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Dreams can be familiar and strange, fantastical or boring, but some dreams might be connected to the mental processes that help us learn. In a recent study, scientists found a connection between nap-time dreams and better memory in people who were learning a new skill.
In the study,99 college students between the ages of 18 and 30 each spent an hour on a compute, trying to get through a virtual maze（迷宮）.The maze was different place each time they tired—making it even more difficult. They were also told to find a particular picture of a tree and remember where it was.
For the first 90 minutes of a five-hour break, half of the participants stayed awake and an half were told to take a short nap .Participants who stayed awake were asked to describe their thoughts. Participants who took a nap were asked about their dreams before sleep and after sleep—and they were awakened within a minute of sleep to describe their dreams.
Stickgold, a neuroscientist（神經科學家）,wanted to know what people were dreaming about when their eyes weren＇t moving during sleep.
Four of the 50 people who slept said their dreams were connected to the maze. Some dreamed about the music that had been playing when they were working ; others said they dreamed about seeing people in the maze. When these four people tried the computer maze again, they were able to find the tree faster than before their naps.
Stickgold suggests the dream itself doesn‘t  help a person learn—it＇s the other way around.He suspects that the dream was caused by the brain processes associated with learning.
All four of the people who dreamed about the task had done poorly the first time, which makes Stickgold wonder if the dreams show up when a person finds a new task particularly difficult. People who had other dreams, or people who didn＇t take a nap, didn＇t show the same improvement.
小題1:Before having a short nap, participants of the experiment were asked to       .
A．stay in a different place in the maze
B．design a virtual maze which is difficult to get through
C．experience the experiment and try to remember something
D．get through a virtual maze on a computer from the same place
小題2:What can we learn from the text?
A．Participants who took a nap were required to express their thoughts.
B．Some dreams may encourage people to invent something new.
C．Participants who dreamed about films could finish the task more easily.
D．Participants whose dreams had something to do with the maze could find the tree faster.
小題3:According to Stickgold,       .
A．every person may dream about what they learned
B．people＇s brain processes may still be connected with their learning in their dreams
C．once people＇s eyes stop moving, they are sure to dream about something
D．no matter how fantastical or boring, dreams are connected with people＇s life
小題4:What is the best title for this text?
A．Dreams Are StrangeB．Not All Dreams Are True
C．Dreaming Makes PerfectD．Stickgold, a Dream Expert

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C

試題分析：這是一項調查研究，目的是分析做夢和學習的關系，結果說明學習成果與人們做夢的內容有關。
小題1:細節(jié)題：較易，題目問：在小睡前，參與調查的人被要求做什么，根據文章第二段的句子：In the study,99 college students between the ages of 18 and 30 each spent an hour on a computer, trying to get through a virtual maze（迷宮）參與調查的人被要求做什么，體驗這個實驗，盡量記住一些事情。所以選C。A項說讓這些人呆在迷宮的不同地方，而實際上這是一個虛擬迷宮。B項意思是讓他們設計一個很難通過的迷宮。而文中介紹他們是參與調查不是設計迷宮的，D項是從同一個地方通過迷宮，這和第二段的句子：The maze was different place each time they tired是不符合的。
小題2:細節(jié)題：較易，題目問：從文章中可以了解到什么？根據文章第五段的句子：When these four people tried the computer maze again, they were able to find the tree faster than before their naps.可知夢和迷宮有關的人會更快找到樹，所以選D。A項是參與者被要求表達他們的想法，而文章中介紹這些人小睡后，是被要求找迷宮里面的樹，BC項文章中都沒有出現。
小題3:細節(jié)題：根據Stickgold,定位到第六段的句子：He suspects that the dream was caused by the brain processes associated with learning.可以知道人們的大腦過程還和夢里面的學習有關。選B。A項是每個人都會做到和學習的東西有關的事情，文章提到是四個人做到和迷宮有關的事情，C項是：一旦人們的眼睛不動了，他們一定在夢到什么，這和第四段的句子：Stickgold, a neuroscientist（神經科學家）,wanted to know what people were dreaming about when their eyes weren＇t moving during sleep.不符，D項是.無論是空想的還是令人厭煩的，夢都和人的生活有聯系，這不是Stickgold,的觀點。
小題4:主旨題：結合全文的內容和第一段的主題句：In a recent study, scientists found a connection between nap-time (午睡時間) dreams and better memory in people who were learning a new skill.可知這篇文章講的是做夢可以提高人們的記憶力，Dreaming Makes Perfect是最合適的標題，而A項是夢是奇怪的，B項是不是所有的夢都是真實的，都和文章沒有關聯，而D項：Stickgold一個做夢的專家，太片面。
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