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( 預(yù)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

　　參考答案及解析

　　1―5 CAADC 6―10 DCBAC 11―15 BCAAC 16―20 ADDBA

　　1.選C。brain 大腦。

　　2.選A。此處強調(diào)過程，另三個詞系短暫動詞，不能這樣用。

　　3.選A。imagine表示一種心理描繪，與look forward to，predict 和expect 等詞意相吻合。

　　4.選D。這里強調(diào)的是行為方式。此外，第6個空格前重現(xiàn)了類似的表達方式。

　　5.選C。情況經(jīng)常與我們預(yù)計的不同，說明我們的預(yù)計不總是“正確的”。

　　6.選D。四個選項中只有expect與predict 同義。

　　7.選C。開普勒的夢不具有 funny，dull和silly的特征。

　　8.選B。從下文來看，已成功地解決了問題，而不是“想”、“希望”去做，而是“盡力”去做。

　　9.選A�！把芯俊迸c“分析”是緊密相聯(lián)的。study 此處意為“研究”。research作“研究”講時，若接賓語，須加上介詞on 或into。

　　10.選C�！昂孟鬀]有辦法”。

　　11.選B。find out 意為“弄清”、“找出”。其余三個詞組不合文意。

　　12.選C。wake up“醒來”,符合情節(jié)發(fā)展的進程：睡覺――做夢――醒來。

　　13.選A。由前文可知，他是在“夢”中解決了難題。

　　14.選A。softly意為 gently and slowly，這是催眠者對催眠對象應(yīng)該采用的方式。

　　15.選C。從前后句來看，催眠者希望他什么也不要想。

　　16.選A。從下文your eyes are too heavy一句中可得到暗示。

　　17.選D。聽到并且“理解”合乎邏輯。

　　18.選D。almost asleep意為迷迷糊糊地睡著了，從眼皮沉重，還有簡單的思維活動來看，不能說是完全睡著了。

　　19.選B。這里的remember nothing等于下一句中的forget everything。

　　20.選A。后面列舉的一、二、三、四、五這一串數(shù)字，表明“計數(shù)”已經(jīng)開始。