Have you ever been in a meeting while someone was making a speech and realized suddenly that your mind was a million miles away? You probably felt sorry and made up your mind to pay attention and never have daydreaming again. Most of us from earlier school days have been told that daydreaming is a waste of time.
“ On the contrary,” says L.Giambra, an expert in psychology(心理學(xué)), “ daydreaming is quite necessary. Without it, the mind couldn’t get done all the thinking it has to do during a normal day… .
You can’t possibly do all your thinking with a conscious(有意識的) mind. Instead, your unconscious mind is working out problems all the time. Daydreaming then may be one way that the unconscious states of minds have silent dialogues.”
Early experts in psychology paid no attention to the importance of daydreams or even considered them harmful. At one time daydreaming was thought to be a cause of some mental illness. They did not have a better understanding of daydreams until the late 1980s. Eric Klinger, a professor of psychology, is the writer of the book Daydreaming. Klinger says, “we know now that daydreaming is one of the main ways that we organize our lives, learn from our experiences, and plan for our futures… Daydreams really are a window on the things we fear and the things we long for in life.”
Daydreams are usually very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams which may be hard to understand. It’s easier to gain a deep understanding of your life by paying close attention to your daydreams than by trying to examine your sleep dreams carefully. Daydreams help you recognize the difficult situations in your life and find out a possible way of handling them.
Daydreams cannot be predicted; they move off in unexpected directions which may be creative and full of useful ideas. For many famous artists and scientists, daydreams were and are a main source of creative energy.
So the next time you catch yourself daydreaming, don’t stop. Just pay attention to your dream. It may be more important than you think.
小題1:In what way are daydreams different from sleep dreams?
A.Daydreams help to develop an unconscious mind.
B.Daydreams are not so easy for us to control and direct.
C.Daydreams help us to handle more difficult situations
D.Daydreams are easier for us to understand.
小題2:Professor Eric Klinger believes that _______.
A.our fears and longings in life are shown in our daydreams
B.we may study our experiences just through our daydreams
C.daydreaming is one of the important ways that we recognize our lives
D.we should be able to tell our futures by having daydreams
小題3:The writer of the article thinks that ______.
A.daydreaming is more helpful than sleep dreams
B.many artists and scientists are famous because they have daydreams
C.professor Eric Klinger has a better idea than L. Giambra
D.daydreaming with an unconscious mind will do good to health
小題4:Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A.Daydreaming was once regarded as a cause of mental illness.
B.Experts began to have a better understanding of daydreams in the late 1980s.
C.Scientists believe that we can know daydreams before having them.
D. Many well-known artists gained energy of creation from daydream

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:A
小題4:C

試題分析:這篇文章介紹了不為大家認同的白日夢,它和晚上的夢不一樣,對我們還是有好處的。
小題1:細節(jié)題:從第五段的句子:Daydreams are usually very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams which may be hard to understand. 可知白日夢比晚上的夢更好理解。選D
小題2:細節(jié)題:從第四段的最后一句:Daydreams really are a window on the things we fear and the things we long for in life.可知白日夢反映了我們的恐懼和渴望。選A.
小題3:推理題:從文章最后第一段和第二段的句子:可知作者認為白日夢比晚上做夢更有好處。選A
小題4:細節(jié)題:從倒數(shù)第二段的第一句Daydreams cannot be predicted; 可知在做白日夢前,我們不知道要做什么。選C
點評:做日常生活類短文時,考生要根據(jù)題目到文中找到相應(yīng)的信息句,要細心的排查各個選項,不能輕易的下結(jié)論,有的題還要進行句意理解,必要時還要推理。
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