Question

Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you!

Parapsychologists (灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理学家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.

In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects（受试者）were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when he questioned the subjects, almost all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.[来源:学&For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t.

Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. If people doubt the of his two experiments, said Baker, “I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”

1.What’s the aim of the two experiments for?

A. Prove why humans have a sixth sense.

B. Explain when people can have a sixth sense.

C. Show how people act while being watched in the lab.

D. Study whether humans can sense when they are stared at.

2.What sense does Parapsychologists say that humans have to sense?

A. A natural ability.   B. A natural staring ability.

C. A strange thinking.   D. A looking feeling.

3.The underlined word “outcome” in the last paragraph most probably means ________.

A. value        B. result

C. performance   D. connection

4.In the second experiment, the subjects _________.

A. could tell when they were stared at and when they weren’t.

B. couldn’t tell when they were stared at or when they weren’t.

C. couldn’t tell when they were stared at but could tell when they weren’t.

D. could tell when they were stared at but couldn‟t tell when they weren’t.

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A. People are born with a sixth sense.

B. The experiments support parapsychologists‟ idea.

C. The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments.

D. People have a sixth sense in all places.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了两个测试第六感的实验，通过实验告诉我们第六感并不存在。

1.D 细节理解题。题意：这两个实验的目的是什么？由第2自然段的“To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理学家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.”可知目的是探究是否存在“第六感”。故选D：研究人们被盯着时是否可以感受到。

2.A 细节理解题。题意：科学家说人类必须感受到什么意识？根据文中Parapsychologists(灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them.可知灵学家们说，人类有一个能在感觉出有人在看他的自然能力。可知A。

3.B 细节理解题。题意：最后一自然段中有下划线的outcome最有可能是什么意思？根据If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker, “I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”可知“如果人们怀疑他的实验结果，”贝克说，“我建议他们重复实验，看看自己。”outcome是结果的意思，可知选B。

4.B 细节理解题。题意：第二个实验中，主题怎么样？根据倒数第二段Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t. 描述，可知选B。

5.C推理判断题。题意：我们从短文中可以了解到什么？这篇短文主要介绍了两个测试第六感的实验，通过实验告诉我们第六感并不存在。故选C。

【考点定位】：考查科学教育类短文阅读。