千里之行，始于足下讓知識帶有溫度。第第2頁/共2頁精品文檔推薦大一期末考試英語試題01Passage1

Hypnotism(催眠術(shù))isveryold.ThousandsofyearsagopeoplestartedtouseitinEgypt.Theuseofhypnotismhasgrownverymuchsincethattime.Today,doctorsandscientistsareinalmosteverycountryhypnotizepeopletohelpthemwiththeirproblems.

Whatishypnotism,andhowdoesitwork?Manypeoplethinkthatahypnotistputspeopletosleep.Thenhemakesthehypnotizedpeopledostrangethings.Thisisnotwhatahypnotistdoes.Hypnotismisreallyjustawaytorelaxthemindandbody.

Whataresomeoftheusesofhypnotism?Wegotoahypnotistbecausewehaveaproblem.Theproblemmakesusunhappy.Thehypnotistasksustothinkhardaboutsomethingandrelax.Whenwearerelaxed,thehypnotistgivesussomeideastohelpuswithourproblems.

Hypnotismcanhelppeopletorememberthings.Thepolicesometimesaskhypnotiststohelpthem.Forexample,amanseesanaccident.Heforgetsthelicensenumberofthecarhesees.Ifheishypnotizedhemayrememberit.Thepolicecanthenfindthecarandcatchthedriver.

Peoplewhoarehypnotizedcanalsomakemistakesorsaysomethingthatisn'ttrue.Peoplerememberwhattheythinktheysaw.Thatmaynotbewhatreallyhappened.

Thepolicedon'thypnotizepeoplewhodosomethingwrong.Whynot?Peoplewhoarehypnotizedmaysaysomethingthatisn'ttrue.Apersonwhohasdonesomethingbadhasagoodreasontosaysomethingthatisn'ttrue.

1.Hypnotisthelpspeopleby____.

[A]puttingthemtosleep

[B]helpingthemtogetrelaxed

[C]offeringhisideasabouttheirproblems

[D]makingthemforgettheirproblems

2.Whenhypnotized,somepeoplemaysaysomethingthatisnottrue,because____.

[A]theydonotrememberwhathashappened

[B]theyrememberwhattheythinkhashappened

[C]theydonotknowwhathashappened

[D]theyarenotinterestedinwhathashappened

3.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisTRUE?____

[A]Hypnotismisverydifferentformwhatitusedtobe.

[B]Whenapersonishypnotized,hisbodygetsrelaxed,whilehismindworkshard.

[C]Hypnotismismuchmorewidelyusedtodaythanitwasthousandsofyearsago.

[D]Whenhypnotized,apersonwilldosomethingstrange.

4.Thepassagemainlytalksabout____.

[A]howhypnotismworks

[B]thedevelopmentofhypnotism

[C]theuseofhypnotism

[D]thewonderofhypnotism

01Passage2

Eventhenewestgardenerrealizesthatplantsdiewithoutwater;whatisnotsowellknownisthatplantsdieequallydecisively,thoughnotsoquickly,iftheyareoverwatered.Beginnersusuallydecidetoplayitsafeand

keeptheirpottedplantsthoroughlywet.Inconsequence,deathbydrowningisoneofthecommonestdisasterstobefalltheplantsofanewhorticulturist.Plantswitherawayiftheydon'tgetenoughwater,andthisdrawsattention

totheirproblem.Aplantthathasbeenslightlyunderwateredsothatitdroopsstrikesterrorintotheheartofits

newowner.Butitwill,infact,recovercompletelyaslongasrescuecomesintimeandtheprocessisnotrepeatedtoooften.Overwateredplants,unfortunately,donotgiveanysuchobvioussignal;slowlytheyceasetothriveandthefirstvisibleindicationofserioustroubleisayellowingofthelowerleaves.Unlesstheoverwateredpotsoilisgivenaconsiderableperiodwithoutwater,duringwhichtimetheplantwillcontinuetolookwretched,itwillsuddenlycollapseinexactlythesamewayastheunderwateredplantbutwithnochanceofbeingrevivedbecausetherootshaverottedaway

5.Judgingfromthetext,ahorticulturistisonewho____.

[A]raisesanimals

[B]growsplants

[C]givesadvicetonewgardeners

[D]studiesthewateringofplants

6.Oneofthecommonestdisastersthathappentoplantsofanewgardeneris____.

[A]underwatering

[B]overwatering

[C]lackoffertilizer

[D]awitheringdisease

7.Whichofthefollowingplantshasmorechanceofcompleterecovery?____

[A]Aplantwithitsleavesdrooping.

[B]Aplantwithitslowerleavesyellowing.

[C]Aplantwithitsrootsrottingaway.

[D]Aplantthatslowlyceasetothrive.

8.Thepurposeofthewriterinwritingthispassageis____.

[A]togivegeneralinstructionsforgardening

[B]togivepracticalinstructionsforgrowingpottedplants