题目内容

6、Are you   1   that you will miss about one-third of this coming year? You will “miss” it by   2  . Researchers tell us that the   3   person sleeps about one-third of each year – or one-third of a   4  .

But the experts also tell us that something important   5   when we sleep –we   6 . Apparently all people dream, even if they don’t   7   dreaming. And over the next twelve months, most of us will have about a thousand dreams.   8   is important. But   9    important those are “dreams” we have for our   10   -- those plans, hopes and goals we will draw up   11   our relationships, our spiritual growth, self-improvement, our   12  health and our world. The dreams, or wishes, we have for our lives are just as   13   as dreaming while we sleep.

Dr Norman Vincent Peale used to tell of a 79-year-old woman who was   14   by a hit and-run driver. She was expected to   15   from her injuries. When he visited, he found her   16   in plaster from her hips to her heels. He   17   around the room, full of mementos（纪念品）of a lifetime. He saw a paisley shawl（披肩），a child’s drawing of a horse (lavender) and shelves of much loved, much-thumbed books.

One shelf was a row of brand new books—the only new items in the room. They looked as if they had never been   18  . Dr Peale asked her if she cared for poetry. Her   19   was a beautiful tribute （证明，标示）to hope and dreams, “I love poetry, but I haven’t read those yet.” Her face   20   up. “I’m saving them for my old age.”

She did, too. She lived to read those books many times. When she finally died at 91, she was planning a trip to Europe.

1．A．aware                   B．sure                    C．glad                    D．ready

2．A．living                    B．playing                C．sleeping               D．working

3．A．usual                    B．average               C．common             D．ordinary

2,4,6

4．A．year                      B．month                 C．period                 D．lifetime

5．A．goes                     B．happens               C．comes                 D．takes

6．A．play                      B．work                   C．dream                 D．speak

7．A．forget                   B．say                     C．remember            D．want

8．A．Working                B．Dreaming            C．Playing                D．Living

9．A．equally                  B．specially              C．quite                   D．possibly

10．A．work                  B．lives                    C．programs            D．purpose

11．A．including             B．resulting              C．concerning          D．according

12．A．mental                 B．normal                C．spiritual               D．physical

13．A．necessary            B．important             C．possible               D．good

14．A．hit                      B．struck                 C．attacked              D．fought

15．A．survive                B．live                     C．die                      D．pass

16．A．slept                   B．wrapped              C．lay                      D．stood

17．A．walked                B．examined             C．checked              D．glanced

18．A．read                    B．touched               C．moved                D．arranged

19．A．answer                B．word                   C．speech                D．response

20．A．made                 B．lit                        C．woke                 D．set