46.What can we learn from the answer to the first question? 【B】
A. Some equipment is able to read human minds.
B. Some progress has been made in mind reading.
C. Test subjects have been used tomake decisions.
D. Computer programs can copy brain processes.
47.People laugh when tickled by others bedause the feeling is _______. 【A】
A. unexpected B.expected C. comfortable D. uncomfortable
48.Who has got a little child according to the text? 【B】
A. Ms. Leon B. Mr. Lewis C. Mr. Moeller D. Dr. Jeffers
49.According to the text, Jeffers is probably _______. 【C】
A. a computer programmer B. a test subject
C. a human brain expert D. a medical doctor
B
Brave Frenchman Found Half-way Around the World
(NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he
didn‘t think twice before diving into the freezing East River.
Tuesday‘s Daily News said 29-year who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.
He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Scaport
museum. He handed the girl to her father ,David Anderson, who had dive in after him.
―I didn‘t think at all,‖ Duret told the Daily News. ― It happened very fast. I reacted very fast.‖
Duret, an engineer on vacation ,was walking with his girlfriend along the pier(码头)when he
saw something falling into the water .He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he
approached the river. In an instant ,he took off his coat and jumped into the water.
When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said . Fortunately, when she was out of the
water, she opened her eyes.
Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An
ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from cookers. Duret caught a
train with his girlfriend shortly after.
The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn‘t realize his tale of
heroism he was leaving the next morning .