A gray-haired woman walks carefully (1) a windswept field. She holds a Yshaped tree branch in front of her, one fork of the Y in each hand and the free end, (2) straight ahead. Suddenly she (3) . Then she goes no further. Something seems to be pulling the free end of the branch downward so that it points (4) the earth. "This is it!" shouts the woman, and beckons to the driver of a well-digging machine waiting at the roadside. Soon, excavating thirty feet (5) , the well-digger strikes water.
How can this woman know where there is (6) underground She is a dowser-one who believes that a forked stick or similar instrument will move (7) when the person holding it is standing above underground water, oil, or certain metal ores.
Is dowsing (8) It has been (9) around the world for centuries. Though many scoff at it as mere superstition, it has an impressive record of (10) . In
A. mistake
B. degree
C. dependence
D. accuracy
A gray-haired woman walks carefully (1) a windswept field. She holds a Yshaped tree branch in front of her, one fork of the Y in each hand and the free end, (2) straight ahead. Suddenly she (3) . Then she goes no further. Something seems to be pulling the free end of the branch downward so that it points (4) the earth. "This is it!" shouts the woman, and beckons to the driver of a well-digging machine waiting at the roadside. Soon, excavating thirty feet (5) , the well-digger strikes water.
How can this woman know where there is (6) underground She is a dowser-one who believes that a forked stick or similar instrument will move (7) when the person holding it is standing above underground water, oil, or certain metal ores.
Is dowsing (8) It has been (9) around the world for centuries. Though many scoff at it as mere superstition, it has an impressive record of (10) . In
A. across
B. cross
C. besides
D. at
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