单选题 Of all the     28    of a good night's sleep, dreams seem to be least within our control. In dreams, a window opens into a world where logic is suspended and dead people speak. A century ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory that dreams were the     29    shadows of our unconscious desires and fears; by the late 1970s, neurologists had     30    to thinking of them as just 'mental noise'—the random byproducts of the neural-repair work that goes on during sleep. Now researchers suspect that dreams are part of the mind's emotional thermostat,     31    moods while the brain is 'off-line'. And one leading authority says that these     32    powerful mental events can be not only harnessed but actually brought under conscious control, to help us sleep and feel better, 'It's your dream,' says Rosalind Cartwright, chair of     33    at Chicago's Medical Centre. 'If you don't like it, change it.'
    The     34    between dreams and emotions show up among the patients in Cartwright's clinic. Most people seem to have more bad dreams early in the night, progressing toward happier ones before     35    , suggesting that they are working through     36    feelings generated during the day. Because our conscious mind is     37    with daily life we don't always think about the emotional significance of the day's events—until, it appears, we begin to dream.
    A. intensely      B. psychology    C. link          D. disguised
    E. unconscious    F. positive      G. recurring      H. nightmares
    I. components    J. occupied      K. regulating    L. negative
    M. awakening      N. persistent    O. switched
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【正确答案】I
【答案解析】首先,of all...后肯定加名词的复数形式,选项中只有nightmares和components符合。其次,此句表达在“睡一个好觉的所有因素中”,因此,正确答案是I。H项nightmares表示梦魇,与“好觉”意义冲突,是干扰项。
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【正确答案】D
【答案解析】后为名词,此空应为形容词。此句意为“梦是伪装的影子”,disguised表示“伪装的”。因此,正确答案是D。
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【正确答案】O
【答案解析】此处是“switch to”结构,意为“转换至”。神经学家转变了想法,认为梦不过是“精神噪音”。因此,正确答案是O。
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【正确答案】K
【答案解析】联系上下文,此句意为“梦可以调节情绪”,regulate即“调节”的意思。并且这里的动词表示伴随状语,需要用动词ing形式,因此,正确答案是K。
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【正确答案】A
【答案解析】此空后面是形容词,所以此空应为副词,选项A为副词,且表示“强烈地”,与原文意思相符。因此,正确答案是A。
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【正确答案】B
【答案解析】此处出现一人名,是医疗中心的主任,需要填哪一科室。文章一直讲述梦境与情感,且出现弗洛伊德,可知这里应选心理学psychology,因此,正确答案为B。
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【正确答案】C
【答案解析】文章此处要表达的意思是梦境与情绪之间的联系在一些患者身上体现出来。link表示“相互之间的联系”。因此,正确答案是C。
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【正确答案】M
【答案解析】联系上下文,可知此处表示在清醒之前,awaken表示“清醒”,并且before后动词需用ing形式,因此,正确答案是M。
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【正确答案】L
【答案解析】后紧接名词,此空应为形容词,且形容感受,选项positive与negative符合条件。其次,联系上文,梦境由坏变好,表示开始时是负面情绪,转而变成积极,即白天累积的负面情绪在渐渐化解。因此,正确答案是L。
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【正确答案】J
【答案解析】此处是“be occupied with”结构,意为“被占据”。此句意为“我们的意识被日常生活所占据”。因此,正碗答案是J。