Have you ever had the strange feeling that you were being watched? You turned around and, sure enough, someone was looking right at you!

Parapsychologists (灵学家) say that humans have a natural ability to sense when someone is looking at them. To research whether such a “sixth sense” really exists, Robert Baker, a psychologist (心理学家) at the University of Kentucky, did two experiments.

In the first one, Baker sat behind unknowing people in public places and stared at the backs of their heads for 5 to 15 minutes. The subjects（受试者）were eating, drinking, reading, studying, watching TV, or working at a computer. Baker made sure that the people could not tell that he was sitting behind them during those periods. Later, when he questioned the subjects, almost all of them said they had no sense that someone was staring at them.

For the second experiment, Baker told the subjects that they would be stared at from time to time from behind in a laboratory setting. The people had to write down when they felt they were being stared at and when they weren’t. Baker found that the subjects were no better at telling when they were stared at and when they weren’t.

Baker concludes that people do not have the ability to sense when they’re being stared at. If people doubt the outcome of his two experiments, said Baker, “I suggest they repeat the experiments and see for themselves.”

1.The aim of the two experiments is to ________.

A．explain when people can have a sixth sense

B．show how people act while being watched in the lab

C．study whether humans can sense when they are stared at

D．prove why humans have a sixth sense

2.The underlined word “outcome” in the last paragraph most probably means ________.

A．value             B．result             C．performance       D．connection

3. In the second experiment, the subjects _________.

A．could tell when they were stared at and when they weren’t.

B．could tell when they were stared at but couldn’t tell when they weren’t.

C．couldn’t tell when they were stared at but could tell when they weren’t.

D．couldn’t tell when they were stared at or when they weren’t.

4.What can be learned from the passage?

A．People are born with a sixth sense.

B．The experiments support parapsychologists’ idea.

C．The subjects do not have a sixth sense in the experiments.

D．People have a sixth sense in all places.

March 5 is Lei Feng Day. Lei Feng is one of the most famous role models（榜样） in China. He is known for his warm heart and kind deeds（行为）. We should learn from him. In honor of this great person, we did lots of kind deeds on March 4. Take a look!

Xu Hanchi, 13:

I went to a square（广场）in a local university with my classmates to do cleaning. We swept off the fallen leaves and picked up rubbish. When we finished, the ground was very clean. Though no one came up to praise us, we still felt very happy. We learned that doing good things itself could make us happy.

Zhu Lingyue, 14:

My group cleaned the teachers’ office that day. When we got there, we were surprised that the office was not as clean as we expected. How could teachers work in such an untidy（不整洁的） place? We started cleaning quickly. Teachers work really hard and may not have the time to clean their offices. It’s great that we can do something to help make them less tired.

Tom Rui, 14:

We helped clean the yard in the front of a hospital, but some patients（病人） there left us a very bad impression（印象）. They were very impolite and shouted at nurses and doctors. I think nurses and doctors’ work is hard. They try their best to help us. We should give them more respect and understanding.

1.The three children did lots of kind deeds _________

A．on March 5        B．on March 8        C．on March 4        D．on March 3

2.Zhu Lingyue _______ on that day.

A．cleaned the yard                        B．cleaned the teachers’s office

C．cleaned a square                        D．cleaned a hospital.

3.Tom Rui thinks the patients in the hospital are ________

A．kind             B．polit              C．happy            D．rude

A young man went to the local expert(专家) on gems and said he wanted to become a gemologist(珠宝家). The expert turned him down because he feared the youth would not have the patience to learn. The young man asked for a chance. Finally, the expert told the youth, "Be here tomorrow."
The next morning the expert put a jade(玉) stone in the youth's hand and told him to hold it. The expert then went about his work, cutting, weighing and setting gems. The boy sat quietly and waited.
The following morning the expert again put the jade stone in the youth's hand and told him to hold it. On the third, fourth and fifth days, the expert asked the young man to do the same thing. On the sixth day, the youth held the jade stone but he could no longer stand(忍受) the silence. "Master, when am I going to learn something?" he asked.
"You will learn." the expert said and went about his business.
Several more days went by and the youth almost lost his patience. But one morning as the master put the stone in the youth's hand, the young man said without looking at his hand, "This is not the same jade stone!"
"You have begun to learn." said the master.
Practice makes perfect. The experience we learned from practice teaches us and develops our abilities. Experience is the best teacher. Even the most successful person had no absolute confidence once. It is experience that gives people confidence. The truth is: if you do the work and gain the experience, you'll have more confidence because you'll actually know what you're doing.
【小题1】The phrase "turned ... down" probably means _______.

完形填空
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you very much for coming to this concert. I hope you have enjoyed the music.
The purpose of this concert is to 1 money for children in Africa. Every day 2children in Africa die 3 they have diseases or have not enough 4. There are two main reasons. First, there are no jobs for the children’s parents, so they have no money to buy food or 5. Second, the governments in 6 African countries do not have the money to take care of poor people.
7 African countries are poor. The land is not good for 8 plants and the 9 is also bad for farming. The organization we are trying to help, the Feed Africa Fund, 10 a lot of money every year on food for people in Africa. The money comes from people 11 you ---kind, generous(慷慨，大方) people who do not want to see children die from hunger. Just one dollar can buy enough rice or corn to 12 a family of four for three days.
How much do you spend on food every day? Ten dollars? Twenty dollars? I am sure you can spend a little 13 on your own food so that you have a 11 dollars for the Feed Africa Fund.
Ladies and gentlemen, we will now take a 15. Please be generous. Thank you.