SECTION A In this section you will hear a
mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the
lecture, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but
you will need them to complete a gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE after the
mini-lecture. Use the blank paper for note-taking. Now listen to
the mini-lecture. Hypnosis In the office of a (1)______,a
young man is regarded as the subject of an experiment in
(1)______ hypnosis: rushing about a small room, hiding
himself behind a chair jumping on the desk,(2)_____
(2)______ the air with his pencil. Why is he so strange Because a fierce dog
is at large in the room as the psychologist suggested What
hypnosis is. We must know the differences between the (3)______and the
hypnotized (3)______ person.
First, the sleepwalker pays no attention to other people and does not take
(4)______Sec- (4)______ ond, the sleepwalker does not
remember sleepwalking, while the hypnotized person remembers everything that
went on under hypnosis. Obviously, sleep and hypnosis are very
different states of (5)______. But what exactly is
(5)______ hypnosis After years of (6)______with hypnotism
psychologists still do not have a firm answer to
(6)______ this question. Many people are (7)______with
the process by which a person becomes hypnotized. The
(7)______ hypnotist induces a sleep-like
condition by slowly (8)______the subject to relax and focus on the
(8)______ hypnotist’s suggestions. In hypnosis a subject often finds it
easy to (9)______past events. Some (9)______ doctors use
information gained this way in treating mental illness. A hypnotized person is
not asleep. At present scientists agree that a hypnotized person is more
(10)______than usual.
(10)______