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 pute, trying to get through a virtual maze（迷宫）.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（神经科学家）,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 puter 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.
【小题1】Before having a short nap, participants of the experiment were asked to .A．stay in a different place in the mazeB．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 puter from the same place【小题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.【小题3】According to Stickgold, .A．every person may dream about what they learnedB．people＇s brain processes may still be connected with their learning in their dreamsC．once people＇s eyes stop moving, they are sure to dream about somethingD．no matter how fantastical or boring, dreams are connected with people＇s life【小题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 ExpertC
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(答案→)C
解析：这是一项调查研究，目的是分析做梦和学习的关系，结果说明学习成果与人们做梦的内容有关。
【小题1】细节题：较易，题目问：在小睡前，参与调查的人被要求做什么，根据文章第二段的句子：In the study,99 college students between the ages of 18 and 30 each spent an hour on a puter, trying to get through a virtual maze（迷宫）参与调查的人被要求做什么，体验这个实验，尽量记住一些事情。所以选C。A项说让这些人呆在迷宫的不同地方，而实际上这是一个虚拟迷宫。B项意思是让他们设计一个很难通过的迷宫。而文中介绍他们是参与调查不是设计迷宫的，D项是从同一个地方通过迷宫，这和第二段的句子：The maze was different place each time they tired是不符合的。
【小题2】细节题：较易，题目问：从文章中可以了解到什么？根据文章第五段的句子：When these four people tried the puter maze again, they were able to find the tree faster than before their naps.可知梦和迷宫有关的人会更快找到树，所以选D。A项是参与者被要求表达他们的想法，而文章中介绍这些人小睡后，是被要求找迷宫里面的树，BC项文章中都没有出现。
【小题3】细节题：根据Stickgold,定位到第六段的句子：He suspects that the dream was caused by the brain processes associated with learning.可以知道人们的大脑过程还和梦里面的学习有关。选B。A项是每个人都会做到和学习的东西有关的事情，文章提到是四个人做到和迷宫有关的事情，C项是：一旦人们的眼睛不动了，他们一定在梦到什么，这和第四段的句子：Stickgold, a neuroscientist（神经科学家）,wanted to know what people were dreaming about when their eyes weren＇t moving during sleep.不符，D项是.无论是空想的还是令人厌烦的，梦都和人的生活有联系，这不是Stickgold,的观点。
【小题4】主旨题：结合全文的内容和第一段的主题句：In a recent study, scientists found a connection between nap-time (午睡时间) dreams and better memory in people who were learning a new skill.可知这篇文章讲的是做梦可以提高人们的记忆力，Dreaming Makes Perfect是最合适的标题，而A项是梦是奇怪的，B项是不是所有的梦都是真实的，都和文章没有关联，而D项：Stickgold一个做梦的专家，太片面。