Question

"Dreams may be more important than sleep. We all need to dream," some scientists say.

Dreams take up about one quarter（四分之一）of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer.

Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They may think about their work all day. These ideas can carry over into dreams.

Too many dreams can be harmful(伤害的).The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep but we still wake up tired.

1.Dreams take up about ______ of our sleeping time.

A. half    B. one third

C. one fourth    D. one fifth

2.It may be less important to sleep than to ______

A. think    B. dream    C. work    D. study

3.Dreams are usually ______.

A. very long    B. in colour

C. about work    D. very sad

4.Why do some people often dream about their work?

A. Because they are tired in the daytime.

B. Because they are not interested in their work.

C. Because may think about their work all day.

D. Because they have too much work to do.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.C

【解析】本文介绍了做梦很重要。做梦占我们睡眠时间的四分之一。但是如果太多的梦可能会有伤害。

1.C

细节理解题。根据Dreams take up about one quarter（四分之一）of our sleeping time.可知做梦占我们睡眠时间的四分之一，故选C。

2.B

推理判断题。根据Dreams may be more important than sleep.可知睡眠可能没有做梦重要，故选B。

3.B

细节理解题。根据Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color.可知做梦经常是彩色的，故选B。

4.C

细节理解题。根据They may think about their work all day. These ideas can carry over into dreams.可知人们做梦梦见他们的工作，可能是因为他们整天想着他们的工作，故选C。

点睛：根据题目要求，在文中寻找答案所在的语句或段落，进行分析理解，词义猜测，推理判断和概括归纳，选出正确的选项。例如小题1，根据Dreams take up about one quarter（四分之一）of our sleeping time.可知做梦占我们睡眠时间的四分之一，故选C。