文档介绍：考研英语阅读理解模拟试题及答案（二）
Passage 6
We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But most mistakes
A ) We fail to listen carefully when they talk
B ) People tend to be annoyed when we check what
they say
C ) People usually state one thing but means another
D ) We tend to doubt what our friends say
In the sentence Maybe he doesn't see it himself, in the second paragraph, the pronoun it refers to.
A ) being friendly C ) lucky dog B ) a bit of envy D ) your luck
When we listen to a person talking, the most important thing for us to do is 。
A ) notice the way the person is talking
B ) take a good look at the person talking
C ) mind his tone, his posture and the look in his eyes
D ) examine the real meaning of what he says based on his manner; his tone and his posture
The author most probably is ao
A ) teacher C ) philosopher B ) psychologist D ) doctor
Passage 7
A moment's drilling by the dentist may make us nervous and upset. Many of us cannot stand pain. To avoid the pain of a drilling that may last perhaps a minute or two, we demand theneedle- a shot of novocaine (奴佛卡因)-that
deadens the nerves around the tooth.
Now it's true that the human body has developed its millions of nerves to be highly aware of what goes on both inside and outside of it. This helps us adjust to the world. Without our nerves - and our brain, which is a bundle of nerves -we wouldn't know what's ha
ppening. But we pay for our sensitivity. We can feel pain when the slightest thing is wrong with any part of our body. The history of torture is based on the human body being open to pain.
But there is a way to handle pain. Look at the Indian fakir （彳亍僧）who sits on a bed of nails. Fakirs can put a needle right through an arm, and feel no pain. This ability that some humans have developed to handle pain should give us ideas about how the mind can deal with pain.
The big thing in withstanding pain is our attitude toward it. If the dentist saysf This will hurt a