Question

4．Professor Wiseman expects thousands of people to take part in an experiment in controlling dreams．
Participants will download a specially designed iphone app that turns their phone into a dream factory．Placed on the bed，the phone can monitor when a sleeper is not moving，which suggests the onsetof dreaming．It then plays a carefully crafted（精心制作的）"soundscape"designed to produce pleasant scenes such as walking in the woods，or lying on a beach．The idea is that this will influence dreaming，causing dreamers to form fantasyland inspired by the sounds they are hearing．At the end of the dream the app sounds a gentle alarm to wake the dreamer，who submits a brief description of the dream to a"dream catcher"database（數(shù)據(jù)庫）．
Prof Wiseman，from the University of Hertfordshire，who is best known for his research on sleeps，said，"Getting a good night's sleep and having pleasant dreams promotes people's productivity，and is necessary for their mental and physical well being． Despite this we know very little about how to influence dreams．This experiment aims to change that．"
As many as 10，000 people are expected to take part in the study，declared at the Edinburgh International Science Festival．Prof Wiseman teamed up with app developers YUZA，which created the"Dream：ON"software．Participants will be encouraged to share their dreams via Facebook and Twitter．
A national survey conducted for the experiment found that 21% of people had trouble sleeping and 15%suffered from unpleasant dreams．Prof Wiseman said people feeling low dreamed far more than others，and often had negative dreams．"Perhaps improving their dreams might help them，"he added．
The"Dream：ON"app can be downloaded for free from iTunes or via the project site，http://dreamonapp．com．
64．What is the special function of the"Dream：ON"software？B
A．Recording the process of dreams．    B．Sweetening dreams．
C．Stopping unpleasant dreams．         D．Waking up dreamers．
65．Why does professor Wiseman carry out the experiment？D
A．To improve the quality of sleeping．
B．To analyse mental effect on dreamers．
C．To set up a worldwide dream database．
D．To know about how to affect dreams．
66．If you volunteer to participate in the study，you are expected toC．
A．pay to download the"Dream：ON"app
B．lie on a beach with your smartphone on
C．present your dreams via Facebook and Twitter
D．design a pleasant situation according to the sound
67．The word"onset"in the 2nd paragraph probably meansC．
A．influence        B．background       C．starting         D．ending．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一則廣告，威斯曼教授希望成千上萬的人參加一個(gè)控制夢想的實(shí)驗(yàn)．參與者下載一個(gè)應(yīng)用程序，這個(gè)應(yīng)用程序或許可以為參與者制造一個(gè)愉快的夢，而教授也可以通過實(shí)驗(yàn)了解夢是怎樣被影響的．

解答 64．B． 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章"It then plays a carefully crafted"soundscape"designed to produce pleasant scenes"可知，夢軟件可以制造出愉快的夢境．故選B．
65．D．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章"Despite this we know very little about how to influence dreams．This experiment aims to change that"可知，這個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)是為了改變很少人知道夢是怎么受影響這一現(xiàn)象的，即了解更多關(guān)于夢是怎樣被影響．故選D．
66．C．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章"Participants will be encouraged to share their dreams via Facebook and Twitter．"可知，參與者應(yīng)該在臉譜網(wǎng)和 Twitter上分享自己的夢．故選C．
67．C．詞義猜測題．原文后句"It then plays a carefully crafted"soundscape"designed to produce pleasant scenes"寫道，然后就制造出一個(gè)愉快的夢境，可見，這時(shí)，參與者只有睡著以后才會做夢．根據(jù)原句"Placed on the bed，the phone can monitor when a sleeper is not moving，which suggests the onset of dreaming"前半句寫當(dāng)睡覺的人不再移動時(shí)開始手機(jī)監(jiān)控，可推測，這是夢的開始．"onset"是開始的意思．故選C．

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