Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes)
Directions:There are four reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions. For each question there are four suggested answers marked A,B,C and D.You should choose the One best answer and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET with a pencil.


Passage 1
　　David Thomson is an electronics technician, trained by the U.S. Navy, wrist is surrounded by a force field that can broadcast emotions to other human beings. The ability to receive such force fields, Thomson believes, explains how one can sense another s fear, nervousness, aggression, panic, or friendliness.


　　This theory of emotional communication occurred to Thomson when he told a psychiatrist（精神病医生）, Dr. Jack Ward, that he was certain his own hypertension（高血压，过度紧张） made those near him uncomfortable. To demonstrate the theory, Thomson constructed a transmitter capable of generating an electromagnetic field similar to that of a man beset by hyper anxiety（过度焦虑）. For a year, with this in his pocket, Thomson made people miserable. He would find a hungry man delightedly preparing to eat a steak in a restaurant, turn on the transmitter, and watch as the man became tense and irritable and finally left with his steak uneaten. In another test, Thomson cleared a crowded room in fifteen minutes. Such an exodus（出去） could not be due, Thomson observed, to personality problems alone.


　　Dr. Ward, who had become Thomson s partner, insisted that there was already misery enough in the worlD.Thomson fashioned a "happiness transmitter," which can duplicate the force field of a contented man. University psychologists in the United States report some encouraging results in current tests of the Thomson-and-Ward transmitter.


　　The "happiness machine" has many possibilities. Thomson has speculated on its use near disturbed or anxious patients in hospitals, and in unruly crowds. Tranquility（平静）, like panic and violence, may be contagions（传染性的）.


1. The theory is based on belief in the existence of .
A.complicated equipment
B. individual force fields
C. nervousness
D.aggression


2. The theory occurred to Thomson because he was convinced that people near him .
A.could hypnotize him
B. could make him feel uncomfortable
C. were reading his thoughts
D were affected by his hypertension


3. For his first demonstrations, Thomson chose people who .
A.were in a happy mood
B. seemed hyper anxious
C. were aggressive
D.Both B and C


4. The Thomson-and-Ward transmitter was constructed because .
A.university psychologists suggested it
B. the "misery machine" had not worked
C. Dr. Ward felt there was misery enough
D.Police forces asked for it


5. Thomson has speculated on .
A.some helpful uses of a "happiness machine"
B. possible wrongful uses of a "happiness machine"

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