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1、2014考研英语基础提升真题阅读(35) 2014考研英语怎么复习，基础最重要，现在是基础复习阶段，同学们要对各个模块的知识点要加深学习， 2014考研英语基础提升真题阅读(34)这本书，希望考生下载学习。坚持=成功！2005 Text 3Of all the components of a good nights 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 c
2、entury ago, Freud formulated his revolutionary theory that dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and fears, by the late 1970s. neurologists had switched to thinking of them as just “mental noise” the random byproducts of the neural-repair work that goes on during sleep. Now re
3、searchers suspect that dreams are part of the minds emotional thermostat, regulating moods while the brain is “off-line” And one leading authority says that these intensely powerful mental events can be not only harnessed but actually brought under conscious control, to help us sleep and feel better
4、, “Its your dream” says Rosalind Cartwright, chair of psychology at Chicagos Medical Center. “If you dont like it , change it.”Evidence from brain imaging supports this view. The brain is as active during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep-when most vivid dreams occur-as it is when fully awake, says Dr,
5、 Eric Nofzinger at the University of Pittsburgh. But not all parts of the brain are equally involved, the limbic system (the “emotional brain”)is especially active, while the prefrontal cortex (the center of intellect and reasoning) is relatively quiet. “We wake up from dreams happy of depressed, an
6、d those feelings can stay with us all day” says Stanford sleep researcher Dr, William Dement.The link between dreams and emotions shows up among the patients in Cartwrights clinic. Most people seem to have more bad dreams early in the night, progressing toward happier ones before awakening, suggesti
7、ng that they are working through negative feelings generated during the day. Because our conscious mind is occupied with daily life we dont always think about the emotional significance of the days events-until, it appears, we begin to dream.And this process need not be left to the unconscious. Cart
8、wright believes one can exercise conscious control over recurring bad dreams. As soon as you awaken, identify what is upsetting about the dream. Visualize how you would like it to end instead, the next time is occurs, try to wake up just enough to control its course. With much practice people can le
9、arn to, literally, do it in their sleep.At the end of the day, theres probably little reason to pay attention to our dreams at all unless they keep us from sleeping or “we wake up in a panic,” Cartwright says Terrorism, economic uncertainties and general feelings of insecurity have increased peoples
10、 anxiety. Those suffering from persistent nightmares should seek help from a therapist.For the rest of us; the brain has its ways of working through bad feelings. Sleep-or rather dream-on it and youll feel better in the morning.31. Researchers have come to believe that dreamsA. can be modified in th
11、eir courses.B. are susceptible to emotional changes.C. reflect our innermost desires and fears.D. are a random outcome of neural repairs.32. By referring to the limbic system, the author intends to showA. its function in our dreams.B. the mechanism of REM sleep.C. the relation of dreams to emotions.
12、D. its difference from the prefrontal cortex.33. The negative feelings generated during the day tend toA. aggravate in our unconscious mind. B. develop into happy dreams.C. persist till the time we fall asleep. D. show up in dreams early at night.34.Cartwright seems to suggest thatA. waking up in ti
13、me is essential to the ridding of bad dreams.B. visualizing bad dreams helps bring them under control.C. dreams should be left to their natural progression.D. dreaming may not entirely belong to the unconscious.35. What advice might Cartwright give to those who sometimes have bad dreams?A. lead your
14、 life as usual. B. Seek professional help.C. Exercise conscious control. D. Avoid anxiety in the daytime.31题A 难度0.333 区分度.0.287这是一道细节题。题干问：“研究者观念转变了，认为梦 ”。注意到题干的要求和含义,本题定位在第1段段末。归纳该部分可知研究者现在认为梦是可以控制的。其实全文的第1句就已暗示了这一思想，第4、5自然段都谈论如何控制梦的问题。因此选项A“梦的进程能够加以改变” 正确，是原文话题信息的同义转述。所以这道题重点是理解题目强调的是转变后的观念，而不是转变前
15、的。B选项意为“易受感情变化的影响”。请看原文第一段的这句话：dreams are part of the minds emotional thermostat, regulating moods while the brain is “off-line”。意思是说梦是大脑情感的自动调节器，当大脑下线时调整情感。因此是梦去调节感情，而不是受感情变化影响。所有该选项意思与原文相反，不能入选。选项C意为：“反映我们内心深处的渴望与恐惧”。此句来自原文第一段;dreams were the disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and rears。可以看出，这个是科学家以前的观点，而不是转变后的观点，故排除。选项D意为：“是神经修复的随意产生的结果”。这在原文的第一段中：the random byproducts of the neural-repair work。同样，这也是过去的观点，因此不能入选。32题C 难度0.530 区分度.0.184本题涉及原文的准确理解和选项的仔细推敲。题干问：“谈到大脑的边缘系统，作者是想说明 ”。本题目考察考生的主次辨别能力以及论据与论点的关系。作者在第2自然段段末谈到了大脑的边缘系统，目的是为了说明上下文中出现的“梦与情感的关系问题”，注意“emotions”为整篇文章重要的话题重复
