homｅ anｄ wｒotｅ a ｓhort ｓtory, 1１ I had alwayｓ ｄreaｍed of doing ｂut nevｅr 12 I could dｏ.”
13 the rest oｆ ｔｈat ｙear in schoｏl, hｅ wrote maｎy ｓhort storｉes anｄ alwayｓ broｕght tｈeｍ to Mrｓ. Bｒauch for 14 . “Ｓhe waｓ encouraｇｉｎg， ｈelpｆuｌ and hｏneｓt． Sｈe wａs just what I needed,” Ｄａlkoff sａiｄ．
Latｅｒ he was 15 ａs a co-editor oｆ hｉｓ hｉgh-schoｏl ｎewspａper. Hiｓ 16 greｗ； ｈis knｏwleｄgｅ ｂｒoａdeneｄ; he１7 ｏn a succesｓfuｌ ｌiｆe with ｇrｅat achievemｅnts. Dａlkｏff １8 that ｎｏnｅ of tｈis wｏuld hａve haｄ happｅneｄ if that woｍan had not wｒｉtｔｅn ｔｈoｓe fｏur ｗordｓ．
Ｆor ｈis 30th high-ｓｃhｏol reunion, Ｄalkoff wｅnｔ baｃk and viｓｉted Ｍrｓ． Braucｈ, ｗho had rｅtired. Ｈe told her what ｇｒeaｔ 19 tｈe four ｗords had ｈad upon hｉs liｆe ａnd because shｅ ｈａｄ givｅｎ him the ｃｏnｆidence to be a writｅｒ， ｈe had been ａble to 20 that confiｄｅncｅ on to the woman ｗｈｏ wｏuld ｂecome his ｗife, ｗho bｅｃaｍe ａ wｒiter herselｆ. １. A． mｕch ?B． ｌittle?? C． ｗell ?D. ilｌ ２． A. rｅpoｒter Ｂ. deｓｉgner? C. wｒiter D． teａcｈeｒ
3. Ａ. slow???B. independｅnt ?C． troublｅsｏme ?Ｄ． ｈeｌpless ４. A. follｏｗ? Ｂ. ｃhａｎgｅ? ? Ｃ． cｏnｎect ??D． explaiｎ 5． A. pleasant ? B． ｉmｐortant?? Ｃ． difｆerent D. ｓpeciaｌ 6. Ａ. hｅlｐ ??B. encｏｕrageｍeｎt? C. graｄe? ??Ｄ. words
7． Ａ. Therefｏｒe? Ｂ. Hｏwevｅｒ?? C. Mｅａnwｈile ? D. Ｂesidｅs
８. A． imprｏved??B. devｅloped ??Ｃ. cｈanｇeｄ? Ｄ. eｎrｉchｅｄ
9. A. Until?? Ｂ. After? C. Siｎｃe? ?D. While 1０. Ａ． cｈapter? Ｂ． noｖel? ? C． ｎoｔｅ ? ?D． ｅxplａnatｉｏn
11． A． everytｈｉng ?B. something ?C. ｎothing? Ｄ. ａnytｈinｇ
12. A. ｍｅanｔ? ?B. doｕbteｄ ? C. ｐroved ? ?D. ｂelieved 1３． A. With?? B． Ｂｅyｏnd C. Ｏveｒ??? D. Ｆrom 1４. A. ａppreciaｔiｏn? B． chａnging? ?Ｃ. informａtion D. instruｃtioｎ
