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1、同学是上海交大的，从他老师哪里弄来几道题，说是命题组今年出的四级题目。现在分享给大家，不管你信不信，反正我是信了。david thomson is an electronics technician, trained by the u.s. navy, wrist is surrounded by a force field that can broadcast emotions to other human beings. the ability to receive such force fields, thomson believes, explains how one can sens
2、e anothers fear, nervousness, aggression, panic, or friendliness.this theory of emotional communication occurred to thomson when he told a psychiatrist（精神病医生）, dr. jack ward, that he was certain his own hypertension（高血压，过度紧张） made those near him uncomfortable. to demonstrate the theory, thomson cons
3、tructed a transmitter capable of generating an electromagnetic field similar to that of a man beset by hyper anxiety（过度焦虑）. for a year, with this in his pocket, thomson made people miserable. he would find a hungry man delightedly preparing to eat a steak in a restaurant, turn on the transmitter, an
4、d watch as the man became tense and irritable and finally left with his steak uneaten. in another test, thomson cleared a crowded room in fifteen minutes. such an exodus（出去） could not be due, thomson observed, to personality problems alone.dr. ward, who had become thomsons partner, insisted that the
5、re was already misery enough in the world.thomson fashioned a “happiness transmitter,“ which can duplicate the force field of a contented man. university psychologists in the united states report some encouraging results in current tests of the thomson-and-ward transmitter.the “happiness machine“ ha
6、s many possibilities. thomson has speculated on its use near disturbed or anxious patients in hospitals, and in unruly crowds. tranquility（平静）, like panic and violence, may be contagions（传染性的）. 1. the theory is based on belief in the existence of .分析与解答plicated equipmentb. individual force fieldsc.
7、nervousnessd.aggression 2. the theory occurred to thomson because he was convinced that people near him .分析与解答a.could hypnotize himb. could make him feel uncomfortablec. were reading his thoughtsd were affected by his hypertension 3. for his first demonstrations, thomson chose people who .分析与解答a.wer
8、e in a happy moodb. seemed hyper anxiousc. were aggressived.both b and c 4. the thomson-and-ward transmitter was constructed because .分析与解答a.university psychologists suggested itb. the “misery machine“ had not workedc. dr. ward felt there was misery enoughd.police forces asked for it 5. thomson has
9、speculated on .分析与解答a.some helpful uses of a “happiness machine“b. possible wrongful uses of a “happiness machine“c. the disadvantages of a tranquil populationd.the final report on the psychologists tests just 30 years ago some 700 million people lived in cities. today the number stands at 1,800 mil
10、lion, and by the end of the century it will to 3,000 millionmore than half the worlds estimated population. by the year 2000 an estimated 650 million people will crowd into 60 cities of five million or morethree quarters of them in the developing worl d.only a single first world citymetropolitan tok
11、yo, which will have 24 million peopleis expected to be among the global top five; london, ranked second in 1950 with ten million people, will not even make 2000s top 25.in places where rates of natural population increase exceed three per cent annuallymeaning much of the third worldthat alone is eno
12、ugh to double a citys population within 20 years. but equally powerful are the streams of hopeful migrants from the countryside.what faces and confuses urban planners is the huge scale of these trends. there have never been cities of 30 million people, let alone ones dependent on roads, sewer and wa
13、ter supplies barely adequate for urban areas a tenth that size. and the flood of new arrivals in swelling third world cities far overtakes the supply of jobsparticularly as modern industries put a premium on technology rather than manpower. so it will be virtually impossible to find permanent employ
14、ment for 30 to 40 per cent of the 1,000 million new city inhabitants expected by the year 2000.despite the terrible conditions that the city newcomers face, their numbers are growing at rates as much as twice that of the cities themselvesand every step taken to improve their living conditions in the
15、 slums only attracts more migrants. 6. which of the following is the main topic of this passage? 分析与解答a.the increase of world population. b. the improvement of urban living conditions. c. the migrants from the countryside and their unemployment. d.the expansion of cities and its consequences. 7. the
16、 author uses tokyo as an example mainly to show that . 分析与解答a.the biggest cities will still be in first world countries b. its development speed will be greater than that of london c. most of the biggest cities will be in the third world countries d.japanese will keep control of the growth of big cities such as tokyo 8. which of the following is not true according to the passage? 分析与解答a.over half of the worlds population will
