英語六級閱讀真題訓練原文

　　Yet Rosa could not find any evidence that it works. To provide such proof, TT therapists would have to sit down for independent testing—something they haven’t been eager to do, even though James Randi has offered more than $1 million to anyone who can demonstrate the existence of a human energy field. (He’s had one taker so far. She failed.) A skeptic might conclude that TT practitioners are afraid to lay their beliefs on the line. But who could turn down an innocent fourth-grader? Says Emily: “I think they didn’t take me very seriously because I’m a kid.”

　　The experiment was straightforward: 21 TT therapists stuck their hands, palms up, through a screen. Emily held her own hand over one of theirs—left or right—and the practitioners had to say which hand it was. When the results were recorded, they’d done no better than they would have by simply guessing. if there was an energy field, they couldn’t feel it.

　　英語六級閱讀真題訓練

　　16. Which of the following is evidence that TT is widely practiced?

　　A) TT has been in existence for decades.

　　B) Many patients were cured by therapeutic touch.

　　C) TT therapists are often employed by leading hospitals.

　　D) More than 100,000 people are undergoing TT treatment.

　　17. Very few TT practitioners responded to the $1 million offer because ____________.

　　A) they didn’t take the offer seriously

　　B) they didn’t want to risk their career

　　C) they were unwilling to reveal their secret

　　D) they thought it was not in line with their practice

　　18. The purpose of Emily Rosa’s experiment was ____________.

　　A) to see why TT could work the way it did

　　B) to find out how TT cured patient’s illness

　　C) to test whether she could sense the human energy field

　　D) to test whether a human energy field really existed

　　19. Why did some TT practitioners agree to be the subjects of Emily’s experiment?

　　A) It involved nothing more than mere guessing.

　　B) They thought it was going to be a lot of fun.

　　C) It was more straightforward than other experiments.

　　D) They sensed no harm in a little girl’s experiment.

　　20. What can we learn from the passage?

　　A) Some widely accepted beliefs can be deceiving.

　　B) Solid evidence weighs more than pure theories.

　　C) Little children can be as clever as trained TT practitioners.

　　D) The principle of TT is too profound to understand.

　　英語六級閱讀真題訓練答案

　　16. D

　　17. B

　　18. B

　　19. C

　　20. C