题文
Have you ever heard the story of the four-minute miles? Many years ago, people believed that it was impossible for a human Being to run a mile in less than four minutes until Roger Banister proved it wrong in 1954.What happens if you put an animal in a pond? Any animal, big or small, will swim its way through. What happens when someone, who doesn't know how to swim, falls in deep waters? They drown. If an animal who has not learnt swimming could escape by swimming, why not you? Because you believe you will drown while the animal doesn't.
Have you ever wondered why the letters are organized in a particular order on your keyboard? You might have thought it is to increase the typing speed. Most people never question it. But the fact is that this system was developed to reduce the typing speed at a time when typewriter parts would jam（堵塞） if the operator typed too fast.
These three cases show the power of our beliefs. There is no other more powerful directing force in human behavior than belief. Your beliefs have the power to create and to destroy. A belief delivers command to your nervous system.
I used a snake in my workshops for children to show them how unrealistic some of their beliefs are. Students of a school in India, said snakes are slippery and slimy and poisonous. After doing an exercise for changing beliefs, they handled my snake and found it to be dry and clean. They also remembered that only three types of poisonous snakes exist in India.
Did this story end the way you thought? Review your beliefs now and find out which ones you need to change?
小题1:In the author’s opinion, if a person in deep water doesn’t know how to swim, he will drown because______.A．he is afraid of water.B．he believes he will drown.C．he hasn’t learnt to swim before.D．he don’t want to live in the world.小题2:The author thinks that the letters organized in a particular order on your keyboard in order to ______
A. save more space
B. satisfy the operator
C.reduce one’s typing speed
D increase one’s typing speed
小题3:The author’s experiment shows that____A．snakes are dry and cleanB．snakes can be caught easilyC．snakes are slimy and poisonousD．snakes in India aren’t poisonous小题4:According to the passage, we know that_____A．students from India have unrealistic beliefs on how to live a better lifeB．an animal who hasn’t learnt how to swim will drown if you put it in pond.C．most people don’t like the order the letters are arranged on your keyboardD．Roger Banister was the first person who ran a mile in less than four minutes.小题5:The main idea of this passage should be that______.A．Beliefs are very powerful.B．Beliefs make us seem stupid.C．Changing your beliefs now is necessary.D．People should always believe in themselves. 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
小题5:A
解析
作者通过三个例子证明了信念的力量，随后又通过一个实验证明了信仰有时是错误的。小题1:细节题。根据文章第二段最后一句话，可知B项正确。
小题2:细节题。根据文章第三段最后一句话，可知C项正确。
小题3:细节题。根据倒数第二段they handled my snake and found it to be dry and clean.可知答案为A。
小题4:细节题。根据文章第一段最后一句话可知D项正确。
小题5:主旨题。作者通过三个例子证明了信念的力量，随后又通过一个实验证明了信仰有时是错误的。但大量的笔墨用在证明信念的力量上，故选A.
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Have you ever heard .....”主要考查你对 [政治经济类阅读 ]考点的理解。政治经济类阅读
政治经济类文章的概念：
要做好这类阅读，平时就要注意了解国内外发生的政治经济大事，掌握一定背景知识，对这类文章的叙述特点及内容安排有一定了解，还要扩展这方面的词汇。阅读这类文章，要抓住文章的核心，即文章整体和各段主要在说什么，也要注意段落之间的逻辑关系。
如何备考政治经济类阅读理解题：
【题型说明】政治经济类阅读文章是高考常选材料之一。该类文章时代气息浓郁，语言鲜活，但熟字新义词、超纲词及专业词语多，长句、难句多。政治类文章大多数是同学们感性趣的内容，读起来倒有似曾相识的感觉，经济类文章读起来就像是雾里看花，文章看完，一头雾水。再加之这类文章的命题侧重于词义猜测、推理判断和文章主旨，同学们对这类题材是望而生畏。
【备考策略】建立心理优势。针对不同体裁的文章，我们要采取相应的阅读方法和技巧。政治类文章多采用记叙文形式，我们可采取“顺读法”，以便抓关键语句，领会文章主旨；而经济类文章则多采用说明文形式，我们则可以采取“逆读法”，先读试题，再从文章中查找有用信息。若遇到的确难读的材料。千万不用着急，因为你觉得难，其他人也一定是同感。在高考前，我们就要有这种心理准备，高考试卷肯定有一、两篇难以阅读的材料。不过，我们平时可以有意识地从报刊杂志上找一些较难的阅读材料来阅读，以培养自己迎难而上的心理素质。
【答题方法】
1、寻找主干：
根据英语中五种基本句型结构，把句子中的主语、谓语、宾语、表语等主要成分找出来，其他成分如定语、状语、补语等则易于理解。找到了句子主干，句子的意思至少明白了一半。
2、剔除从句：
在一个长句中可能会出现若干个从句，在理解时，如果把各个从句剔除出来单独理解，然后把大意拼凑起来，整个长句的意思就会明白六、七分。
3、辨别分句：
一个长句如果是由几个并列、转折、递进、对比关系的分句组成，句中往往有表示这些分句关系的连接词，只要能弄清楚分句和分句之间的逻辑关系，再把各层分句的意思加以连贯，整个长句的句意基本上能跃然脑中。
4、寻找关键词：
如果一个句子看完，一点句意的感觉也没有，下下策就是抓住句中的关键词，通过关键词大体弄懂这个长句的意思。
