Question

認真閱讀下面短文，并在表格內(nèi)的空白處填上一個合適的單詞，注意：每空一詞。

The average human experiences a lot of dreams while they sleep at night. But what exactly do they mean? The following explanations deal with four most common dreams and some of the possible meanings behind them, according to experts. Please note that, while certainly interesting, dream analysis is a highly subjective(主觀的) field of study.

         Dreams about being chased (追逐)

         Dreaming about being chased generally means you may be avoiding a person or something painful, annoying or fearful.

         It could be a reminder that trying to avoid the problem could lead to more such dreams. Most people dream about being chased at one point or another. It’s both common and natural.

         Dreams about death

         According to Jeffrey Sumber, a psychotherapist (精神治療師) and author, dreams about death often indicate “the ending of something, whether that’s a job or a relationship”. He suggests a dream about death can also indicate attempts to remove anxiety or anger. These dreams don’t suggest a person will actually die, he explains.

         There are no tricks when it comes to avoiding such dreams. The only way is to do our inner work and make peace with it.

         People who have dreams about death tend to be those who are entering an uncertain period in their life. It could be a life-changing event that creates anxiety and fear of the unknown.

         Dreams about falling

         Dreaming about falling can have a physiological basis, according to Cathleen O’ Connor, Ph. D. As the body goes deep into sleep and the nervous system begins to be quiet, blood pressure and heart rate drop and this change can cause a falling dream.

         O’Connor says that dreaming about falling is the mind’s way of warning the dreamer of a situation in his or her waking life where they feel out of control.

         “If dreams of falling bring feelings of fear, you should realize that the goal is not to avoid them but rather to work with those dreams in your waking state and deal with the fear so you can regain your balance,” O’ Connor says.

         Dreams about celebrities (名人)

         “Celebrities carry some kind of message that’s associated with personal achievements or lack,” says Shelley Smith, founding director of the Yoga Health & Therapy Center. “A person dreaming about a celebrity is looking for inspiration … or some characteristic that is associated with that celebrity.

         “That’s one of the features of dream images, and they are not under our control,” Smith says. “Your experience while you’re sleeping is coming from a place that’s totally unconscious (無意識的).”

         “There is no one group that we can say has this particular dream more than another,” she says, “The image is energetic and specific to what the person’s need is. For example, accomplishment, health, and rising to the top --- whatever is associated with that celebrity.

Title	Four common dreams and why we have them
Introduction	Experts think that dreams may have possible meanings behind them, the analysis of which is1. _______ but subjective.
Dreams	Meanings	2._______ to deal with such dreams
About being3. _______after	Maybe you’re trying to4._______someone or something that is painful, annoying or fearful.	5.______ the problem bravely and realize that such dreams are natural and common.
About being dead	● You will6.______ what you are experiencing, such as a job or a relationship. ● Your anxiety or fear from a life- changing event will be7._____from your life.	Do the inner work and make peace with it.
About falling	● It may result from the8.______ of the nervous system. ● You find something out of control.	Work with such dreams when you are  awake and 9._______ the fear.
About celebrities	Maybe you are looking for something you want to achieve or 10._______.	Let them alone, because they come out of unconsciousness.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.interesting

2.How/Ways    

3.run

4.avoid

5.Face

6.end

7.removed

8.change

9.handle

10.lack

【解析】

試題分析：文章主要解釋了一些夢的含義。每個人都會做夢，但是它們有什么寓意呢？文章接著介紹了夢到被追趕、夢到死亡、夢到摔倒、夢到名人這四個夢，以及它們背后的寓意。

1.根據(jù)第一段最后一句“Please note that, while certainly interesting, dream analysis is a highly subjective(主觀的) field of study.”可知，對夢的解析既有趣又客觀，故填interesting。

2.根據(jù)“It’s both common and natural...The only way is to do our inner work and make peace with it.”可知，文章在介紹了一個夢之后，接著介紹應(yīng)對的方法，how to do sth如何做某事；ways to do sth做某事的方法，故填How/Ways。

3.根據(jù)“Dreams about being chased (追逐)”可知，第一個夢是“夢到被人追趕”，run after追趕，故填run。

4.根據(jù)“...generally means you may be avoiding a person or something painful, annoying or fearful”可知，夢到被追趕通常意味著你正在試圖避開某人或一些痛苦、恐懼的事情。故填avoid。

5.根據(jù)“It could be a reminder that trying to avoid the problem could lead to more such dreams. Most people dream about being chased at one point or another. It’s both common and natural.”可知，夢到被追趕是在提醒一個人，他正在努力逃避一些問題，大多數(shù)人都會有類似的夢，這很正常，也很自然。因此，應(yīng)該勇敢面對，故填Face。

6.根據(jù)“the ending of something, whether that’s a job or a relationship”可知，夢到死亡是某事的結(jié)束，不管是工作還是關(guān)系，故填end。

7.根據(jù)“He suggests a dream about death can also indicate attempts to remove anxiety or anger.”可知，夢到死亡預(yù)示著試圖消除焦慮或生氣。故填removed。

8.根據(jù)“As the body goes deep into sleep and the nervous system begins to be quiet, blood pressure and heart rate drop and this change can cause a falling dream.”可知，進入深度睡眠以后，神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)開始變得安靜，血壓和心率開始下降，這些改變會導(dǎo)致一個下落的夢，故填change。

9.根據(jù)“work with those dreams in your waking state and deal with the fear so you can regain your balance”可知，應(yīng)該在清醒狀態(tài)下解決這些夢，處理恐懼，deal with處理，相當于handle，故填handle。

10.根據(jù)“Celebrities carry some kind of message that’s associated with personal achievements or lack”可知，夢到名人所表達的信息是個人成就或缺失，故填lack。

考點：自然科學(xué)類短文閱讀