大学英语四级阅读理解训练：梦.doc

1、2019年6月大学英语四级阅读理解训练：梦Of all the components of a good night s sleep, dreams seem tobe least within our control. In dreams, a window opens into a world where logic is suspended and dead people speak. A century ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory that dreams were the disguised shadows of our

2、 unconscious desires and fears; by thelate 1970s, neurologists had switched to thinking of them as just mental noise-the random byproducts of the neural repair work that goes on during sleep. Now researchers suspect that dreams are part of the mind s emotional thermostat, regulating moods while the

3、brain is off line. And one leading authority says that these intensely powerful mental events can be not only harnessed but actually brought underconscious control, to help us sleep and feel better. It s your drearsays Rosalind Cartwright, chair of psychologyat Chicago s MedicCenter, if you don t li

4、ke it, change it.patients in Cartwrighthe link between dreams and emotions shows up among thes costipeMple seem to have more baddreams early in the night, progressing toward happier ones before awakening, suggesting that they are working through negative feelings generated during the day. Because ou

5、r conscious mind is occupied with daily life we don t always think about the emotional significance of the day -unteyetnippears, we begin to dream.And this process need not be left to the unconscious. Cartwright believes one can exercise conscious control over recurring bad dreams. As soon as you aw

6、aken, identify what is upsetting about the dream. Visualizehow you would like it to end instead; the next time it occurs, try to wake up just enough to control its course. With much practice people can learn to, literally, do it in their sleep.At the end of the day, there probably little reason to p

7、ay attention to our dreams at all unless they keep us from sleeping or we wake up in panic, Cartwright says. Terrorism, economic uncertainties and general feelings of insecurity have increased people s anxiety. Those suffering from persistent nightmares should seek help from a therapist. For the res

8、t of us, the brain has its ways of working through bad feelings.Sleep-or rather dream-on it and you ll feel beer in the morning.练习题：Choose correct answers to the question:1.By saying that dreams are part of the mind emotional thermostat, (Lines 4-5, Para. 1) the researchers mean that.A.we can think

9、logically in the dreams tooB.dreams can be brought under conscious controlC.dreams represent our unconscious desires and fearsD.dreams can help us keep our mood comparatively stable2 .What did Cartwright find in her clinic?A.Most bad dreams were followed by happier ones.B.Divorced couples usually ha

10、ve more bad dreams.C.Ones dreaming process is related to his emotion.D.People having negative feelings dream more often.3 .Cartwright believed with much practice, we can learn toA.control what dreams to dream4 .sleep well without any dreamsC.wake up in time to stop the bad dreamsD.identify what is u

11、psetting about the dreams4 .The author points out that a person who has constant bad dreams shouldA.learn to control his dreamsB.consult a doctorC.sleep and dream on itD.get rid of anxiety first5 .The author most probably thinks that controlling dreams isA.a good practice8 .a new discoveryC.helpful

12、for everyoneD.not essential for everyone参考答案及解析1 .D词义理解题。在第1段第4句中，逗号后面的regulating moods是对emotional thermostat的功能进行解释说明， 因此可以 推断出选项D正确。2 .C事实细节题。最具干扰的是选项A,因为其陈述与第2段第2句的陈述有点相似，但是，此长句说的是大多数人上半夜 做噩梦，之后都会做好梦，而不是像选项A中所说大多数噩梦之后是好梦。而且，根据本段第1句，很明显，选项 C是这一句的近义替换。3 C推理判断题。本题考查对代词的理解。 在第3段的最后 一句中，代词it应指上文说到的控制噩梦，及时醒来等做法，因此只有选项C涉及了其中一个做法。选项 A太泛了，选项B和 D在文中并无提及。4 .B事实细节题。本题考查根据构词法猜测词义