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1、【志鸿优化设计】2016届高考英语一轮复习 Module6 Unexplained Mysteries of the Natural World考点规范练24（含解析）外研版必修4.阅读理解ASome people are happy to believe in ESP(第六感觉) while others are firm disbelievers.Parapsychologists,who lend a certain seriousness to the subject,have identified four types of ESP:clairvoyance describes th
2、e act of being able to obtain knowledge of a person or event without the use of the normal senses;telepathy is the process by which a person is able to read another persons thoughts without the use of any of the normal senses;psychokinesis is the ability to influence a physical object just by thinki
3、ng about it;precognition is the term applied when somebody is able to foresee future events.Over the years there have been many ESP experiments conducted by serious scientists in serious institutions.Joseph Banks Rhine,a botanist at Duke University published a famous book in 1934 called Extra-Sensor
4、y Perception in which he claimed to have overwhelming(压倒性的)evidence of ESP.However,other scientists have been unable to repeat his results exactly in the same way,which has resulted in the book losing much of its original reliability(可靠性).The Granzfield experiments are considered to have been the mo
5、st carefully examined ESP experiments.The experimenters had their eyes covered and ears blocked while a “sender”attempted to transmit messages.Later the experimenters would compare the messages received to the original messages sent out.There was a great deal of excitement and interest at the time b
6、ut the research failed to produce convincing results.Human beings are attracted to the supernatural phenomena.ESP will always continue to fascinate.Some of the most successful films in recent years have fuelled interest among the younger generations who are starting to ask the same questions and to
7、look for explanations for the same phenomena as their parents and grandparents before them.Who knows?One day we might just find these answers because one thing is certain,“The truth is out there!”1.According to the passage,Rhines book .A.was accepted by famous scientists in ESP fieldB.presented the
8、first-hand evidence against ESPC.wasnt trusted and believed by the publicD.truly proved results of the experiments2.In Paragraphs 3 and 4,the author wants to show .A.what resulted in peoples disbeliefB.who were involved in the experimentsC.why people accepted ESPD.how seriously the experiments were
9、conducted3.The authors attitude towards ESP is .A.objectiveB.defensiveC.supportiveD.persuasiveBPeople have been dreaming up horrible monsters and scary spirits for centuries.The vampire,an “undead”creature thirsty for blood,is one of the most inventive and attractive creatures of all.Its also one of
10、 the most lasting.Vampire-like creatures date back thousands of years,and pop up in dozens of different cultures.In this article,well see where the various elements of the vampire legend come from.Well also look at the psychological significance of these creatures and find out about some real-life p
11、eople or things that are remarkably similar to the supernatural vampire.The vampires in todays books,movies and television shows are incredibly complicated creatures.According to the mythology(神话),every vampire was once a human,who,after being bitten by a vampire,died and rose from the grave as a mo
12、nster.Vampires desire the blood of the living,whom they hunt during the night.They bite their victims necks with their two sharp front teeth.Since theyre back-to-life corpses(尸体)the living remains of a dead personvampires are often referred to as “the undead”.They can still pass as healthy humans,ho
13、wever,and will walk undetected among the living.In fact,vampires may be attractive,highly sexual beings,seducing(引诱) their prey before feeding.A vampire may also take the form of an animal,usually a bat or wolf,in order to launch a sudden attack on a victim before being detected.Vampires are potenti
14、ally immortal(不死的),but they do have a few weaknesses.They can be destroyed by a stake through the heart,fire,beheading and direct sunlight,and they are afraid of holy water and garlic.Vampires dont cast a reflection,and they have superhuman strength.This vampire figure,with its particular combinatio
15、n of characteristics and governing rules,is actually a fairly recent invention.Bram Stoker made it up in his 1897 novel Dracula.Other authors reinterpreted Dracula in a number of plays,movies and books.But while the many details are new,most of the individual elements of the legend have deep roots,e
16、xtending across many regions and cultures.In the next few sections,well.4.From the first two paragraphs,we can know that .A.vampire stories only exist in European culturesB.vampires will die in 3 days without drinking bloodC.vampire stories have existed since a long time agoD.vampires actually exist in real life5.According to the passage,which of the following best matches the image o
