【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 her scientific research. D. Take some legislative measures. 中國最大的資料庫下載 中國最大的資料庫下載 30. The author associates the issue of global warming with that of smoking because A. they both suffered from the government39。s negligence. B. a lesson from the latter is applicable to the former. C. the oute of the latter aggravates the former. D. both of them have turned from bad to worse. Text 3 Of all the ponents of a good night39。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 disguised shadows of our unconscious desires and rears, by the late 1970s. neurologists had switched to thinking of them as just “ mental noise” the random byproducts of the neuralrepair work that goes on during sleep. Now researchers suspect that dreams are part of the mind39。s emotional thermostat, regulating moods while the brain is “ offline” 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, “ It39。s your dream” says Rosalind Cartwright, chair of psychology at Chicago39。s Medical Center. “ If you don39。t like it , change it.” Evidence from brain imaging supports this view. The brain is as active during REM (rapid eye movement) sleepwhen most vivid dreams occuras it is when fully awake, says Dr, 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, and those feelings can stay with us all day” says Stanford sleep researcher Dr, William Dement. 中國最大的資料庫下載 中國最大的資料庫下載 And this process need not be left to the unconscious. Cartwright 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 learn to, literally, do it in their sleep. At the end of the day, there39。s probably little reason to pay attention to our dreams at all unless they keep us from sleeping of “ we wake u in a panic,” Cartwright says Terrorism, economic uncertainties and general feelings of insecurity have increased people39。s 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. Sleepor rather dreamon it and you39。ll feel better in the morning. 31. Researchers have e to believe that dreams A. can be modified in their courses. B. are susceptible to emotional changes. C. reflect our innermost desires and fears. D. are a random oute of neural repairs. 32. By referring to the limbic system, the author intends to show A. its function in our dreams. B. the mechanism of REM sleep. C. the relation of dreams to emotions. D. its difference from the prefrontal cortex. 33. The negative feelings generated during the day tend to 中國最大的資料庫下載 中國最大的資料庫下載 A. 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. seems to suggest that A. waking up in time is essential to the ridding of bad dreams. B. visualizing bad dreams helps bring them under con troll. 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 had dreams? A. lead your life as usual. B. Seek professional help. C. Exercise conscious control. D. Avoid anxiety in the daytime. Text 4 American no longer expect public figures, whether in speech or in writing, to mand the English language with skill and gift. Nor do they aspire to such mand themselves. In his latest book, Doing Our Own Thing. The Degradation of language and Music and why we should like, care, John McWhorter, a linguist and controversialist of mixed liberal and conservative views, sees the triumph of 1960s 中國最大的資料庫下載 中國最大的資料庫下載 counterculture as responsible for the decline of formal English. But the cult of the authentic and the personal, “ doing our own thing” , has spelt the death of formal speech, writing, poetry and music. While even the modestly educated sought an elevated tone when they put pen to paper before the 1960s, even the most well regarded writing since then has sought to capture spoken English on the page. Equally, in poetry, the highly personal, performative genre is the only form that could claim real liveliness. In both oral and written English, talking is triumphing over speaking, spontaneity over craft. Illustrated with an entertaining array of examples from both high and low culture, the trend that Mr. McWhorter documents is unmistakable. But it is less clear, to