All our dreams have something to do with our feelings, fears, longings, wishes, needs and memories. But something on the “outside” may affect what we ___1___. If a person is hungry or tired or cold, his dream may include a feeling of this kind. If the ___2___ on your body has slipped off your bed, you may dream that you are ___3___ or resting on the ice and snow. The material for the dream you will ___4___ tonight is probably to come from the experiences you have today.

___5___ the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has an effect on you ___6___ you are sleeping (feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.) and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and interests you have now. This is why very young ___7___ are likely to dream of fairies(仙女), older children of school examinations, ___8___ people of food, homesick soldiers of their families and prisoners of freedom.

To show you how that is ___9___ while you are asleep and how your wishes or needs can all be joined together in a dream, ___10___ is the story of an experiment. A man was asleep and the back of his ___11___ was rubbed ___12___ a piece of cotton. He would dream that he ___13___ in a hospital and his girlfriend was visiting him, ___14___ on the bed and feeling gently his hand!

There are some scientists who have made a special ___15___ of why we dream, what we dream and what those dreams ___16___. Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone, but it ___17___ an interesting approach(方法) to the problem. They believe that dreams are ___18___ expressions of wishes that didn’t ___19___. In other words, a dream is a way of having your wishes ___20___ out.

1. A. long B. dream C. think D. wish

2. A. blanket B. book C. shoe D. trousers

3. A. working B. running C. sleeping D. studying

4. A. have B. meet C. see D. think

5. A. But B. For C. Because D. So

6. A. before B. while C. after D. during

7. A. children B. fathers C. drivers D. gentlemen

8. A. happy B. sad C. hungry D. old

9. A. taking B. happening C. dreaming D. carrying

10. A. that B. it C. here D. this

11. A. leg B. head C. body D. hand

12. A. in B. of C. with D. off

13. A. left B. lived C. gave D. was

14. A. waiting B. sitting C. smiling D. speaking

15. A. study B. watch C. sleep D. way

16. A. stand B. do C. form D. mean

17. A. makes B. offers C. finds D. demands

18. A. any B. almost C. mostly D. hardly

19. A. get B. arrive C. come true D. believe in

20. A. carried B. taken C. kept D. called

【答案与解析】

1. B。dream作动词“做梦”之意。上句讲梦与人的情绪等内部因素有关，此句则讲外部因素对做梦的影响。

2. A。blanket“毯子”。睡觉时毯子掉到地上了，身体会感到冷，做梦时，就会梦见自己睡在冰或雪上。

3. C。由 blanket 以及 resting 可推知答案为C。

4. A。have“具有”。此句表示：晚上你做梦具有的素材可能来自你白天的经历。

5. D。上下文具有因果关系，故填so。

6. B。while“当…时候”。

7. A。young children与后面的older children相对应。

8. C。从不同的人可能会梦见不同的东西(事情)可知：饥饿的人们就会梦见食物。

9. B。happen“发生”。

10. C。here is…相当于there is…表示“(存在)有”。

11. D。选hand与后面的feeling gently his hand相对应。

12. C。使用什么工具做某事用with。

13. D。was in a hospital表示住在医院里治病。若选lived则表示“he”住在(生活在)医院，显然与下文不合。

14. B。探视病人者一般坐在病床边，故选sitting。

15. A。make a special study“进行专门的研究”。

16. D。mean“意味着”，此句意为：这些梦意味着什么。

17. B。offer“提供”，表示他们的解释提供了对做梦问题的一种有趣的研究方法，可供尝试。若选find则表示他们找到了对此问题的解决方法，与文意不符。

18. C。mostly“大部分、多半”。

19. C。come true 指希望或理想等变为现实。科学家们认为梦多半是未成现实的愿望的表达方式。

20. A。carry out“实现”。梦是让你的愿望实现的一种方式。