Dreaming is believing, claim researchers of a new study, who found that dreams have an effect on people’s behavior, judgment and they might contain important hidden truths as well.
“Psychologists’ explanations of the meaning of dreams vary widely. But our findings show that people believe their dreams provide meaningful insightinto themselves and their world,” said a lead author of the study Carey Morewedge, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
In six different studies, researchers surveyed nearly 1,100 people about their dreams. One of the studies focused on general beliefs about dreams and involved 149 university students. All students were asked to rate different theories about dreams. The experts found that a surprising majority of the participants supported the theory about dreams revealing(揭示) the hidden truths about themselves and the rest of the world.
In a second experiment, they surveyed 182 people at a Boston train station, and asked them to imagine one out of four possible situation that could have occurred the night before a scheduled airline trip. Most of the participants said that dreaming of a plane crash would be more likely to affect their travel plans than would just thinking about a crash, or being warned by the government of a terrorism risk. They said a dreamed crash would influence their travel plans just as much as learning about a real crash on their planned route would.
Another experiment involved 270 men and women from across the United States. In a short online survey, they were asked to recall one of the dreams they had seen about any person they knew.
The findings showed that people were more likely to remember and describe pleasant dreams about a person they liked, rather than a person they disliked. Meanwhile, in most cases they tended to consider an unpleasant dream as more meaningful if it was about a person they disliked.
“In other words,” said Morewedge, “people attribute meaning to dreams when it corresponds (與……一致) with their pre-existing beliefs and desires.”
The researchers say that more investigation is needed to fully understand how people interpret their dreams. According to Morewedge, most people realize that dreams are not predicting their future, but they still try to find some meaning in there.
小題1:. The purpose of the studies is to         .
A．determine when people tend to remember their dreams
B．research whether dreams have anything to do with real life
C．find out how people explain their dreams and what impact that has
D．understand what causes people to dream and how to interpret dreams
小題2: According to the second experiment, what might influence people’s travel plans most?
A．Thinking about a past plane crash.
B．Dreaming about a plane crash.
C．Hearing a government’s warning of a terrorism risk.
D．Imagining a plane crashing on their planned route.
小題3:. What can be concluded from the study?
A．Dreams can be a useful tool for learning and problem solving.
B．Most people disagree that dreams help them better know themselves and the world.
C．A majority of people believes that dreams can predict their future and try to find their meaning.
D．When a dream conflicts with people’s existing beliefs and desires, they tend to attribute less meaning to it.
小題4:. Which kind of dream is seen as more meaningful than the rest?
A．A pleasant dream about a person the dreamer likes.
B．A pleasant dream about a person the dreamer dislikes
C．An unpleasant dream about a person the dreamer likes.
D．An unpleasant dream about a person the dreamer dislikes.

小題1:. C           
小題1:.B
小題1:.D
小題1:.D

小題1:主旨題：從文章第一段的句子：claim researchers of a new study, who found that dreams have an effect on people’s behavior, judgment and they might contain important hidden truths as well.可知這個研究是關(guān)于人們?nèi)绾谓忉屗麄兊膲�，夢對人的影響。答案是C           
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第四段的句子：Most of the participants said that dreaming of a plane crash would be more likely to affect their travel plans than would just thinking about a crash, or being warned by the government of a terrorism risk.可知夢到飛機失事會影響人們的旅行計劃。選B
小題1:推理題：從倒數(shù)第二段的句子：people attribute meaning to dreams when it corresponds (與……一致) with their pre-existing beliefs and desires.”可以推斷出，當(dāng)夢和人們的現(xiàn)實的渴望沖突的時候，人們往往不會賦予夢意義。選.D
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第六段的句子：in most cases they tended to consider an unpleasant dream as more meaningful if it was about a person they disliked.可知人們認(rèn)為對于不喜歡的人的，不愉快的夢是最有意義的。選.D
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B．the spar which is floating in deep-sea water
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小題2:To balance a bigger turbine high on a flatting spar, a new type of turbine is to be designed with its gearbox sitting ____________.
A．on the sea floorB．on the spar top
C．a(chǎn)t sea levelD．behind the blades
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Which of the following is the correct explanation of “Flight Distance” in paragraph 1?
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C．humans are different from animals in social distance.
D．social distance is sometimes determined by outside factors.
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. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
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小題2:
A．terribleB．popularC．goodD．worried
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A．takeB．joinC．giveD．learn
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A．dancingB．sportsC．a(chǎn)rtD．singing
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A．otherB．a(chǎn)notherC．othersD．the other
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Education for Japanese children is free for the first nine years and all children must go to school for six years of primary schooling and three years of secondary schooling. In the primary and secondary school, about 99.9% of school-age children are present. School usually begins at 8 o’clock in the morning and ends at 3 o’clock in the afternoon on weekdays and at noon on Saturdays. The school year begins in April and ends in March. There is a summer holiday in August and a winter holiday during the New Year season.
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