2015考研英语阅读理解模拟试题（四十三）

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　　四十三、将清晰的梦境变为现实

　　Researchers at Stanford University are now developing software to help people become aware that they are having a dream so that they can then live out their fantasies during REM sleep. During lucid dreams, people are “awake” within their dreams, and can sometimes direct what happens next in the dream. With enough practice you can fly, visit exotic places, experience vivid colors, or eat all the ice cream you want, all without taking your head off the pillow.

　　Being awake during a dream may seem like a contradiction, but to those involved in lucid dream research, it’s all, well, crystal clear. “Lucid dreaming lets you make use of the dream state that comes to you every night to have a stimulating reality,” said Dr. Stephen LaBerge, founder of the Lucidity Institute at Stanford University. LaBerge said that controlling dreams can also have therapeutic value. Potentially, he said, people can overcome nightmares that haunt them repeatedly. It may even help a person improve in sports, enhance self-confidence or confront problems that elude being solved in waking life.

　　Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming, a book co-authored by LaBerge and Howard Rheingold, is one of many books to help would-be lucid dreamers get started. The book asks that you learn to recognize “dreamsigns,” or signals within a dream that alert you to your altered state. One common dreamsign: elements within your dream are out of context. Objects are not where they belong within a room, or certain people are in locations they normally wouldn’t be—how often do your parents drop in at the office?

　　The Lucidity Institute’s NovaDreamer includes a mask that tracks eye movement to recognize when you’re in REM as well as to determine the amount of time you take to get to sleep. Depending on how you configure NovaDreamer (a determination made partially on the basis of how light or heavy a sleeper you are), the NovaDreamer flashes a series of red lights into your (hopefully closed) eyes, providing yet another signal that you are dreaming and can now do whatever you please in the dream.

　　LaBerge’s research indicates that when a person does something in their dreams, the experience may be closer to reality than you’d think. Early experiments show that lucid dreamers have a good comprehension of time while dreaming. Researchers that asked lucid dreamers to move their eyes in a specific pattern, and then repeat the pattern 10 seconds later, found they did so in about the correct amount of time. LaBerge said dreaming of doing something causes the same reaction in your brain waves as actually doing it. During REM sleep, says LaBerge, “the brain is working full-tilt, yet it is disconnected from the outside world. If you dream of doing a long jump, your brain reacts the same way it would if you actually did it.”

　　1. Lucid dreamers can.

　　[A] be in a state of full awakeness [B] take charge of their subconsious life

　　[C] control their body movement [D] walk and talk in their sleep

　　2. Reserchers seem to believe that.

　　[A] real life problems can be solved in lucid dreams [B] it is easy to get people into lucid-dream state

　　[C] controlling dreams may change a person’s character [D] lucid dreams can be changed in their courses at will

　　3. LaBerge wrote the book to.

　　[A] teach people how to have a lucid dream [B] help people understand the nature of dreams

　　[C] guide people to alter between dream and reality [D] classify the signals within dreams

　　4. According to the passage, the NovaDreamer is.

　　[A] a timer to measure the time it takes to fall asleep [B] a machine to induce lucid dreams

　　[C] an electronic book about lucid dreams [D] a software of monitoring lucid dreams

　　5. What can be inferred from the passage?

　　[A] Lucid dreams have been used to cure illness. [B] Lucid dreams are very close to real life.

　　[C] Lucid dreaming is an inborn ability. [D] There is a mind-body connection in lucid dreams.

　　答案：1.B 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.D

　　核心词汇或超纲词汇

　　(1)live out (sth.) 实践(以前想要做的事)，如to live out your dreams/fantasies实现梦想/幻想;(以某种方式)度过余生，如He lived out his days alone(他独自度过余生)。

　　(2)fantasy(n.)幻想(作品)，想象(产物);

　　(3)lucid(a.)表达清楚的，易懂的;头脑清晰的，清醒的;(n.)lucidity

　　(4)exotic(a.)来自异国的;奇异的;异国情调的

　　(5)stimulating(a.)趣味盎然的，激烈人的，振奋人心的

　　(6)alert(v.)向……报警;使警觉;使戒备;(sb. to sth.)使意识到，使认识到

　　(7)configure(v.)(尤指对计算机设备进行)配置;对(设备或软件进行)设定

　　(8)tilt(n.)倾斜;(意欲赢得某物或战胜某人的)企图，尝试，如have a ~ at the world championship(问鼎世界冠军);at (full) ~ 全速，尽快

　　全文翻译

　　斯坦福大学的研究者现在正在开发软件帮助人们意识到自己在做梦，从而能够在深睡眠中实现幻想。在有意识的梦境中，人们在梦中“醒着”，并且有时能控制梦里下一步发生什么。充分练习之后，你可以飞翔、访问异地、感受鲜明的色彩、或者品尝所有想要的冰激凌，完成这一切都不用把头从枕头上移开。

　　“在梦中保持清醒”也许看起来自相矛盾，但是对那些参与清醒梦境研究的人来说，这个道理却是清清楚楚的。斯坦福大学“清醒学院”的创建者史蒂芬•拉伯格说，“有意识地做梦使你能够利用每晚出现的梦的状态来拥有一个饶有趣味的现实”。拉伯格说，控制梦也有治疗价值。人们有可能克服不断困扰他们的噩梦。它甚至可以帮助人们提高运动能力、增强自信心和面对在醒着的生活中逃避解决的问题。

　　由拉伯格和霍华德•莱茵戈德共同著写的《探索清醒梦境》是帮助想尝试进入清晰梦境的人的几本书之一。这本书要你学会识别“梦的信号”，即在梦中使你意识到状态改变的信号。一种常有的梦的信号是：梦中的要素脱离了背景环境。房间里的物体不在它们应在的地方，或者某些人出现在他们通常不会去的地方，比如你父母出现在你办公室里的几率有多大?

　　“清醒学院”的“新梦人”包括一个面具，它跟踪眼球运动以识别你何时进入深睡眠并测定你入睡的时间。根据你设定“新梦人”的方式(你的设定由熟睡程度决定)，它释放一系列红色的光线进入你(应该闭着的)眼睛中，并向你发出另外一种信号，提醒你正在做梦，你可以在梦中做任何想做的事情了。

　　拉伯格的研究表明当一个人在梦里做某件事时，他的经历比人们认为的更贴近现实。早期的实验表明有清晰梦境的人做梦时对时间的把握非常准确。研究者让清晰梦境者以一种特殊方式转动眼睛，十秒种以后再以同样的方式重复一次。结果发现这些做梦者在几乎完全正确的时间内做到了。拉伯格说，梦见做什么事情和真地做这件事情会在脑电波中引起同样的反应。他说，“深睡眠中，大脑在全速地运转，但它与外界割断了联系。如果你梦到在跳远，那么它引起的大脑反应和你真地跳远是一样的。”

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