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【題目】For hundreds of years, people have been wondering about the strange places that they seem to visit in their sleep.【1】However, they have been valued as necessary to a person’s health and happiness. Historically people thought dreams contained messages from God. It was only in the twentieth century that people started to study dreams scientifically believing that they tell about a person's character.【2】He believed that dreams allow a person to express fantasies or fears, which would be socially unacceptable in real life.

The second theory to become popular was Carl Jung's compensation theory. Jung, a former student of Freud, said that the purpose of a dream is not to hide something, but rather to communicate it to the dreamer.【3】Thus, people who think too highly of themselves may dream about falling; those who think too little of themselves dream of being heroes.

Using more recent research, William Domhoff from the University of California found that dreaming is a mental skill that needs time to develop in humans. 【4】Until they reach age five, they cannot express very well what their dreams are about. Once people become adults, there is little or no change in their dreams. The dreams of men and women differ. For instance, the characters that appear in the dreams of men are often other men, and often involve physical aggression.

The meaning of dreams continues to be difficult to understand.【5】If you dream that a loved one is going to die, do not panic. The dream may have meaning, but it does not mean that your loved one is going to die.

A. Dreams make up for what is lacking in waking life.

B. However, people should not take their dreams as reality.

C. They have been considered as meaningless nighttime journeys.

D. It gives scientists chances to better understand human mind.

E. Children do not dream as much as adults.

F. They think their mind is trying to tell them something.

G. First, there was Sigmund Freud’s theory.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】G

【3】A

【4】E

【5】B

【解析】試題分析：本文分析了人們的夢境的真實性以及很多人對猛的看法和觀點。

【1】C 根據(jù)下句However, they have been valued as necessary to a person's health and happiness.然而這些夢也被認為是人們健康的必要事物。根據(jù)這里的however轉(zhuǎn)折說明前面一句內(nèi)容應(yīng)該是人們也許會認為夢是沒有意義的事情，故C項符合上下文。

【2】G 根據(jù)隔一行的The second theory to become popular was Carl Jung's c可知應(yīng)該是第一點，故G項符合上下文。

【3】A 根據(jù)下句hus, people who think too highly of themselves may dream about falling;對自己有很高評價的人在夢境里也許會遭遇失敗。說明A項夢境彌補了在現(xiàn)實生活中所缺少的東西。故A正確。

【4】E 根據(jù)下句Until they reach age five,直到五歲，說明這里敘述的是孩子的話題。故E項符合上下文。

【5】B 根據(jù)下句If you dream that a loved one is going to die, do not panic. The dream may have meaning, but it does not mean that your loved one is going to die.說明我們不要把夢境當成真的事情，故B下符合上下文。