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 3 what it will be like. We predict( 预料) the 4 people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things 5 . Things are often very different from the way we 6 them to be.
One of the 7 dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been 8 to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had 9 and analyzed(分析) the problem from every angle(角度) for days, but there 10 to be no way of 11 out the answer. Then one night he went to bed and dreameD.When he 12 up, he realized that he knew the answer. He had solved the problem in his 13 .
The hypnotist(催眠者)sat in the chair opposite him and spoke 14 _: I want you to concentrate on my voice. Think about 15 . You know nothing but my voice. And as you pay attention to my voice, your 16 will get heavier. Soon you’ll be asleep.
You will hear my voice and 17 my words, but your body will be asleep, your eyes are too heavy. You are 18 asleep, and when you wake up you will 19 nothing.
You will forget everything. Now I am going to 20 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.imagine B.know C.feel D.guess
4. A.custom B.habit C.style D.way
5. A.quickly B.simply C.correctly D.neatly
6. A.required B.wished C.left D.expected
7. A.funny B.dull C.famous D.silly
8. A.managing B.trying C.thinking D.hoping
9. A.studied B.learned C.discussed D.researched
10.A.used B.ought C.seemed D.had
11.A.making B.finding C.turning D.letting
12.A.gave B.sat C.woke D.got
13.A.dream B.lesson C.research D.exercise
14.A.softly B.loudly C.slowly D.firmly
15.A.everything B.something C.nothing D.anything
16.A.eyes B.feet C.head D.body
17.A.believe B.repeat C.take D.understand
18.A.really B.extremely C.actually D.almost
19.A.accept B.remember C.hear D.receive
20.A.count B.say C.add D.speak
参考答案及解析
1―5 CAADC
6―10 DCBAC
11―15 BCAAC
16―20 ADDBA
1.选C。brain 大脑。
2.选A。此处强调过程，另三个词系短暂动词，不能这样用。
3.选A。imagine表示一种心理描绘，与look forward to，predict 和expect 等词意相吻合。
4.选D。这里强调的是行为方式。此外，第6个空格前重现了类似的表达方式。
5.选C。情况经常与我们预计的不同，说明我们的预计不总是“正确的”。
6.选D。四个选项中只有expect与predict 同义。
7.选C。开普勒的梦不具有 funny，dull和silly的特征。
8.选B。从下文来看，已成功地解决了问题，而不是“想”、“希望”去做，而是“尽力”去做。
9.选A。“研究”与“分析”是紧密相联的。study 此处意为“研究”。research作“研究”讲时，若接宾语，须加上介词on 或into。
10.选C。“好象没有办法”。
11.选B。find out 意为“弄清”、“找出”。其余三个词组不合文意。
12.选C。wake up“醒来”,符合情节发展的进程：睡觉――做梦――醒来。
13.选A。由前文可知，他是在“梦”中解决了难题。
14.选A。softly意为 gently and slowly，这是催眠者对催眠对象应该采用的方式。
15.选C。从前后句来看，催眠者希望他什么也不要想。
16.选A。从下文your eyes are too heavy一句中可得到暗示。
17.选D。听到并且“理解”合乎逻辑。
18.选D。almost asleep意为迷迷糊糊地睡着了，从眼皮沉重，还有简单的思维活动来看，不能说是完全睡着了。
19.选B。这里的remember nothing等于下一句中的forget everything。
20.选A。后面列举的一、二、三、四、五这一串数字，表明“计数”已经开始。
