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吉林大学远程教育学院

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True or False Questions

1. Mothers can usually explain clearly what urged them to come to their children’s rescue at times of great danger.

2. Almost every mother believes that she has reliable intuition about her children.

3. Numerous studies show that women are more likely to have extrasensory perception than men.

4. Frequent physical contact with and emotional attachment to their children explain why mothers can often know by intuition the thoughts and behavior of their children.

5. Houdini’s mother, who lived in another city, had sensed the danger he was in and therefore sent out a signal to guide him to the hole in the ice.

6. Scientists studying mother’s intuition aim at discovering the mysterious way of communication between mother and child in hope of applying it in other relationships.

Multiple-choice Questions

1. The questions that began the article are designed to ________ .

A) point out the main ideas of the article
B) arouse the reader’s interest in the topic under discussion
C) show that mothers are the only people who have a sixth sense
D) show that events involving danger always provoke the sixth sense

2. The example of the mother being alert for her children’s safety shows that ________ .

A) “mother’s intuition” is a kind of sixth sense
B) the sixth sense is a common feeling everybody has
C) a mother is most sensitive to the health of her own children
D) mothers can feel the pain of their children

3. Which of the following is the reason why mothers tend consistently to have a sixth sense?

A) At birth, mother and child form a close, empathetic bond.
B) A mother is fully aware of the importance of her
devotion to her child.
C) Mothers’ habitual worries about their children’s safety have sharpened their senses.
D) Mothers understand the thoughts and behavior of their children best.

4. The most puzzling part of the story about Houdini and his mother is that _______ .

A) his mother lived in another city
B) Houdini was trapped beneath a frozen river for a long while, but did not die
C) Houdini was able to breathe by finding air pockets between the ice and the river
D) Houdini heard and followed his late mother’s voice to the hole on the ice

5. The author suggests that by studying mothers’ intuitions we might be able to discover all of the following except ________ .

A) the mystery of the mother-child relationship
B) the existence of our own sixth sense
C) better form of communication between people
D) a new way of explaining mother’s love

Translate the following into Chinese

1. In any event, almost every mother seems to have it and will swear by its reliability.

2. What they have revealed only supports the theory that people are capable of having and using another sense beyond sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.

3. Therefore, even though she may be preoccupied with household chores or social activities, a part of her is constantly alert for her child’s safety.

4. Something beyond that which we can logically explain somehow seems to warn a mother when her child approaches danger.

5. When enough time had passed to make it apparent that Houdini’s escape had failed, the grief-stricken party left the scene and reported that Houdini had died.

6. Someday we may understand the kind of communication that exists between mother and child and be able to expand on that knowledge to a better form of communication in all relationships.