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       京中有善口技者。会宾客大宴，于厅事之东北角，施八尺屏障，口技人坐屏障中，一桌、一椅、一扇、一抚尺而已。众宾团坐。少顷，但闻屏障中抚尺一下，满坐寂然，无敢哗者。

       遥闻深巷中犬吠，便有妇人惊觉欠伸，其夫呓语。既而儿醒，大啼。夫亦醒。妇抚儿乳，儿含乳啼，妇拍而呜之。又一大儿醒，絮絮不止。当是时，妇手拍儿声，口中呜声，儿含乳啼声，大儿初醒声，夫叱大儿声，一时齐发，众妙毕备。满坐宾客无不伸颈，侧目，微笑，默叹，以为妙绝。

       未几，夫齁声起，妇拍儿亦渐拍渐止。微闻有鼠作作索索，盆器倾侧，妇梦中咳嗽。宾客意少舒，稍稍正坐。

       忽一人大呼“火起”夫起大呼，妇亦起大呼。两儿齐哭。俄而百千人大呼，百千儿哭，百千犬吠。中间力拉崩倒之声，火爆声，呼呼风声，百千齐作；又夹百千求救声，曳屋许许声，抢夺声，泼水声。凡所应有，无所不有。虽人有百手，手有百指，不能指其一端；人有百口，口有百舌，不能名其一处也。于是宾客无不变色离席，奋袖出臂，两股战战，几欲先走。

       忽然抚尺一下，群响毕绝。撤屏视之，一人、一桌、一椅、一扇、一抚尺而已。

1．解释下列句中加横线的的词。

（1）京中有善口技者（善：                       ）      

（2）满坐寂然（坐：                     ）

（3）中间力拉崩倒之声（间：                       ）  

（4）两股战战，几欲先走（走：                     ）

2．下列词语解释有误的是[ ]

A．少顷，但闻屏障中抚尺一下（但：只。 ）

B．其夫呓语（其：她的。）

C．既而儿醒，大啼（既而：不久，紧接着。）

D．虽人有百手，手有百指，不能指其一端（虽：虽然。）

3．翻译文中中横线上的句子。

     未几，夫齁声起，妇拍儿亦渐拍渐止。

     译文：                                                                                                                    

4．文章为了表现口技人的高超技艺，写了哪三个方面的内容？

     答：                                                                                                                        

In meditation (冥想), people sit quietly and focus their attention on their breath. As they breathe in and out, they attend to their feelings. As thoughts go through their minds, they let them go. Breathe. Let go. Breathe. Let go.
According to a recent study at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, three months of training in this kind of meditation causes a marked change in how the brain allocates (分配) attention. It appears that the ability to let go thoughts that come into mind frees the brain to attend to more rapidly changing things and events in the outside world. Expert mediators are better than other people at catching such fast-changing stimuli(刺激), like facial-expressions.
The study provides evidence for changes in the workings of the brain with mental training. People can learn and improve abilities of all sorts with practice, everything from driving to playing the piano. The study has shown that meditation is good for the brain. It appears to reduce pressure and promote a sense of well-being.
In an experiment, 17 volunteers with no meditation experience in the experimental group spent three months meditating 10 to 12 hours a day. A control group also with no meditation experience meditated for 20 minutes a day over the same period. Both groups were then given the tests with two numbers in a group of letters. As both groups looked for the numbers, their brain activity was recorded.
Everyone could catch the first number. But the brain recordings showed that the less experienced mediators tended to grasp the first number and hang onto it, so they missed the second number. Those with more experience gave less attention to the first number, as if letting it go, which led to an increased ability to grasp the second number. This shows that attention can change with practice.
Just ask Daniel Levision, who meditated for three months as part of the study. "I am a much better listener," he said, "I do not get lost in my own personal reaction to what people are saying. \

The study proves that ______.

A．meditation improves one’s health

B．brain activity can be recorded

C．human attention can be trained

D．mediators have a good sense of hearing