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Dreams are expressions of thoughts, feelings andevents that pass through our mind while we are sleeping. Everybody dreams. Butonly some people remember their dreams. Our dreams often include all the senses(感觉)—smells, sounds,sights, tastes and things we touch. We dream in colour. Sometimes we dream thesame dream over and over again. These repeated（重复的）dreams are often unpleasant. They may even be nightmares—bad dreams thatfrighten us.

     Early in the twentiethcentury, two famous scientists developed their personal ideas about dreams.Austrian psychiatrist(心里学家) Sigmund Freud published a book called “The Interpretation(诠释) of Dreams” in 1900. Freud believed people often dream about thingsthey want but can’t have. These dreams often have something to do with sex andaggression(侵犯). Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung workedclosely with Freud for several years, but he believed dreams could help peoplegrow and understand themselves. He believed dreams provide solutions(解答) to problems we face when we are awake. He didn’t believe dreamshide our feelings about sex or aggression. Today we know more about the scienceof dreaming because researchers can take pictures of people’s brains while theyare sleeping.

     Other researchers arestudying how dreaming helps our bodies work with problems and very sademotions(感情). RobertStickgold is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard University in Massachusetts.Doctor Stickgold says that when we dream, the brain is trying to make sense ofthe world. He does not agree with Sigmund Freud that dreaming is the way weexpress our hidden feelings and desires(愿望).

     Scientists believe it isimportant to keep researching dreams. Doctor Stickgold says it has been morethan one hundred years since Sigmund Freud published his important book aboutdreaming. Yet there is still no agreement on exactly how the brain works whenwe are dreaming or why we dream.

1.Dreams_________. 

A. are remembered by everyone

B. express all that we think in our mind

C. include few senses and things we touch

D. are sometimes nightmares(恶梦) that repeat and frighten us

2. A bookon dreaming was published by _________.

A. Sigmund Freud     B. RobertStickgold    C. Carl Jung   D. the writer

3. In thepassage, all the psychiatrists _________.

A. believe dreams can help people understand all theproblems that they face

B. think dreams always hide someone’s feelings about sexor aggression

C. study dream and dreaming and have their own ideas

D. have the same idea that people often dream about thethings they want

4. Fromthe passage, we know that _________.

A. Jung thought that dreams provide solutions toproblems we face when we are sleeping

B. Freud developed the idea that dreams are expressionsof people’s hidden feelings

C. scientists have known quite well why we dream becausethey can take pictures of our brains

D. other researchers have discovered how dreaming helpsour bodies work with problems and very sad emotions

5.Whichwould be the best title(标题)for the passage?

A. The Explanations ofDreams         B. The Ways of Dreams

C. The Solutions toDreams            D. The Mystery(奥秘) ofDreams and Dreaming

试题答案

【答案】

1.D2.A3.C4.B5.D

【解析】略