Question

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 never have daydreaming again. Most of us, from earliest school days, 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 mind. Instead, your unconscious mind is working out problems all the time. Daydreaming 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 illness. 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 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 daydreams than by trying to examine your sleep dreams carefully. Daydreams help you recognize 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 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 L. Giambra and Eric Klinges to ________.

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

   C. support his own ideas                              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 creations.

   C. Professor Eric Klinges has a better idea than L. Gimabra.

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

4. Experts now believe that ________.

   A. daydreams cause some mental illness

   B. daydreams are not easy to control and direct

   C. the more daydreams you have, the more you’ll achieve.

   D. people fear as long for daydreams

5. What is the 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 easy to understand.

   D. Daydreams are more helpful in solving problems.

Answer 1

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