said. He said most of the aphasics had this superior understanding. So, while normal people think of aphasic patients as brain damaged, they actually seem to understand human expressions better.
4. We can know from the first paragraph ___.
A. how aphasics get their special ability
B. that aphasics can tell if you are lying
C. that aphasics are good at telling lies
D. why aphasics are experts at spotting liars
5. The phrase "get carried away" in the last paragraph means ___.
A. get misunderstood B. get excited
C. get fooled D. get discouraged
6. Dr. Oliver Sacks thinks that aphasics ___.
A. can be cured totally B. can not understand what is being said
C. are specially gifted in a way D. should be treated equally and nicely
7. Which would be the best title of the passage?
A. A great discovery B. A special way of understanding
C. Why aphasics can't talk D. The great lie detectors
C
James Cleveland Owens was the son of a farmer and the grandson of black slaves. His family moved to Cleveland when he was 9. There, a school teacher asked the youth his name.
"J.C., "he replied.
She thought he had said "Jesse", and he had a new name.
Owens ran his first race at age 13. After high school, he went to Ohio State University. He had to work part time so as to pay for his education. As a second year student, in the Big Ten games in 1935, he set even more records than he would in the Olympic Games a year later.
A week before the Big Ten Meet, Owens accidentally fell down a flight of stairs. His back hurt so much that he could not exercise all week, and he had to be helped in and out of the car that drove him to the meet. He refused to listen to the suggestions that he give up and said he would try, event by event. He did try, and the results are in the record book.
The stage was set for Owens victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year, and his