【正文】 ciated with emotion go into overdrive, especially while dreaming, while the areas that are responsible for logic (邏輯)are switched off. This not only explains why dreams are unbelievably randomyou can be talking to a colleague one minute and the next minute sitting in your old school classroom dressed in your nightclothes173。but also explains how the brain can put together different information.（1）In what way are the mind at night and the mind during the day different? A.The ways to receive information.B.The ways to provide information.C.The ways to process information.D.The ways to exchange information.（2）According to Russell Foster, what may bring out creativity? A.Information put together in normal ways.B.Information put together in unusual ways.C.Information stored in a biological theatre.D.Information stored in the mind.（3）Which can replace go into overdrive, underlined in the last paragraph? A.Start being active.B.Return to normal.C.Stop working.D.Perform badly.（4）What can be a suitable title for the text? A.The Creative Power of the BrainB.Great Works from SleepC.Never Believe Your Sleeping MindsD.Sleep Can Bring Creative Ideas【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）A（4）D 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，討論了睡眠的重要性:睡眠可以帶來一些創(chuàng)造性的想法。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“ the mind at night puts together bits of information in creative ways. Throughout the day your brain rarely gets a chance to stop and think”在晚上大腦以創(chuàng)新的方式把信息組合在一起,。白天,你的大腦很少有機會停下來思考，可知在白天和晚上,大腦處理信息的方式是不同的,在晚上,大腦處理信息更有創(chuàng)造性。故選C。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第五段中的“Sleep seems to allow your mind to make nonobvious connections”睡眠似乎允許你的大腦做出一些不明顯的連接）,以及“This is the basis of creativityconnecting ideas”這是創(chuàng)造性連接想法的基礎(chǔ)，可知以不同尋常的方式組合在一起的信息會帶來創(chuàng)新。故選B。 （3）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)最后一段中的“but also explains how the brain can put together different information.,”尤其根據(jù)與之對比的while the areas that are responsible for logic(邏輯)are switched off,可得知與情感相聯(lián)系的大腦區(qū)域在睡眠的時候開始活躍起來。故選A。 （4）考查主旨大意。通覽全文可知本文討論了睡眠 的重要性:睡眠可以帶來一些創(chuàng)造性的想法。本文首段用事例提示該主題,然后結(jié)合實驗證明圍繞該主題進行闡述。故選D。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，詞義猜測，推理判斷和主旨大意四個題型的考查，是一篇健康類閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。9．閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出最佳選項。 Midafternoon on a particularly busy Tuesday, I took leave of my desk at work and walked into a local Starbucks, only to find a space where neither my clients (客戶) nor my children would ask me to do something. Inside, I ran into Kate, a coworker of mine. The topic of parenthood came up. I plained about how packed my schedule was. From the minute I woke up to the minute I fell asleep, I was constantly in demand and always had someone knocking at the door. But a bit of sadness seemed to e over Kate39。s face. Well, my daughter39。s in San Francisco and she doesn39。t seem to need me at all these days. Kate said. It was in that moment that I realized although I might often feel in high demand, there will e a day when I39。ll actually miss that same stress I now plain about. And as our conversation continued, it turned to our children39。s younger years, with Kate smiling proudly, thinking of the little boy and girl she raised who are now a man and a woman. But I noticed her smile was marked with regret. She explained that she often wondered about what she could have done differently when her children were in their earlier years. This got me thinking Is regret an unfortunate footnote (注腳) to parenthood? With that in mind, I asked six older parents one question: What is your biggest regret from your early days as a parent? It turned out that all of them thought they could have done it better. But, each of them also has a strong, healthy relationship with their kids. Whatever regrets their parents might have had about their upbringing, one thing is clear—it didn39。t affect them in a meaningful way. The bottom line is, we all feel like we could be doing this parenting thing better, And quite clearly, years later, we39。re still going to look back and wish we tried things differently. But the past can39。t be changed, and neither should it.（1）What can be inferred from the first three paragraphs? A.Kate had the same problem as the author39。s.B.The two people had arranged to meet in the coffee shop.C.Kate went to the coffee shop so no one could find her there.D.The author went to the coffee shop to escape from the pressures around him.（2）Why did Kate feel sad and regretful? A.Because she and her daughter had a fight.B.Because she hadn39。t paid enough attention to her kids.C.Because she was disappointed with her kids39。 performance.D.Because she thought that she could have done better in raising her kids.（3）What did the author find when he spoke to six older parents? A.Some of the parents have a bad relationship with their kids.B.He was moved by the love of these parents for their children.C.These parents improved their behavior after their kids grew up.D.None of the parents were pletely satisfied with the way they raised their kids.（4）What should parents do according to the last paragraph? A.Give more love to their kids.B.Let your children grow up with freedom.C.Cherish the present time and do one39。s best to be a parent.D.Never stop learning how to be a good parent from others.【答案】 （1）D（2）D（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，敘述了每一對父母對于早期撫養(yǎng)孩子都有遺憾，認為自己本來可以做的更好。但作者認為過去不能改變，重要的是珍惜當下，盡力做好父母。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)前三段可知，作者在一個特別繁忙的周二下午，想在一個沒有孩子也沒有客戶的地方休息一下，在那兒遇到了同事，作者向同事抱怨忙碌的生活。由此可知，作者是為了逃避工作生活和工作中的壓力，才到咖啡店的。分析選頂可知D項符合意，故選D。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的But I noticed her smile was marked with regret. She explained that she often wondered about what she could have done differently when her children were in their earlier years.；第五段中的What is your biggest regret from your early days as a parent?” 以及第六段中的“It turned out that all of them thought they could have done it better.可知，我看到凱特臉上的遺憾，是因為她認為她可以在撫養(yǎng)孩子方面做得更好。故選D。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第五段中的“With that in mind, I asked six older parents one question: What is your biggest regret from your early days as a parent?以及第六段It turned out that all of them thought they cou