15. A. ｃhoｓen?? B. rｅgaｒdｅd???C. consideｒｅd ?D． treaｔed
１6. A. ｅｘciｔemenｔ ?B． cｏnfｉdｅｎce ? C. dｅterｍinａtiｏn ?Ｄ.
experiｅnce
１7. Ａ． ｋepｔ ｕp B． ｃａught uｐ???C． ｓtａrtｅd oｆｆ D. ｓhｏwed off
18. A. ｒealizｅd?? B． wisｈｅd?? Ｃ. expeｃteｄ D. dreamed 19. Ａ. prｏgresｓ B． suｃｃeｓｓ ?Ｃ. ｃourage ??D. ｅfｆect 20. A． ｈｏld? Ｂ． ｂrinｇ ? ?C． ｐass ? D． carry ＶI．Rｅadｉｎｇ coｍprｅhenｓiｏn． (16')
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Ｈaｖe you eｖer been ｉｎ a meｅtｉｎg ｗｈilｅ someonｅ wａs making a speech ａｎd realｉzed suddeｎly that your mｉｎd ｗａｓ a mｉllｉｏn miles awａy? You probａblｙ felｔ soｒｒｙ anｄ made up yｏｕr miｎd to pａy attｅntioｎ aｎｄ nevｅr haｖe daｙdreａming again. Most of uｓ, from earliｅst ｓchoｏｌ days, haｖe ｂeeｎ tｏld that daydrｅaming iｓ a wａste of ｔｉme．
“Ｏn ｔhｅ ｃontrary,” sａｙs L． Gｉambｒa, ａｎ ｅｘpｅrｔ ｉn ｐsychoｌoｇy, “dayｄreaｍinｇ iｓ ｑuiｔe ｎeｃessary． Wｉthout it, the ｍind ｃoulｄn’t gｅt donｅ all ｔhｅ thｉnking it hａs ｔo do duｒiｎg ａ nｏｒmaｌ day---． You can’t ｐossibｌy do aｌl youｒ ｔhinｋing ｗｉth a conｓｃious ｍind. Instｅad， ｙｏur unconsｃｉous miｎd iｓ ｗｏrking ouｔ ｐroblｅms aｌｌ ｔhe time． Ｄaydreamｉnｇ may be ｏne way tｈａｔ ｔhｅ uncｏｎscious aｎd conｓciｏus sｔatｅs oｆ ｍiｎd haｖｅ sｉlｅnt dialogues.”
Early ｅxperｔｓ iｎ ｐsｙｃhology paiｄ nｏ aｔｔenｔion to the ｉmpｏrｔaｎce of ｄaydreams oｒ ｅｖｅn cｏnsiｄｅred theｍ ｈarmfｕl. Aｔ ｏne tｉme daｙｄreaming waｓ thｏught to ｂe a cauｓe of somｅ mental illness. They did noｔ ｈave ａ betｔer undeｒstandｉng of ｄaydｒeａms unｔil thｅ ｌaｔe 1９80s． Erｉc Kｌingｅs, a profeｓsor, is the ｗriｔeｒ of the book Daydrｅａmiｎg. Ｋlｉnｇes saｙs, “We ｋｎoｗ ｎow that dａydｒeaｍiｎg iｓ ｏne ｏf thｅ ｍａin ways ｔhat we oｒganize ｏur lives, learｎ from ouｒ ｅxｐeｒieｎｃeｓ, anｄ plａn for ｏur fuｔureｓ---. Dａydreams reallｙ arｅ a ｗiｎdｏw on ｔhe ｔhiｎgｓ we fｅar and the ｔhingｓ we ｌｏnｇ for in ｌｉfe.”
Dayｄreams are uｓualｌy ｖｅｒy siｍplｅ and direct， qｕite unlｉke sleep dreaｍｓ, wｈiｃｈ mａy be harｄ tｏ unｄerstaｎd. It’s eａsｉer ｔo gain a deｅp uｎdeｒｓtaｎｄing ｏｆ your life by ｐaｙiｎg cｌｏse aｔtenｔiｏn to yｏｕｒ dａyｄreamｓ thaｎ by ｔrying to exaｍｉｎe ｙour ｓｌeep dreamｓ caｒeｆully. Daydreａms heｌp yｏｕ recognize ｔhe dｉfficult
situaｔions in yoｕr lifｅ aｎd fouｎｄ ouｔ a poｓsiｂｌe way of dｅａｌing with tｈem.
Dayｄrｅaｍs cannoｔ be predｉctｅｄ: theｙ ｍｏve off ｉｎ unexpeｃｔed 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．
1． The wｒiter of tｈis pａssａｇe considers dayｄrｅａms _______＿__. A． ｈard to ｕｎｄersｔaｎd ?B. imｐortanｔ aｎd helpfuｌ C. hａrｍfｕl ａnｄ unｉmｐortaｎt ?? D． the same ａs slｅｅｐ dreａms
２. Tｈe writｅｒ quoted(引用） L. Gｉａmbｒａ aｎd Eric Kｌｉnges to ＿_＿＿____.
Ａ. poiｎｔ ｏｕt ｔhｅ ｗｒｏnｇ iｄeas of eaｒly ｅｘperts?B． liｓt ouｔ two difｆｅｒeｎt idｅas
C. ｓuppoｒt his ｏｗn ideaｓ???? D. ｒｅpoｒｔ the latｅst resｅarｃh on daｙdｒｅams
3． Whaｔ ｉs the ｄifｆｅrence ｂeｔween daydrｅams and sleep dreams? A. Pｅｏｐｌｅ have ｄaydｒｅams aｎd ｓleeｐ dreamｓ at diffeｒent times．
B. Daydrｅａｍs are thｅ rｅｓuｌt of uｎcｏｎscious miｎd wｈile sleｅｐ dreams ａrｅ that of conｓcious ｍiｎd. C． Daｙdreaｍs arｅ easy to ｕｎdeｒｓtanｄ.
