01 Passage 1
Hypnotism (催眠术) is very old. Thousands of years ago people started to use it in Egypt. The use of hypnotism has grown very much since that time. Today, doctors and scientists are in almost every country hypnotize people to help them with their problems.
What is hypnotism, and how does it work? Many people think that a hypnotist puts people to sleep. Then he makes the hypnotized people do strange things. This is not what a hypnotist does. Hypnotism is really just a way to relax the mind and body.
What are some of the uses of hypnotism? We go to a hypnotist because we have a problem. The problem makes us unhappy. The hypnotist asks us to think hard about something and relax. When we are relaxed, t he hypnotist gives us some ideas to help us with our problems.
Hypnotism can help people to remember things. The police sometimes ask hypnotists to help them. For example, a man sees an accident. He forgets the license number of the car he sees. If he is hypnotized he may remember it. The police can then find the car and catch the driver.
People who are hypnotized can also make mistakes or say something that isn't true. People remember what they think they saw. That may not be what really happened.
The police don't hypnotize people who do something wrong. Why not? People who are hypnotized may say something that isn't true. A person who has done something bad has a good reason to say something that isn't true.
1. Hypnotist helps people by ____.
[A] putting them to sleep
[B] helping them to get relaxed
[C] offering his ideas about their problems
[D] making them forget their problems
2. When hypnotized, some people may say something that is not true, because ____.
[A] they do not remember what has happened
[B] they remember what they think has happened
[C] they do not know what has happened
[D] they are not interested in what has happened
3. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?____
[A] Hypnotism is very different form what it used to be.
[B] When a person is hypnotized, his body gets relaxed, while his mind works hard.
[C] Hypnotism is much more widely used today than it was thousands of years ago.
[D] When hypnotized, a person will do something strange.
4. The passage mainly talks about ____.
[A] how hypnotism works
[B] the development of hypnotism
[C] the use of hypnotism
[D] the wonder of hypnotism
01 Passage 2
Even the newest gardener realizes that plants die without water; what is not so well known is that plants die equally decisively, though not so quickly, if they are over watered. Beginners usually decide to play it safe and keep their potted plants thoroughly wet. In consequence, death by drowning is one of the commonest disasters to befall the plants of a new horticulturist. Plants wither away if they don't get enough water, and this draws attention to their problem. A plant that has been slightly under watered so that it droops strikes terror into the heart of its new owner. But it will, in fact, recover completely as long as rescue comes in time and the process is not repeated too often. Over watered plants, unfortunately, do not give any such obvious signal; slowly they cease to thrive and the first visible indication of serious trouble is a yellowing of the lower leaves. Unless the over watered pot soil is given a considerable period without water, during which time the plant will continue to look wretched, it will suddenly collapse in exactly the same way as the under watered plant --- but with no chance of being revived because the roots have rotted away
5. Judging from the text, a horticulturist is one who ____.
[A] raises animals
[B] grows plants
[C] gives advice to new gardeners
[D] studies the watering of plants
6. One of the commonest disasters that happen to plants of a new gardener is ____.
[A] underwatering
[B] overwatering
[C] lack of fertilizer
[D] a withering disease
7. Which of the following plants has more chance of complete recovery? ____
[A] A plant with its leaves drooping.
[B] A plant with its lower leaves yellowing.
[C] A plant with its roots rotting away.
[D] A plant that slowly cease to thrive.
8. The purpose of the writer in writing this passage is ____.
[A] to give general instructions for gardening
[B] to give practical instructions for growing potted plants
[C] to draw attention to the problem of underwatered plants
[D] to draw attention to the problem of overwatered plants
[总题数:8;总分数:16分;总参考时间:16分0秒]
【参考答案】：1.C 2.B 3.C 4.C 5.B 6.B 7.A 8.D
