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 made up your mind to pay attention and always have been told that daydreaming is a waste of time.

    "On the contrary, "says L.Giambra, an expert in psychology, "daydreaming is quite necessary.Without it, the mind couldn't get done all the thinking it has to do during a normal day.You can' t possibly do all your thinking with a conscious(有意识)mind.Instead, your unconscious mind is working out problems all the time.Daydreaming then may be one way that the unconscious and conscious states of mind have silent dialogues."

    Early experts in psychology paid no attention to the importance of daydreams or even considered them harmful.At one time daydreaming was thought to be a cause of some mental illnesses.They did not have a better understanding of daydreams until the late 1980s.Eric Klinger, a professor of psychology, is the writer of the book Daydreaming.Klinger 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.Day- dreams really are a window on the things we fear and the things we long for in life."

Daydreams are usually very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams, which may be hard to understand.It's easier to gain a deep understanding of your life by paying close attention to your day- dreams than by trying to examine your sleep dreams carefully.Daydreams help you recognize the difficult situations in your life and find out a possible way of dealing with them.

Daydreams cannot be predicated (预料).They move off in unexpected directions which may be creative( 创造性的 )and full of ideas.For many famous artists and scientists, daydreams were and are a main source of creative energy.

1. The writer of this passage considers daydreams  

    A. hard to understand                       B. important and helpful

    C. harmful and unimportant                   D. the same as sleep dreams

2. The writer quoted( 引用 )L.Giambra and Eric Klinger to __________.

    A. point out the wrong ideas of early experts         B. list two different ideas

    C. support his own idea                             D. report the latest research on daydreams

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

    A. An unconscious mind can work all the problems out.

    B. Daydreaming can give artists and scientists ideas for creation.

    C. Professor Eric Klinger has a better idea than L.Giambra.

    D. Early experts didn't understand what daydreams were.

4. What is the main difference between daydreams and sleep dreams?

    A. People have daydreams and sleep dreams at different times.

    B. Daydreams are the result of unconscious mind while sleep dreams are that of conscious mind.

    C. Daydreams are more harmful.

D. Daydreams are more helpful in solving problems.

A recent survey of teachers found that an unhealthy passion with celebrity(名人)culture is having a negative impact on British students’ studies and it discovered that celebrity couple, the Beckhams, are the favorites among most students. Many students are ignoring building their own careers to seek a chance at fame instead, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) survey found.

Almost two-thirds of teachers said sports stars were the type of celebrity many pupils wanted to follow while more than half of students wanted to be pop stars.

The survey said the celebrities that students aspired to mostly were David and Victoria Beckham who live in Los Angeles now. Soccer player Beckham is on the top of the survey while in second place, with almost a third of the survey’s votes, was his 33-year-old pop star wife.

Almost half of the 300 teachers surveyed said pupils tried to look like or behave like the celebrities they most admired, with some girls even dressing “unsuitably”.

 “We are not surprised about the influence of celebrity culture in schools —it reflects the current media passion with celebrities and the effect of celebrity culture on society as a whole,” ATL general secretary Mary Bousted said in a statement.

“Celebrities can have a positive effect on pupils. They can raise pupils’ aspirations and desires for the future. However, celebrity culture can spread the idea that celebrity status is the greatest achievement and reinforce the belief that other career choices are not as valuable,” said one primary school teacher. “Too many of the pupils believe that school success is unnecessary, because they will be able to get fame and fortune quite easily through a reality TV show.”

1.According to the survey,Victoria Beckham ______.

A.is a pop star most students admire

B.goes in the second place of the celebrities admired

C.won two-thirds of the votes

D.lives in New York now

2.Why does the author mention that pupils tried to look like or behave like the celebrities they most admired, with some girls even dressing “unsuitably”?

A.The pupils think it interesting to pretend to be the celebrities.

B.The behavior or the dress of celebrities can be followed as examples.

C.The author wants to show the negative influence these celebrities had on the students.

D.The author just wants to show being pop stars is very valuable to the students.

3.What is NOT TRUE according to the story?

A.Celebrities can’t have positive impact on the students.

B.Beckham and Victoria are husband and wife.

C.The so-called celebrity culture does harm to the pupils’ ideas about achievement.

D.Many students believe that school success is unnecessary.

4.The best title of the story is ______.

A.Sports Star David Beckham  

B.Survey of Students about Celebrities

C.Harmful Effect of Celebrities on Students

D.Better to Be Pop Stars than Sports Stars

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