62.What is the best title of this passage?

A.Safety stands out from anything

B.Scenes of post-disaster

C.Emphasis of Architecture

D.Relations between Architecture and Earthquake

C

History is full of cases where dreams have been a pathway to creativity and discovery.A striking example is provided by Dr.Otto Loewi,a pharmacologist and winner of a Nobel Prize.Loewi had spent years studying the chemical transmission of nerve impulses(脉搏).A major breakthrough in his research calile when he dreamed of an experiment three nights in a row.The first two nights he woke up and wrote down the experiment quickly and untidily on paper.But the next morning,he couldn’t tell what the notes meant.On the third night,he got up after having the dream.This time,instead of making notes he went straight to his laboratory and performed the important experiment.Loewi later said that if the experiment had occurred to him while awake he would not have given it another thought.

Loewi’s experiment gives some insight into using dreams to produce creative solutions. Nervous feelings are reduced during dreaming,which may be especially useful in solving problems that require a fresh point of view.

Being able to take advantage of dreams for solving is improved if you “set” yourself before retiring.Before you go to bed,try to think intently about a problem you wish to solve.Bury yourself in the problem by stating it clearly and reviewing all relevant information.Then use the suggestions listed in the previous section to catch your dreams.Although this method is not guaranteed to produce an original solution or a new insight,it is certain to be an adventure. About half of a group of college students using the method for a week recalled a dream that helped them solve a personal problem.

58.The passage is mainly about     

A.some popular American expressions

B.how to be down to earth

C.why to be honest and open

D.how to deal with someone who is down to earth

B

I revisited Beichuan on Mid-Autumn Festival.As the car drove into the ruined city, tears streamed down my cheeks.Giant rocks from the mountain destroyed the road and houses collapsed breaking into bricks and pieces of cement.Beichuan Middle School,which was once filled with energy and laughter, now so unrecognizable,so empty, so quiet,so still,was a death valley.

I couldn’t really imagine at that split second,how much pain they had suffered or how desperate they felt as they waited to be rescued. Those unfortunate ones watched the devil of death march over them.taking them away.I can’t really imagine how heartbroken their parents or beloved ones were.

As I wandered in the ruins.I was lost in deep thoughts.

The day before,we were sitting in the brightly lit classroom,heatedly debating the importance of shapes,colors and styles in architecture,comparing ancient time housing to the modem ones.Their similarities,their differences,their pros and cons...

Now, facing the terrible scene, I realized how childlike we were and how easily we forgot the most important element of architect is SAFETV it is how housing is supposed to be:to shelter us from burning sun and pouring rain,to provide us with a cozy warm place to sleep and relax.Undeniably, the style and shape do play important roles in architecture.But when a natural disaster such as this earthquake came upon us without warning,will beauty stay over anybody’s life? From this trip,we can no doubt give the clear and loud answer:NO!!!

Words after such scale of disaster could appear nothing but empty and pointless.So many people’s lives were taken.so much damage was done and a whole city was wiped out.Beichuan has become a history.Nevertheless,I still keep on dreaming and still long for a better future:to make our homes prettier yet safer.

May victims rest in peace.May survivors live to be stronger.

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