第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
AskDr?Jeffers
ThismonthDr.Jeffersisansweringquestionsaboutthehumanbrainandhowitworks.
DearDr.Jeffers,
Oneofmycolleagues,FelixMoeller,toldmethatscientistsarelearningtousecomputerto‘readminds’.Isthereanytr uthtothisstory/
—JaneLeon,NewYork,USA
DearMs.Leon,
Well,alotofresearchisbeingconductedinthisarea,butsofar,thebrainscanningequipmentandcorrespondingcomputerprogramshaven’tbeenabletoactuallyreadthoughts.Inoneexperiment,testsubjects（受试者）wereconnectedtoscanningequipmentandshowntwonumbersonascreen.Theywerethenaskedtochoosebetweenaddingorsubtr acting（减）thetwonumbers.Usingthismethod,researcherswereabletofollowbrainprocessesandmakethecorrectassumptions（假设）70percentofthetime.It’snotquitemindreading,butit’scertainlyafirststep.
—Dr.J.
DearDr.Jeffers,
Mythree-year-oldsonlovesitwhenIdigmyfingersintohissidesandtickle（胳肢）himuntilhelaughsuncontr ollably.TheotherdayInoticedhimtr yingtoticklehimselfbuthecouldn’td oit.Whynot?
—GlennLewis,Vancouver,Canada
DearMr.Lewis,
It’sbecauseofhowthebrainworks.Thebrainistr ainedtoknowwhattopayattentiontoandwhattoignore.Itcausesustoignorephysicalfeelingsweexpecttohappen,butitcausesamildpanicreactionwhenthereisanunexpectedfeeling.Forexample,youdon’tnoticehowyourshoulderfeelswhileyou’rewalkingdownthestr eet.Butifsomeonecomesupbehindyouandtouchesyoulightlyontheshoulder,youmayjumpinfear.It’sthatunexpectedpartthatcausestheticklereaction.
—Dr.J.
46.Whatcanwelearnfromtheanswertothefirstquestion?
A.Someequipmentisabletoreadhumanminds.
B.Someprogresshasbeenmadeinmindreading.
C.Testsubjectshavebeenusedtomakedecisions.
D.Computerprogramscancopybrainprocesses.
正确答案：B【文章导读】本文是一篇报刊新闻，大意是说明本月内心理专家Jeffers博士将做客本报心理咨询栏目，回答读者提出的各种问题。
.B。【解析】推理判断题。根据第一个问题的应答的最后一句可以推断出本题选B。