D. Daydｒeaｍs ａｒe ｍore ｈelpful ｉn solving probｌeｍｓ. 4． Whiｃh of tｈe ｆollowｉng is tｒｕe?
A. An ｕnconsｃｉous ｍinｄ cａn ｗｏrｋ ａll tｈe pｒobｌｅｍs ouｔ.
B． Daｙdｒeaming caｎ give artists and scientisｔs ｉdeas for crｅatiｏnｓ．
C． Ｐroｆessor Ｅｒiｃ Kliｎｇｅs ｈas a beｔter ｉdea than Ｌ． Giｍabra.
D. Ｅaｒly ｅｘpｅｒｔｓ didｎ’ｔ ｕnderｓｔaｎd whａt daydｒeａmｓ were．
B
Pｅts ｉn wｏrｋplaｃe plｅaｓe worｋeｒs maｙ ｒｅｄｕce sｔress Maｎy eｍployees arｅ iｎ faｖｏr of having pets in tｈｅir woｒkｐlａce aｎd believe thｅy ｈｅlp reduce stress ａｎd iｍprove their hｅaｌtｈ, ａ ｒecent sｔudy ｓuｇgests.
“The response was ｐositivｅ,” Dｒ． Mereｄith Weｌlｓ ｔold Reｕters
ｈeaｌtｈ. “Ｐeｏpｌｅ tｈoｕght ｐets reducｅd streｓs, ａnd ｉｍprｏveｄ jｏb satisｆactiｏｎ.”
Otｈer ｓtudｉｅs ｈａve foｕｎd thａｔ pｅｔs ｃａｎ redｕce stresｓ and bｌoｏd prｅssure ｌｅvels for chｉｌｄｒen， ｏld ａdults, and ｓｉck pａｔients, “buｔ few sｔudies havｅ eｘaｍiｎeｄ thｅ efｆect of peｔs in the worｋｐｌａce,” Wells sａid.
Eｍｐloｙees repoｒted thａt petｓ ｉｎ wｏｒｋplaｃe arｅ good for businｅss.
Noｔ ｅvｅrｙｏｎｅ ｗaｓ eｎtｉrely entｈusiａsｔic. Soｍe ｄrawbacks repｏrteｄ were ｎoｉse fｒom bａrｋing, hair oｎ the flｏor. Tｈere waｓ alsｏ sｏmｅ conｃeｒn tｈat cusｔomeｒs may ｂe afrａiｄ ｏf thｅ anｉｍａl．
However, thｅsｅ rｅsponｓes were ｉｎ ｔｈe minoritｙ(少数）. “Wｈen we ａsｋeｄ what were tｈe dｒaｗbaｃks, the mｏｓt common resｐｏnｓe ｗａｓ， “There arｅn’ｔ any，” Wｅlｌｓ sａｉd.
Welｌs saiｄ she woｕld ｅncourａｇe coｍｐanies to experｉｍeｎt with a pet police. “I woulｄ cautioｕsly recｏmｍend it ｔo peｏple, sａyｉｎｇ ｔｈｅy woulｄ give it a trｙ，” ｓhe said. “Ｈowevｅr, it may not be ｖｅｒy gｏod for evｅry cｏmpａny.”
5. Ｉt seemed that __＿_＿_ wｅrｅ in faｖor oｆ hａｖinｇ pｅts in tｈeir workplaｃe．
A． alｌ of the eｍplｏyees?????B. quitｅ a ｆew oｆ ｔｈe eｍplｏyees C． verｙ feｗ of the eｍpｌoyeeｓ????D. onlｙ a ｆｅw of tｈe ｅmployeｅs
6． It is ｗrong ｔo say ｔhat pｅtｓ ｗｉll helｐ ____＿_____.
A. to reduｃe job satｉsｆactｉon ???Ｂ. to improｖe one’s heaｌｔh
C. ｔo rｅdｕce ｂlｏoｄ preｓsure ???D. ｔo reduｃｅ oｎｅ’s sｔress
7． Not everyｏｎe was entirｅｌy ｅntｈusiasｔic. That means __＿_____. A. ｓoｍe peopｌe didｎ’ｔ likｅ the iｄea???B. not everyone fulｌy undeｒsｔoｏｄ tｈe iｄea
C. maｎｙ peｏpｌe ｗeｒe not in ｆａｖｏｒ of the idｅａ?Ｄ. vｅrｙ few peｏpｌｅ likeｄ thｅ ｉｄｅａ
8. Whｉch ｏf tｈe ｆollowｉｎg word hａs the ｓａmｅ ｍeａnｉng as “ｄrawbaｃk”？
Ａ. mistａkｅ ??B． wrｏｎg? ??Ｃ. ｆault ? ?D. ｐroblem VIＩ.书面表达 （满分２0分)
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牛津英语模块6第一单元词组中英对照
