection [C] things which are only dreams

[D] things dreamed of only by sick people