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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 decided to pay attention and never have daydreaming again. Most of us have been told from earliest school days that daydreaming is a waste of time. I don’t think so.
L. Giambra, a psychologist, says, “Daydreaming isn’t a waste of time. On the contrary , daydreaming is quite necessary. Without it, the mind couldn’t do all the thinking that it has to do during a normal day. You can’t possibly do all your thinking with a conscious(神志清醒的)mind. Instead, your unconscious mind is working out problems all the time. Daydreaming may be one way that the unconscious and conscious states(状态)of mind have silent conversations .”
Early psychologists paid no attention to the importance of daydreams or even thought they were harmful(有害的). At one time people thought that some psychological illness caused daydreaming. They did not have a better understanding of daydreams until the late 1980s. Eric Klinges, a professor, is the writer of the book Daydreaming. Klinges 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 that we are afraid and the things we long for (渴望) in life.”
Daydreams are usually very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams. Sleep dreams may be hard to understand. It’s easier to get a deep understanding of your life by paying close attention to your daydreams than by trying to examine (分析)your sleep dreams carefully. Daydreams help you know the difficult situations in your life and found out a possible way of dealing with 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(来源) of creative energy.
The passage is mainly about _______ .

A.winter sleeps B.sleep dreams
C.daydreaming D.predictions

The underlined phrase “On the contrary” means _________ in Chinese .

A.总之 B.相反
C.毕竟 D.因此

Psychologists now believe that ________.

A.daydreams cause some psychological illness
B.daydreams are usually difficult to understand
C.daydreams may be creative and full of useful ideas
D.daydreams are usually very simple and can be predicted

The writer quoted (引用) L. Giambra and Eric Klinges to ________.

A.list out two opposite ideas
B.point out the wrong ideas of early experts
C.support his own ideas
D.report the latest research on daydreaming
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One day John came back with a bag. From the bag,John took out a mousetrap and set it. When the mouse saw this, it ran away in fear and decided to run around the farmyard to warn all its animal friends.
First it met the chicken. "There is a mousetrap on the farm!" The mouse said in fear. But the chicken answered peacefully,"There is nothing to do with me. This is a danger for you, not for me." Then the mouse rushed to the pig and the cow to tell them about mousetrap. But they showed no worry about it,either. Sad and depressed,the little mouse returned to the house.
On that night,Molly heard a sound of the mousetrap. She hurried to see what was in it,but because of the darkness,she did not see that it was a poisonous snake,caught in the trap by the tail. Unluckily the snake bit Molly. John rushed her to the hospital. Later, when they returned home,Molly still had a fever. John remembered that chicken soup was good for a fever,so he went to his farmyard to bring the chicken. Molly's sickness continued and many friends came to visit her, the farmer killed the pig so he could treat all the visitors.
Unfortunately, Molly became weaker and weaker and one day she died. Many neighbors, relatives and friends arrived for the funeral . John had to kill the cow to treat all of them.
The mouse watched all that happened with great sadness.
How many animals are mentioned in this passage?

A.3 B.4 C.5 D.6

How did the mouse feel when he found the mousetrap?

A.Afraid B.Excited
C.Sad D.Peaceful.

In what order did the story happen?
a.The mouse went to warn his farm animal friends.
b.John made chicken soup for Molly.
C.Friends came to visit Molly.
d.Molly went to find out what was in the mousetrap.
e.The cow and pig showed no worry for the mousetrap.
A.a-d-e-b-c B.a-e-d-b-c
C.c-b-d-e-a D.c-a-b-d-e
What does the underlined word"funeral"(Paragragh 5)mean in Chinese?

A.聚会 B.田园 C.牛棚 D.葬礼

What can we learn from the story?

A.Don't tell anybody about your own trouble.
B.Sometimes helping others is helping yourself
C.When using a mousetrap,you must be careful.
D.It's better to leave your friends to their own trouble alone.

Want to stay away from colds? ___
Compared to unhappy people, those who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer
from cold, according to a new study. _________, say the researchers from New York University.
"It seems that positive(积极的) feelings may reduce the danger of illness," said the study's
chief researcher Sheldon Cohen.
In an earlier study, Cohen found that people who were cheerful and lively caught coughs
and colds less often. _______
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the interviews, the people told researchers about the happy or sad feelings they had that day.
After the two weeks, the people were given colds by doctors and had to stay alone in a room for
six days.
____
But for people who said they felt happy during theresearchperiod , their illness was less
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Cohen believes that when people experienced positive feelings, their body may produce
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Dr. Adrian North made a study with 256 university students.Half the group took exercise
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Many people hurt their backs when they try to lift heavy things from the floor. It is easy to hurt your back muscle(肌肉) when you try to pick up a heavy thing. However, there is a correct way to lift things from the floor. If you pick up heavy things correctly, you probably will not hurt Your back.
To lift something from the floor correctly, first bend (弯曲) your knees and lower yourself. Keep your back straight. Do not bent over, from your waist (腰) keep your back and hips (臀部) and waist in a line. If you bent over, the muscles in your lower back can became hurt very easily. If you keep your back and hips straight, the muscles are stronger, because they hold up together. The other muscles can then help the lower back muscles.
As you lower yourself, try to get as close to thing as you can, put one knee on each side of the thing. Remember at all times to keep your back straight. Put your hand under the thing that is in front of you, between y our knees.
To lift the thing, you should stand up slowly. Use your leg muscles in order to stand up. In other words, lift with your legs, not with your back.
Which part of your body is more easily to be hurt when you lift heavy things?

A.The leg muscles. B.The back muscles
C.The hips D.The knees

Many people hurt their backs when they lift something because _______.

A.they are not strong
B.the things are very heavy
C.the way to lift the things is not correct.
D.they are very heavy

The muscles are stronger if you _______.

A.keep your back, hips and waist in a line
B.bend over from your waist
C.lower your self
D.get down on your knees

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A.stand up slowly
B.keep your back straight
C.bend your knees
D.put one knee on each side

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