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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 imagine what it will be like. We predict the __3 ___ people will eat, dress and act. Of course, we do not always predict things __4 ___. Things are often very different from what we have__5 ___them to be.
One of the famous dreams in history is the dream of the German scientist, Kekule, who had been ___6 ___ to work out a very difficult problem in physics. He had studied and ___7____ the problem from every angle for days, but there seemed to be no way of finding out the answer. Then one night he went to bed and dreamed. When he __8 _____ up, he realized that he knew the answer. He had __9__ the problem in his dream .
The hypnotist( 催眠者 )sat in the chair opposite him and spoke ___10 ___: I want you to concentrate on my voice. Think about ___11 _____. You know nothing but my voice. And as you pay attention to my voice, your __ 1 2 ___ will get heavier. Soon you’ll be asleep.
You will hear my voice and understand my words, but your body will be asleep and your eyes are too heavy. You are ___13 ___ asleep, and when you wake up you will ___14 ___ nothing.
You will forget everything. Now I am going to __15__ 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. style B. habit C. method D. way 4 .A.quickly B . correctly C . objectively . D ．subjectively 5 .A.required B. wished C. left D. expected 6 .A.managing B. trying C. thinking D. hoping 7 .A. analyzed B. learned C. discussed D. concluded 8 .A.gave B. sat C. woke D. got 9 .A.dream t B. solved C. research ed D. exercise d 10 .A.softly B. loudly C. slowly D. firmly 1 1 .A.everything B. something C. nothing D. anything 1 2 .A.eyes B. brain C. head D. body 13 .A.really B. extremely C. actually D. almost 1 4 .A.accept B. remember C. hear D. receive 15.A.count B. say C. add D. speak

1. 解析：选C。从前一句话中可知，选C。
2. 解析：选A。考查动词辨析。visit拜访；seek寻找；reach到达；discover发现.由文意可知，选A。
3. 解析：选A。由文意可知，此处用imagine表示一种心理描绘。
4. 解析：选D。这里强调的是行为方式。此外，第6个空格前重现了类似的表达方式。
5. 解析：选C。由文意可知，情况经常与我们预计的不同，说明我们的预计不总是“正确的”。
6. 解析：选D。句意为：事情也不同于我们期待的那样。
7. 解析：选C。由下文可知，开库勒的梦不具有 funny，dull和silly的特征。
8. 解析：选A。从下文可知，已成功地解决了问题，而不是“想”、“希望”或“努力”去做。
9. 解析：选A。“研究”与“分析”是紧密相连的。study 此处意为“研究”。research作“研究”讲时，若接宾语，须加上介词on 或into。
10. 解析：选C。由but可知，此处表达：似乎没有办法找到答案。
11. 解析：选B。find out 意为“弄清,找出”。其余三个选项不合文意。
12. 解析：选C。wake up醒来,符合情节发展的进程：睡觉——做梦——醒来。
13. 解析：选A。由前文可知，他是在“梦”中解决了难题。
14. 解析：选A。softly在此处等同于： gently and slowly，这是催眠者对催眠对象应该采用的方式。
15. 解析：选C。从前后句来看，催眠者希望他什么也不要想。下文也有暗示。
16. 解析：选A。从下文“your eyes are too heavy”一句中可得到暗示。
17. 解析：选D。由文意可知，听到并且“理解”合乎逻辑。
18. 解析：选D。almost asleep意为“迷迷糊糊地睡着了”，从眼皮沉重，还有简单的思维活动来看，不能说是完全睡着了。
19. 解析：选B。这里的remember nothing等于下一句中的forget everything。
20. 解析：选A。由后面列举的一、二、三、四、五这一串数字，表明“计数”已经开始。

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