7．Some scientists will say it is impossible to read minds．They will also tell you that you can make educated guesses on what a person might be thinking or feeling．Perhaps there really is nothing mysterious about the power to read minds．Perhaps it is simply human sense based on observation and educated guesses after all，but that's really a useful ability to learn．
Learn body language．How a person moves and holds their hands，and even what their eyes are doing are actually telling about what is going on inside their head．For example，pupils（瞳孔） tend to grow larger when you are interested in or excited about something．If you are talking to someone and making eye contact，finding their pupils are large and round，chances are that they are not feigning interest in the conversation．Someone biting their nails is probably nervous．Someone who folds their arms across their chest when they are not cold is probably trying to put a barrier between you and themselves．
Learn to mentally put yourself in another's place．Scientists have recently discovered that your brain has neurons（神經(jīng)元） that become active when you watch someone do something the same as we did the action ourselves．So when you are able to open yourself to understanding how other people are feeling，you can figure out reasons and predict future actions，reactions，even thoughts．
Sometimes you can use Extra Sensory Perception（ESP）（超感覺力） to read someone's mind．This does not mean you will literally be able to read their mind like a book．Instead，you will receive impressions or feelings，which are difficult to explain．
To improve your ESP abilities，take up meditation（冥想）．Because meditation helps enable you to purposely put your brain in a state of relaxed awareness，where you will be more successful in reading people and receiving impressions．
Practice and combine all of these steps．You will soon find yourself able to read people's minds．
24．What is the passage mainly about？A
A．The ways of reading people's minds．
B．The steps of learning body language．
C．The necessity of learning to read people's minds．
D．The relationship between mind and body language．
25．What does the underline word"feigning"mean？B
A．Expressing．
B．Pretending．
C．Finding．
D．Declaring．
26．Why can you read someone's mind when you mentally put yourself in his/her place？D
A．You suddenly have the ability to understand his or her feeling．
B．Your imagination ability and your past experience are combined．
C．Some neurons m your brain improve your observation ability．
D．Your past similar experiences make some neurons in your brain active．
27．How does meditation help with mind reading？C
A．By making educated guesses on minds．
B．By learning to make eye contact．
C．By changing ESP abilities for the better．
D．By strengthening impressions received．
分析 本文是一篇科教類閱讀，屬于說明文，一些科學家會說不可能會讀心術，他們也會告訴你，你可以猜測一個人可能想什么或感受，或許真的有什么神秘的力量讀心，或許只是人類基于觀察和猜測的感覺，但這的確是一個有用的學習能力．本文以此展開，主要講述了有關解讀人們內(nèi)心的一些方式．
解答 24．答案：A 主旨大意題 根據(jù)原文最后一段 Practice and combine all of these steps．You will soon find yourself able to read people's minds．可知，本文主要講述了有關解讀人們內(nèi)心想法的一些方式．故選A．
25．答案：B 詞義猜測題 根據(jù)原文第二段第三行 tend to grow larger when you are interested in or excited about something 可知，not feigning interest 表示感興趣，即 feigning 表示否定意義，故選 B
26．答案：D 細節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)原文第三段第一行 scientist have recently discovered that your brain has neurons that become active 可知，是因為你過去相同經(jīng)歷的一些神經(jīng)元很活躍，所以當你設身處地時能明白他人的想法．故選D．
27．答案：C 細節(jié)理解題 根據(jù)原文倒數(shù)第二段第一行 to improve your ESP abilities，take up meditation 可知，冥想通過提高超感覺力來幫助讀心術，故選C．
點評 本文是一篇科教類閱讀，題目涉及多道細節(jié)理解題，詞義猜測題，主旨大意題．做題時學生應仔細閱讀原文，把握文章主要內(nèi)容，聯(lián)系文章上下文內(nèi)容并結(jié)合所給選項含義，從中選出正確答案，一定要做到有理有據(jù)，切忌胡亂猜測．
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