Dreams are expressions of thoughts,feelings and events that pass through our mind while we are sleeping.Everybody dreams.But only some people remember their dreams.Our dreams often include all the senses-smells,sounds,sights,tastes and things we touch.We dream in colour.Sometimes we dream the same dream over and over again.These repeated dreams are often unpleasant.They may even be nightmares-bad dreams that frighten us.
Early in the twentieth century,two famous scientists developed their personal ideas about dreams.Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud published a book called “The Interpretation(诠释)of Dreams” in l 900.Freud believed people often dream about things they want but can’t have.These dreams often have something to do with sex and aggression(侵犯).Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung worked closely with Freud for several years, but he believed dreams could help people grow and understand themselves.He believed dreams provide solutions(解答)to problems we face when we are awake.He didn’t believe dreams hide our feelings about sex or aggression.Today we know more about the science of dreaming because researchers can take pictures of people’s brains while they are sleeping.
Other researchers are studying how dreaming helps our bodies work with problems and very sad emotions(感情).Robert Stickgold is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard University in Massachusetts.Doctor Stickgold says that when we dream,the brain is trying to make sense of the world.He does not agree with Sigmund Freud that dreaming is the way we express our hidden feelings and desires(愿望).
Scientists believe it is important to keep researching dreams.Doctor Stickgold says it has been more than one hundred years since Sigmund Freud published his important book about dreaming:Yet there is still no agreement on exactly how the brain works when we are dreaming or why we dream.According to the passage,dreams _________.
A.are remembered by everyone |
B.express all that we think in our mind |
C.include few senses and things we touch |
D.are sometimes nightmares that repeat and frighten us |
A book on dreaming was published by ________.
A.Sigmund Freud | B.Robert Stickgold |
C.Carl Jung | D.the writer |
In the passage,all the psychiatrists ________.
A.believe dreams can help people understand all the problems that they face |
B.think dreams always hide someone’s feelings about sex or aggression |
C.study dreams and dreaming and have their own ideas |
D.have the same idea that people often dream about the things they want |
From the passage,we know that _______.
A.Jung thought that dreams provide solutions to problems we face when we are sleeping |
B.Freud developed the idea that dreams are expressions of people’s hidden feelings |
C.scientists have known quite well why we dream because they can take pictures of our brains |
D.other researchers have discovered how dreaming helps our bodies work with problems and very sad emotions |
Which would be the best title(标题)for the passage?
A.The Explanations of Dreams. |
B.The Ways of Dreams. |
C.The Solutions to Dreams. |
D.The Mystery(奥秘)of Dreams and Dreaming. |
[1]I'm a 34﹣year﹣old man, married, lived in a nice house, and have a successful career. But my life was not always so great. I had a learning disability from an early age. I went to a special school where I got plenty of extra(额外的) help. Still, I suffered(遭受) the rest of my school days in public schools.
[2] My life improved greatly when I discovered art. The art world gave me a chance to express myself without words. I went to a workshop and gradually became good at making things with clay. Here I learned my first important lesson: disabled as I was in language, I could still be smart and well express myself with clay. And my confidence(自信)came along.
[3]I got my next lesson from rock climbing. It was a fun thing but I was scared from the start. (3)I soon noticed it wasn't a talent thing:it needed lots of practice. So I did it more. After about five years of climbing, I found myself in Yosemite Valley on a big wall. I learned that if you fall in love with something and do it all the time, you will get better at it.
[4] Later I decided to learn(4)① to read and write. I practiced reading and (4)② , which l used to avoid as much as possible. After two years, I was literate(有文化的).
[5]Through the long process with art, (4)③ . and reading and writing. now I've got to a point in my life: I am smart enough to dive into(潜入) an area that is totally unknown, hard, but interesting.
(1)What made the writer's school days difficult? (No more than 5 words)
(2)Why did art give the writer confidence?(No more than 11 words)
(3)Translate the underlined sentence in the third paragraph into Chinese.
(4)Fill in the blanks in the last two paragraphs with proper words.
① ② ③
(5)What have you learned from the passage? (No more than 20 words)
Some scientists say that animals in the ocean are increasingly threatened(威胁)by noise pollution caused by human beings. The noise that influences sea animals comes from a number of human activities. It is caused mainly by industrial underwater explosions(爆炸), ocean drilling, and ship engines. Such noises are added to natural sounds. These sounds include the breaking of ice fields, underwater earthquakes, and sounds made by animals themselves.
Decibels(分贝) measured(测量) in water are different from those measured on land. A noise of one hundred and twenty decibels on land causes pain to human ears. In water, a decibel level of one hundred and ninety﹣ five would have the same effect(效果).
Some scientists have planned to set a noise limit(限度)of one hundred and twenty decibels in oceans. They have found that noises at that level can frighten and confuse whales(鲸鱼).
A team of American and Canadian scientists discovered that louder noises can seriously hurt some animals. The research team found that powerful underwater explosions were causing whales in the area to lose their hearing. This seriously affected the whale's ability to exchange information and find their way. Some of the whales even died. The explosions had caused their ears to bleed.
Many researchers whose work depends on ocean sounds disagree to a limit of one hundred and twenty decibels. They say such a limit would mean an end to important industrial and scientific research. Scientists do not know how much and what kinds of noises are harmful to ocean animals. However, many scientists think that noise is a greater danger than they believed.It's time for them to take action to help ocean animals.
(1)Which of the following is not caused by human beings?
A. The noise of industrial underwater explosions.
B. The noise of ocean drilling.
C. The sound of underwater earthquakes.
D. The noise of ship engines.
(2)What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?
