Question

【题目】根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。

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 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 are different.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.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】E

【3】D

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

试题分析：

【1】解析:根据下句“However,they have been valued as necessary to a person’s health and happiness.”可知,这些梦也被认为是关乎人们健康与快乐的必要事物。根据这里的however,说明前面一句的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】解析:根据第三段的“The second theory to become popular was Carl Jung’s...”可知,此处应该是第一点,故E项符合上下文。

【3】解析:根据下句“Thus,people who think too highly of themselves may dream about falling...”可知,D项“梦境弥补了在现实生活中所缺少的东西”符合上下文。

【4】解析:根据下句“Until they reach age five...”可知,这里叙述的是关于孩子的话题。故 C 项符合上下文。

【5】解析: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.”可知,我们不要把梦境当成真的事情,故B项符合上下文。