One of the most remarkable things about the human mind is our ability to imagine the future. In our   16  we can see what has not yet happened．For example, while we are looking forward to visiting a new place or country, we   17  what it will be like. We predict the   18  people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things correctly. Things are often very different from the way we   19  them to be.
One of the   20  dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been   21  to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had   22  and analyzed the problem from every angle for days, but there seemed to be no way of   23  out the answer. Then one night he went to bed and dreamed．When he   24  up, he realized that he knew the answer. He had solved the problem in his   25 .
The hypnotist(催眠者) sat in the chair opposite him and spoke   26 : I want you to concentrate on my voice. Think about nothing. You know nothing but my voice. And as you pay attention to my voice, your   27  will get heavier. Soon you’ll be asleep.
You will hear my voice and   28  my words, but your body will be asleep, your eyes are too heavy. You are almost asleep, and when you wake up you will   29  nothing.
You will forget everything. Now I am going to   30  slowly from one to five. One, two, three, four, five.
小題1:
A．brainsB．sensesC．sightsD．minds
小題2:
A．imagineB．knowC．feelD．guess
小題3:
A．customB．wayC．styleD．habit
小題4:
A．required B．wishedC．leftD．expected
小題5:
A．famousB．dullC．funnyD．silly
小題6:
A．trying B．managingC．thinkingD．hoping
小題7:
A．learnedB．studiedC．discussedD．surveyed
小題8:
A．findingB．makingC．turningD．letting
小題9:
A．gaveB．satC．wokeD．got
小題10:
A．lessonB．dreamC．researchD．exercise
小題11:
A．softlyB．loudlyC．slowlyD．firmly
小題12:
A．headB．feetC．eyesD．body
小題13:
A．believeB．understandC．takeD．repeat
小題14:
A．a(chǎn)cceptB．receive C．hearD．remember
小題15:
A．a(chǎn)ddB．sayC．countD．speak

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:A
小題6:A
小題7:B
小題8:A
小題9:C
小題10:B
小題11:A
小題12:C
小題13:B
小題14:D
小題15:C

試題分析：本文介紹了人類的夢境，講述了一些人在夢境中解決問題的例子。
小題1:D 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)第一行about the human mind說明是在我們腦海里，我們能夠想象以后的事情。
小題2:A 動詞辨析。A想象B知道C感覺D猜想；我們想象未來的事情的樣子。故A正確。
小題3:B 名詞辨析。A風俗B方法C風格D習慣；我們預測人們吃飯，穿衣以及做事的方法。
小題4:D 動詞辨析。A要求B希望C離開D預料；很多時候情況和我們預料地完全不一樣。
小題5:A 形容詞辨析。A著名的B乏味C滑稽D愚蠢；Kekule是做了一個最著名的夢，就是在夢境中了解了苯的環(huán)形結(jié)構。故A正確。
小題6:A 動詞辨析。A努力B設法C思考D希望；他一直都在努力地解決一個科學問題。
小題7:B 動詞辨析。A了解B研究C討論D調(diào)查；他從各個方面研究分析了這個問題。
小題8:A 短語辨析。Find out發(fā)現(xiàn)，查明；但是他就是無法發(fā)現(xiàn)想要的答案。
小題9:C 動詞辨析。A給予B坐C蘇醒D得到；當他醒過來的時候，他就知道了答案。
小題10:B 上下文串聯(lián)。他就是在夢里解決了這個問題的。
小題11:A 副詞辨析。A溫柔地B大聲地C慢慢地D堅定地；指催眠者溫柔地說話。
小題12:C 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)28空后your eyes are too heavy說明是眼睛很重，要睡覺。
小題13:B 動詞辨析。A相信B理解C帶走D重復；你能夠聽見我的聲音也能夠理解我的話。
小題14:D 動詞辨析。A接受B收到C聽見D記得；當你蘇醒的時候，你什么都不記得了。
小題15:C 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)from one to five可知是從一數(shù)到五。故count正確。
點評：本文介紹了人類的夢境，講述了一些人在夢境中解決問題的例子。本文主要是測試學生綜合運用語言的能力，即從語篇的角度綜合測試閱讀理解能力、詞匯的掌握和對英語習慣用語的熟悉程度、以及語法規(guī)則的靈活運用�？忌鲱}時必須時刻從上下文考慮，不應該只看到所添的詞在短語或句子內(nèi)是否可行。因此，在做題時最好將全文通讀一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。
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