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What is a dream?

For centuries, people have wondered 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. It gives scientists chances to better understand human mind.

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

C. Children do not dream as much as adults.

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

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

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

G. They have been considered as meaningless nighttime journeys.

1.G

2.E

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文分析了人们的梦境的真实性以及很多人对梦的看法和观点。

1.G根据下句However, they have been valued as necessary to a person's health and happiness.然而这些梦也被认为是人们健康的必要事物。根据这里的however转折说明前面一句内容应该是人们也许会认为梦是没有意义的事情，故G项符合上下文。

2.E根据隔一行的The second theory to become popular was Carl Jung's c可知应该是第一点，故E项符合上下文

3.D根据下句hus, people who think too highly of themselves may dream about falling;对自己有很高评价的人在梦境里也许会遭遇失败。说明D项梦境弥补了在现实生活中所缺少的东西

4.C根据下句Until they reach age five,直到五岁，说明这里叙述的是孩子的话题。故 C 项符合上下文

5.B根据下句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.说明我们不要把梦境当成真的事情，故B下符合上下文。

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A. He was an inexperienced rider.

B. He had not practiced enough.

C. He believed he was unpopular with the crowd.

D. He thought his horse wasn’t as good as the others.

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B. Anything is possible if one tries hard enough.

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