牡一中2014—2015年度下学期期末考试高二英语试题第一部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。AHaveyoueverhadthestrangefeelingthatyouwerebeingwatched?Youturnedaroundand,sureenough,someonewaslookingrightatyou!Parapsychologists(灵学家)saythathumanshaveanaturalabilitytosensewhensomeoneislookingatthem.Toresearchwhethersucha“sixthsense”reallyexists,RobertBaker,apsychologist(心理学家)attheUniversityofKentucky,performedtwoexperiments.Inthefirstone,Bakersatbehindunknowingpeopleinpublicplacesandstaredatthebacksoftheirheadsfor5to15minutes.Thesubjects(受试者)wereeating,drinking,reading,studying,watchingTV,orworkingatacomputer.Bakermadesurethatthepeoplecouldnottellthathewassittingbehindthemduringthoseperiods.Later,whenhequestionedthesubjects,almostallofthemsaidtheyhadnosensethatsomeonewasstaringatthem.Forthesecondexperiment,Bakertoldthesubjectsthattheywouldbestaredatfromtimetotimefrombehindatwo-waymirrorinalaboratorysetting.Thepeoplehadtowritedownwhentheyfelttheywerebeingstaredatandwhentheyweren’t.Bakerfoundthatthesubjectswerenobetterattellingwhentheywerestaredatandwhentheyweren’t.Bakerfoundthatthesubjectswerenobetterattellingwhentheywerestartedatthaniftheyhadjustguessed.Bakerconcludesthatpeopledonothavetheabilitytosensewhenthey’rebeingstaredat.Ifpeopledoubttheoutcomeofhistwoexperiments,saidBaker,“Isuggesttheyrepeattheexperimentsandseeforthemselves.”1.Thepurposeofthetwoexperimentsisto________.A.explainwhenpeoplecanhaveasixthsenseB.showhowpeopleactwhilebeingwatchedinthelabC.provewhyhumanshaveasixthsenseD.studywhetherhumanscansensewhentheyarestaredat2.Inthefirstexperiment,thesubjects________.A.werenotsurewhentheywouldbestaredatB.losttheirsensewhentheywerestaredatC.werenottoldthattheywouldbestaredatD.wereuncomfortablewhentheywerestaredat3.Theunderlinedword“outcome”inthelastparagraphmostprobablymeans________.A.resultB.valueC.performanceD.connection4.Whatcanbelearnedfromthepassage?A.Peoplearebornwithasixthsense.B.Thesubjectsdonothaveasixthsenseintheexperiments.C.Peoplehaveasixthsenseinpublicplaces.D.Theexperimentssupport1parapsychologists’idea.BTalesFromAnimalHospitalDavidGrantDavidGranthasbecomeafamiliarfacetomillionsoffansofAnimalHospital.HereDrGranttellsustheverybestofhispersonalstoriesabouttheanimalshehastreated,includingfamiliarpatientssuchasthedogsSnowyandDuchess,thedelightfulcatMarigoldSerendipityDiamond.HealsotakesthereaderbehindthescenesatHarmsworthMemorialAnimalHospitalashedescribeshisday,fromordinarymedicalcheck-upstosurgery.TalesFromAnimalHospitalwilldelightallfansoftheprogrammeandanyonewhohasalivelyinterestintheirpet,whetheritbecat,dogorsnake!£14.99Hardback272ppSimonSchusterISBN0751304417IsaacNewton:TheLastSorcererMichaelWhiteFromtheauthorofStephenHawking:ALifeinScience,comesthiscolourfuldescriptionofthelifeoftheworld’sfirstmodernscientist.Interestingyetbasedonfact.MichaelWhite’slearnedyetreadablenewbookoffersatruepictureofNewtoncompletelydifferentfromwhatpeoplecommonlyknowabouthim.Newtonisshownasagiftedscientistwithveryhumanweaknesseswhostoodatthepointinhistorywheremagicendedandsciencebegan.£18.99Hardback320ppFourthEstateISBN1857024168Fermat’sLastTheoremSimonSinghIn1963aschoolboycalledAndrewWilesreadinginhisschoollibrarycameacrosstheworld’sgreatestmathematicalproblem:Fe...