A. The same noise measures differently on land and in the ocean.
B. Different places may have different types of noises.
C. The noises can cause humans to lose hearing.
D. There are different kinds of natural sounds in the ocean.
(3)Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Powerful underwater explosions aren't harmful to whales' ears.
B. Many researchers are against the noise limit of 120 decibels.
C. Noises cannot cause whales' death.
D. The noise limit of 120 decibels would hardly influence the industrial research.
(4)According to the passage ,we can infer that scientists will probably
A. work hard to cut down natural sounds
B. stop industrial and scientific research in oceans
C. try their best to make no noise
D. protect ocean animals from harmful noises
A photo of a boy who arrived at school with a head full of icicles(冰柱) has drawn widespread attention to children from poor rural families.
Wearing only a thin jacket, Wang Fuman, 10, had braved ﹣9℃ weather to travel over an hour from his village home to reach Zhuanshanbao Primary School in Zhaotong, Yunnan province. "After walking more than 4 kilometers through the freezing snow, he arrived with his hair and eyebrows completely frozen, causing laughter among his 16 classmates, "said Fu Heng, the school's principal, who uploaded(上传) Wang's photos on Monday morning. Fu added that his classrooms do not have heating because of a lack of money.
After hearing Wang's story, the Yunnan China Youth Development Foundation offered a public donation(捐赠) for children from poor families on Tuesday. It has promised to give each needy child 500 yuan($75)to help them stay warm in winter. By 1: 00 p.m. on Wednesday, the provincial foundation had collected over 300,000 yuan in public donations according to their websites.
Wang, who has been nicknamed" Snowflake Boy"(冰花男孩) by netizens(网友), became well﹣known online. By Wednesday morning, his picture had been "liked" more than 260,000 times on Sina Weibo. "Many children in cities don't have the strong willpower of this boy. I hope all his efforts will be rewarded(回报). " a netizen wrote on Sina Weibo.
The name Fuman translates as "full of happiness", but Wang does not come from a rich family.He lives in a mud hut(土坯房)with his grandmother and elder sister, and seldom sees his parents because they are migrant workers in other cities.
"I love school. We can have bread and milk for lunch, and we lean lots of things in class." Wang said. His village now has electricity and tap water, "and my family is getting help to build a new house close to the school", he said. "I think our life will get better."
(1)Why did Wang's classmates laugh when he came in?
A. Because they thought Wang was poor.
B. Because they wanted to laugh at him.
C. Because he appeared with a head full of icicles.
D. Because Wang was late for class again.
(2)What did the netizens do according to the passage?
A. They took photos of Wang Fuman and uploaded them in time.
B. They expressed their support and admiration.
C. They promised to give each needy child 500 yuan.
D. They helped Wang return to school.
(3)The underlined phrase "a lack of money" can be replaced by" ".
A. being short of money
B. losing money
C. plenty of money
D. saving money
(4)What can we know from the passage?
A. The Yunnan China Youth Development Foundation offered a public donation for Wang Fuman on Tuesday.
B. Wang's village doesn't have electricity and tap water now.
C. Wang loves school just because he can have bread and milk for lunch.
D. The children got help quickly because of social love and convenient Internet.
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(1)If you want to find a place to sing karaoke, you can go to .
A. Sports Club
B. Lost Horizon
C. Gourmet
D. Brauhaus
(2)According to the passage, Gourmet is a place where you can .
A. do many different sports
B. visit during the daytime
C. buy something to eat
D. buy anything you want
(3)Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. You can enjoy real German beers and meals in Brauhaus.
B. Sports Club opens from 2:00 p. m. to 9:30 p.m..
C. Lost Horizon is on Ground Level of West Wing Building.
D. You can stay in Brauhaus from morning till night.
If you are given only 1 yuan, could you live in a city for one day? It seems this may be a little difficult. But students from Xi'an did it.
On April 10, more than 60 students from a middle school of Xi'an took part in the One Yuan Metropolis Survival. Students not only have to live, but also have to deal with a lot of hard tasks in this charitable(慈善的) activity. It has happened in eight cities and is going to four others , including Beijing , in May.
To make money. many students looked for part﹣time jobs and experience how hard life was. Zhang Qiyue, 14, asked more than 10 restaurants for a job and finally got one chance."We were upset when they said no. But gradually, we got used to it ," he said. After being a waiter for an hour. he got 25 yuan.
Some made use of their talents by singing and dancing in parks or shopping malls. Many people who walked by took notice and helped them. Zhao Jiacheng, 14, drew pictures and made paper crafts(手工). "This showed it's important to learn a special skill," he said.
Living was hard, but finishing the tasks wasn't any easier. They went to different places to finish tasks in a short time. The most amazing one was when they had to exchange things worth thousands of yuan with only a piece of paper in half an hour."We learned how to explain to others, From a balloon to a cake to a bottle of yogurt…after almost 20 tries, we succeed," he said. They will give all of the money they made to poor schools in Tibet.
(1)The students should in this activity.
A. be given enough money
B. complete some easy tasks
C. live and finish difficult tasks
D. give away their pocket money(零用钱)
(2)To make money, students tried many things EXCEPT .
A. going to Beijing for work
B. doing part﹣time job
C. giving talent shows
D. drawing and making paper crafts
(3)What did the students learn from this activity?
a. Living was hard.
b. It was much easier to finish the tasks than living.
c. It was important to learn a special skill.
d. Success came from many tries.
A. abc
B. abd
C. bcd
D. acd
(4)What's the main purpose of this activity?
A. To let students from different cities communicate with each other.
B. To teach students how to make money.
C. To develop students' living skills and social responsibility.
D. To make students realize the importance of learning a special skill.