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【点评】考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断． 18．（6分）
Confucius Institute
The Confucius Institute at the University of Minnesota offers several short classes on Chinese language and culture． ★Class Fees
The cost of classes is 225（170 for Chinese Rehab） ★Class Calendar
The Confucius Institute follows the University of Minnesota semester schedule． The Confucius Institute classes start a few weeks after the start of the University semester and last for ten class sessions． Classes are not held on University holidays．
The upcoming class sessions will be： Spring 2018： February 1﹣ April 7 Summer 2018： June 13﹣ August 25 Tentative class calendar：
The schedule may change due to teacher availability．
MONDAY Beginning I， Section A TUESDAY Beginning I， Section B WEDNESDAY Beginning II THURSDAY Intermediate II 6：00 ～ 7：30 p．m． 6：00 ～ 7：00 p．m． 6：00 ～ 7：30 p．m． 6：00 ～ 7：30 p．m． Chinese Rehab Intermediate I Beginning III Intermediate III 6：30 ～ 7：00 p．m． 6：00 ～ 7：30 p．m． 6：00 ～ 7：30 p．m． 6：00 ～ 7：30 p．m． ★Class Cancellations
Any class not meeting minimum enrollment by four business days before the class start date will be cancelled and you will be contacted． If we must cancel a class due to insufficient enrollment or any other circumstance beyond our
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control， we will offer a full refund or issue credit towards another class． ★Contact Information
The Confucius Institute is located within the University International Center on the east bank of the Twin Cities campus． The University International Center is located in the Keeler Apartment building． Enter at the corner of 17th Avenue S．E． and 4th Street through the doors located near the \International Center\． Office hours
The office is generally open Monday through Friday， from 8：00 a．m． until 4： 30 p．m．
The office is closed daily from12：00 noon until 1： 00 p． m． and is closed on all University holidays． Office Address
160 University International Center， 331﹣17th Ave． S．E．， Minneapolis， MN 55414
Phone： 612625﹣5080 Fax： 612﹣625﹣5158
Email： confucius（@ umn． edu
（1）Chinese Rehab B ． A． costs more money B． is held on Monday
C． lasts one and a half hours D． has four classes a week
（2）To get information about the classes， you can visit the office D ． A． on Monday noon
B． at 12：30 a．m．， Tuesday C． on Wednesday evening D． at 1： 30 p．m．， Friday
（3）What is True about the classes？ A
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A． The schedule may be changeable． B． They can be one﹣to﹣one instruction． C． They are held on University holidays．
D． They start at the beginning of the University semester．
【考点】O3：广告布告类阅读．
【分析】本文是一篇广告布告类阅读，主要介绍了明尼苏达大学孔子学院提供几个关于中国语言和文化的短期课程．
【解答】1．B．细节理解题．根据表格中第一列MONDAY Chinese Rehab 6：30 ～ 7：00 p．m可知，Chinese Rehab在周一举行．故选B．
2．D．细节理解题．根据★Contact Information部分The office is generally open Monday through Friday， from 8：00 a．m． until 4： 30 p．m．办公室通常在周一至周五上午8点开放．直到下午4点30分．可知，要获得有关课程的信息，您可以在星期五下午1：30访问办公室．故选D．
3．A．细节理解题．根据表格前一句The schedule may change due to teacher availability．可知，时间表可能会有所变化．故选A．
【点评】考查细节理解题和推理判断题．在做细节理解题时，首先根据题目要求迅速在文章里找出相应的段落、句子或短语．认真比较选项和文中细节的区别，在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断． 19．（8分）Parallel worlds exist and interact with our world， say physicists． Quantum mechanics （量子力学）， though firmly tested， is so weird and anti﹣intuitive that physicist Richard Feynman once remarked， \think I can safely say nobody understands quantum mechanics．\Attempts to explain some of the bizarre （奇异的） consequences of quantum theory have led to some mind﹣bending ideas， such as the Copenhagen interpretation and the many﹣worlds interpretation． Now there's a new theory on the block， called the \interacting worlds\
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hypothesis （假设） （MIW）， and the idea is just as profound as it sounds． The theory suggests not only parallel worlds exist， but that they interact with our world on the quantum level and are thus detectable． Though still speculative （推测的）， the theory may help to finally explain some of the bizarre consequences inherent in quantum mechanics．
The theory is a spinoff of the many﹣worlds interpretation in quantum mechanics﹣an assumption that all possible alternative histories and futures are real， each representing an actual， though parallel， world． One problem with the many﹣worlds interpretation， however， has been that it is fundamentally untestable， since observations can only be made in our world． Happenings in these proposed \．
MIW， however， says otherwise． It suggests that parallel worlds can interact on the quantum level， and in fact that they do．
\1957，\explained Howard Wiseman， a physicist at Griffith University in Brisbane， Australia， and one of the physicists to come up with MIW． \﹣known ‘Many﹣Worlds Interpretation'， each universe branches into a bunch of new universes every time a quantum measurement is made． All possibilities are therefore realized ﹣ in some universes the dinosaur﹣killing asteroid （小行星） missed Earth． In others， Australia was colonized by the Portuguese．\ \， since they do not influence our universe at all，\． \， our ‘Many Interacting Worlds' approach is completely different， as its name implies．\ Wiseman and colleagues have proposed that there exists \of repulsion between ‘nearby'（i．e． similar） worlds， which tends to make them more dissimilar．\force， they propose．
When asked about whether their theory might imply that humans could someday interact with other worlds， Wiseman said： \． But the idea of human interactions with other universes is no longer pure fantasy．\
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