Daydreaming is a healthy and natural act of the human psyche, according to American Health magazine. It is at its peak from noon to 2 pm, when body temperature is at its highest.
The phenomenon also reveals a great deal about us. Some people use their fantasies to help them make decisions, while others “escape” to enhance their sense of well-being and creativity, says Pam L. Blondin, a clinical social worker and director of programs and services at the Child and Family Service of Sagisaw County, Michigan.
“Daydreaming can be an escape that feels good in the midst of a hectic day”, Blondin explained. “It’s a good stress reducer at the desk. Getting away from it all for a while, so to speak, isn’t something that is going to hurt anyone. Sometimes it helps people tap into creativity that is not always conscious.”
Daydreaming helps people cope with a wide range of problems, partly providing insight into our emotional needs, as well as unmet needs and goals, experts say. By some estimates, approximately half our waking thoughts consist of daydreams and fantasies.
“Daydreaming keeps our personal agendas in front of us”, says psychologist Eric Klinger. Daydreaming plays an important role in organizing our lives, he says. “We can actually learn something by paying attention to the whimsical interludes that occasionally interrupt our more structured thought.”
Active, imaginative lives are vital to children’s development, American Health reports. Most children start fantasizing between the ages of 2 and 5. “Children struggle to understand life’s complexities, from jet planes to the TV images flashed into their living rooms,” says Yale University psychologist Jerome L. Singer. He believes that make-believe helps youngsters break down elements to a level they can understand. “Unless a child’s daydreaming is interfering with progress in school or hampering his/her social skills, there is no need to discourage it,” Singer says.
1. Daydreaming does all of the following except _____.
2. What is the word “hectic” (Line 1, Para. 3) most likely to mean?
3. Children may start to daydream as early as they are _____ years old.
4. It can be inferred that _____.
5. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
问题1选项
A.helping people make decisions
B.reducing stress
C.making people think unrealistically
D.improving people’s creativity
问题2选项
A.Bad.
B.Imaginative.
C.Extraordinary.
D.Busy.
问题3选项
A.2
B.3
C.4
D.5
问题4选项
A.daydreaming is most active at noon
B.daydreaming helps people realize what they needs want to meet
C.daydreaming helps us forget our agendas
D.we’d better prevent children from daydreaming
问题5选项
A.Daydreaming is most active when our body temperature is at its highest.
B.Daydreams are consistent with our structured thoughts.
C.Children’s daydreaming should not be discouraged unless it results in problems.
D.There are different definitions of daydreaming.
第1题:C
第2题:D
第3题:A
第4题:B
第5题:B
第1题:
【选项释义】
Daydreaming does all of the following except _____. 白日梦能做到以下所有事情，除了_____。
A. helping people make decisions A. 帮助人们做决定
B. reducing stress B. 减轻压力
C. making people think unrealistically C. 让人们不切实际地思考
D. improving people’s creativity D. 提高人们的创造力
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据题干定位到原文第二段第二句“一些人利用幻想帮助自己做出决定（make decisions），而其他人则‘逃避’以增强幸福感和创造力（sense of well-being and creativity）”，以及第三段第二句“它可以很好地减轻办公桌上的压力（good stress reducer）”由此可知，白日梦不能做到的事情是选项C。
【干扰项排除】
A、B、D选项属于反向干扰。
第2题:
【选项释义】
What is the word “hectic” (Line 1, Para. 3) most likely to mean? “hectic”（第3段第一行）这个词最有可能是什么意思？
A. Bad. A. 不好的。
B. Imaginative. B. 想象的，创新的。
C. Extraordinary. C. 异乎寻常的。
D. Busy. D. 忙的。
【考查点】词义推测题。
【解题思路】根据题干定位到原文第三段第一句“白日做梦可以是一种逃避，这种逃避在……一天中感觉是很好的”，结合语境可知，该词的意思是“忙碌的”，选项D正确。
【干扰项排除】
A、B、C选项不符合词义，属于曲解原文。
第3题:
【选项释义】
Children may start to daydream as early as they are _____ years old. 孩子们可能在_____岁的时候就开始做白日梦。
A. 2 A. 2
B. 3 B. 3
C. 4 C. 4
D. 5 D. 5
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据题干定位到原文最后一段第二句“大多数孩子在2岁到5岁之间开始幻想”，由此可知，2岁的时候可能就开始做白日梦了，选项A正确。
【干扰项排除】
B、C、D选项不符合原文，属于曲解原文。
第4题:
【选项释义】
It can be inferred that _____. 可以推断_____。
A. daydreaming is most active at noon A. 白日做梦在中午最活跃
B. daydreaming helps people realize what needs they want to meet B. 做梦帮助人们意识到他们想要满足什么需求
C. daydreaming helps us forget our agendas C. 白日做梦有助于我们忘记自己的议程
D. we’d better prevent children from daydreaming D. 我们最好不要让孩子做白日梦
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据题干定位到原文第四段第一句“部分原因是可以洞察我们的情感需求（emotional needs），以及未满足的需求和目标（unmet needs and goals）”，由此可知选项B符合原文。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“白日做梦在中午最活跃”，与原文第一段最后一句“中午至下午2点是最高峰，此时体温最高”不符，属于曲解原文；
C选项“白日做梦有助于我们忘记自己的议程”，与原文倒数第二段第一句“白日梦将我们的个人议程摆在我们面前”不符，属于曲解原文；
D选项“我们最好不要让孩子做白日梦”，与原文最后一段最后一句提到“没有必要阻止它”不符，属于曲解原文。
第5题:
【选项释义】
Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage? 根据文章，下列哪个陈述是不正确的？
A. Daydreaming is most active when our body temperature is at its highest. A. 当我们的体温最高时，白日做梦最活跃。
B. Daydreams are consistent with our structured thoughts. B. 白日梦与我们结构化的思想是一致的。
C. Children’s daydreaming should not be discouraged unless it results in problems. C. 孩子们的白日梦不应该被劝阻，除非它导致问题。
D. There are different definitions of daydreaming. D. 白日梦有不同的定义。
【考查点】推理判断题。
【解题思路】根据题干定位到原文第五段最后一句“我们实际上可以通过关注偶尔打断我们结构化思维（structured thought）的异想天开的插曲（whimsical interludes）来学到一些东西”，这里的“异想天开的插曲”其实就是白日梦，由此可知，白日梦与结构化思维是不一致的，选项B说法错误。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“当我们的体温最高时，白日做梦最活跃”，符合原文第一段最后一句“中午至下午2点是最高峰，此时体温最高”，所以该选项表述符合原文，属于反向干扰；
C选项“孩子们的白日梦不应该被劝阻，除非它导致问题”，符合原文最后一段最后一句“除非一个孩子的白日梦妨碍了他/她在学校的进步或妨碍了他/她的社交技能，否则没有必要阻止它”，所以该选项属于反向干扰；
D选项“白日梦有不同的定义”，符合原文三四五段对白日梦的定义，该选项属于反向干扰。
