Open a large handkerchief out and show both sides of it to your friends. Point out that there is nothing in it; then show them both sides of your hands, which are also empty. Now ask a member of your audience to give you a match. Ask him to put a mark on it with a pen or a pencil. Fold up the handkerchief with the match in it, and let everyone present see you do this.

       Give the handkerchief to anyone in the audience and say：“Here′s the match. Can you feel it? Good! Now I want you to break it into two pieces.”When he or she has broken the match, you say “Would anyone like to feel the broken match in this handkerchief?”several people will probably want to feel it. When they have satisfied themselves that the match really is broken, you say,“Now I′m going to make the match whole again.”Perhaps your friends will say that  is impossible.

       Hold the handkerchief in one hand and pass your hand or your wand（magic stick）over it, saying：“Abracadabra, abracadabra.”Open the handkerchief and let the match fall on to the table or floor, saying“Presto”as it does so. When the audience examine the match, they will find that it is quite whole and undamaged. The member of the audience will see his mark on the match. Everyone will be amazed!

       The secret of this trick is quite simple, as in all magic tricks. Long before you do the trick you must do one thing-you must push one of your own matches into the hem（摺边）of the handkerchief. This must be pushed well along the hem so that it cannot fall out or be seen. When you have wrapped up the match provided by a member of the audience you must take care that it is the match in the hem which is broken, and not the other. You should practice the trick in private, of course, before you perform it before an audience.

1．The magician shows both sides of the handkerchief in order to      .

      A．show the audience what the handkerchief is like

       B．push a match into the hem of the handkerchief

       C．let the audience put a mark on it with a pencil

       D．make the audience believe there is no trick in it                      

2．How many matches are there wrapped in the handkerchief in fact?

       A．0                        B．1                        C．2                        D．3 

3．Why does the magician say“abracadabra”?

       A．He intends to make the match whole again.

       B．He needs to draw the audience′s attention away.

       C．He pretends something super-natural will happen.

       D．He wants to make himself less nervous

4．This magic is actually a      ?

       A．trick of replacement                             B．chemical change

       C．language cheating    D．quick hand movement

　　Anna Whitney, a sophomore (大学二年级学生) at Colorado State University, first had a problem taking tests when she began college. “I was always　　1　　prepared for my tests. Sometimes I studied for weeks before test. Yet I would go in to take the test, only to find I would not answer the questions　　2　 . I would blank out because of nervousness and fear. I couldn't think of the answers. My　　3　　grades on the tests did not show what I knew to the teacher.”Another student in microbiology had　　4　　experiences. He said,“My first chemistry test was very difficult. Then, on the second test, I sat down to take it, and I was so nervous that I was　　5　 . My hands were moving up and down so　　6　　that it was hard to hold my pencil. I knew the material and I knew the answers. Yet I couldn't　　7　　write them down!”

　　These two young students were　　8　　something called test anxiety (考试焦虑)。Because a student worries and is anxious about a test, his or her　　9　　does not work as well as it usually does. The student cannot write or think　　10　　because of the extreme tension and nervousness. Although poor grades are often a　　11　　of poor study habits, sometimes test anxiety causes the low grades. Recently, test anxiety has been as a real problem, not just an　　12　　or a false explanation of lazy students.

　　Special university counseling(指导) courses try to help students. In these courses, counselors try to help students by teaching them　　13　　to manage test anxiety. At some universities, students take tests to　　14　　their tension. These courses teach students how to relax their bodies. Students are trained to become　　15　　in very tense situations. By controlling their nervousness, they can let their minds　　16　　at ease (安心).　　17　　information then comes out without difficulty on a test.

　　An　　18　　at the University of California explains,“With almost all students, relaxation and　　19　　stress are felt after taking our program. Most of them experience better control　　20　　their tests. Almost all have some improvement.”

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　　Henry's job was to examine cars which crossed the frontier (边境) to make sure that they were not smuggling (走私) anything into the country. Every evening 1 at weekends, he 2 see a factory worker coming up the hill towards the frontier, pushing a bicycle with a big load of straw (稻草) on it. When the bicycle 3 the frontier. Henry used to stop the man and 4 him take the straw off and 5 it. Then he would examine the straw carefully to see 6 he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man's pockets before he let him tie straw again. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off 7 the hill with it. Although Henry was always 8 to find gold or jewellery or other valuable things 9 in the straw, he never found anything even though he examined it very 10 . He was sure that the man was 11 something, but he was not 12 to imagine what it could be.

　　Then one evening, after he had looked through the straw and emptied the factory worker's pockets 13 usual, he 14 to him, “Listen, I know that you're smuggling things 15 this frontier. Won't you tell me what it is that you are bringing 16 so successfully? I'm an old man, and today is my last day on the 17 . Tomorrow I'm going to 18 . I promise that I shall not tell 19 if you tell me what you've been smuggling.” The factory worker didn't say anything for 20 . Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quickly, “Bicycles!”

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