Have you ever been in a meeting while someone was making a speech and realized suddenly that your 36 was a million miles away? You probably felt 37 and made up your mind to pay attention and never daydream again. Most of us, from earliest school 38 , have been told that daydreaming is a waste of time.
“ On the contrary, ” says L. Giambra, an expert in psychology, “ daydreaming is quite 39. Without it, the mind couldn’t get done all the 40 it has to do during a normal day. You can’t possibly do all your thinking with a conscious mind. 41 , your unconscious mind is working out problems all the time. Daydreaming then may be one 42 in which the unconscious and conscious 43 of mind have silent dialogue.”
Early experts in psychology paid no attention to the importance of 44 or even considered them harmful. At one time daydreaming was thought to be a cause of some mental 45 . They did not have a better understanding of daydreams 46 the late 1980s. Eric Klinger, a professor of psychology, is the writer of the book Daydreaming. Klinger says, “ We 47 now that daydreaming is one of the main ways that we 48 our lives, learn from our experiences, and plan for our future. ” Daydreams are really a reflection（反映）on the things we 49 or the things we long for in life.
Daydreams are usually very simple and 50 , quite unlike sleep dreams, which may be 51 to understand. It’s easier to gain a 52 understanding of your life by paying close attention to your daydreams than by trying to examine your sleep dreams carefully. Daydreams help one 53 the difficult situations in life and find out a possible way for dealing with them.
Daydreams cannot be predicted（预知）. They move off in 54 directions, which may be creative and full of useful ideas. For many famous artists and scientists, daydreams were, and are a main source of creative energy.
So next time you catch 55 daydreaming, don’t stop. Just pay attention to your dreams. They may be more important than you think.
36. A. business B. feeling C. mind D. family
37. A. hurried B. worried C. lonely D. sorry
38. A. days B. ages C. lessons D. times
39. A. normal B. ordinary C. necessary D. possible
40. A. controlling B. imagining C. thinking D. working
41. A. Gradually B. However C. Actually D. Of course
42. A. place B. result C. effect D. way
43. A. states B. example C. shape D. level
44. A. research B. daydreams C. dialogue D. minds
45. A. weakness B. power C. illness D. fault
46. A. at B. until C. after D. before
47. A. suppose B. conclude C. know D. think
48. A. learn B. organize C. expect D. determine
49. A. think B. want C. wish D. fear
50. A. direct B. sudden C. long D. clear
51. A .slow B. indirect C. familiar D. hard
52. A. happy B. deep C. simple D. satisfying
53. A. experience B. defeat C. recognize D. take
54. A. usual B. strange C. scientific D. unexpected
55. A. anybody B. yourself C. one D. somebody
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第二节：完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
36. 答案为C。mind在此处的意思是“精力、注意力”。
37. 答案为D。feel sorry在这里表示“后悔、悔恨”，也就是说，听讲座时突然发现自己在走神，会感到悔恨。
38. 答案为A。days在此处意思为“…的时代”，指某人一生中的某段时期。选项D的干扰性最强，但times指时代时，表示某段历史时期，如Shake speare’s times 等。
39. 答案C。根据下文提示Without it（daydream）, the mind couldn’t get done all the thinking it has to do…，说明daydreaming是很有必要的。
40. 答案C。根据下文信息You can’t possibly do all your thinking with a conscious mind.得知此处的意思为“思考”。
41. 答案C。上文提到“清楚的思路并不能解决所有的问题”，根据上下文逻辑，下文的意思应为“事实上，人的潜意识一直处于思考、解决问题的状态中”。
42. 答案D。此处的意思为“幻想是一种意识和潜意识合作的方式”。
43. 答案为A。意思是“大脑的意识和潜意识状态”。
44. 答案B。上文提到了幻想的必要性，根据行文逻辑，此处的意思是“心理学家曾忽视幻想的重要性，甚至认为幻想是有害的”。
45. 答案C。意思是幻想曾经被认为是精神疾病的根源，与上文提到的幻想有害相吻合。
46. 答案B。意思为他们直到二十世纪八十年代后期，才对幻想有了比较深入的了解。
47. 答案C。上文提到的二十世纪八十年代后期对幻想有了比较深入的了解，暗示此处的意思应为“知道”
48. 答案B。根据本句中的learn from our experiences（吸取过去的经验、教训）, and plan for our future（筹划未来）此处的意思为“组织、安排生活”。
49. 答案D。此处的意思是“幻想是我们担忧的事情或期待的事情的真实反映。
50. 答案A。此处意思是“幻想既简单又直接”，与睡梦的朦胧、难以捕捉形成对比，符合行文逻辑。
51. 答案D。
52. 答案B。上文提到幻想能反映我们在现实生活中真实的期待，因此研究我们的幻想比研究我们的睡梦更容易帮助我们了解自己的人生。
53. 答案C。首先要认清困难所在，才可能有下文提到的“找到解决问题的办法”。
54. 答案D。根据本段第一句话，“幻想是不可预见的”，可推断此处选择D项，来突出幻想的这一特征。
55. 答案B。
