问题 单项选择题

Nowadays it is not uncommon for a big, p schoolboy to elbow an elderly woman aside in the dash for the last remaining seat on the bus or tube, () stand up and offer his seat to her.

A. much less

B. not to mention

C. not to say

D. rather than

答案

参考答案:A

解析:

much less在此处的意思是“更不用说”,用于否定(或带有否定意义的)句后,继前面的否定对相关的某另一件事或情况做更强有力的否定。如此句:“一个高大强壮的学生用胳膊肘将年迈的妇女推开,冲抢地铁或公共汽车上最后一个空位,这种情况当今并不少见,更不用说站起来让座了。”not to mention虽有同义,但结构上要求接名词或名词短语,not to say与not to mention形式相似而意义全然不同,其意为:“虽不能说”,如:He is very frugal, not to say stingy. 虽不能说吝啬,但他也非常节俭。rather than“而不是”,在意义上虽然讲得通,但在结构上此句要求用不定式,与to elbow -致。still less可与much less交替使用。

阅读理解

Have you ever been at a meeting while someone was making a speech and realized suddenly that your mind was a million miles away? You probably felt sorry and made up your mind to pay attention and always have been told that daydreaming is a waste of time. 

“On the contrary,” says L. Giambra, an expert in psychology, “daydreaming is quite necessary. Without it, the mind couldn’t get done all the thinking it has to do during a normal day. You can’t possibly do all your thinking with a conscious(有意识)mind. Instead, your unconscious mind is working out problems all the time. Daydreaming then may be one way that the unconscious and conscious states of mind have silent dialogues.”

Early experts in psychology paid no attention to the importance of daydreams or even considered them harmful. At one time daydreaming was thought to be a cause of some mental illnesses. They did not have a better understanding of daydreams until the late 1980s. Eric Klinger, a professor of psychology, is the writer of the book Daydreaming. Klinger says, “We know now that daydreaming is one of the main ways that we organize our lives, learn from our experiences, and plan for our futures. Daydreams really are a window on the things we fear and the things we long for in life.”

Daydreams are usually very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams, which may be hard to understand. It’s easier to gain a deep understanding of your life by paying close attention to your daydreams than by trying to examine your sleep dreams carefully. Daydreams help you recognize the difficult situations in your life and find out a possible way of dealing with them.

Daydreams cannot be predicated(预料). They move off in unexpected directions which may be creative and full of ideas. For many famous artists and scientists, daydreams were and are a main source of creative energy.

72.The writer of this passage considers daydreams         .

A.hard to understand B.important and helpful

C.harmful and unimportant D.the same as sleep dreams

73.The writer quoted(引用)L. Giambra and Eric Klinger to         .

A.point out the wrong ideas of early experts   B.list two different ideas

C.support his own idea                    D.report the latest research on daydreams

74.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.An unconscious mind can work all the problems out.

B.Daydreaming can give artists and scientists ideas for creation.

C.Professor Eric Klinger has a better idea than L. Giambra.

D.Early experts fully understood what daydreams were.

75.What is the main difference between daydreams and sleep dreams?

A.People have daydreams and sleep dreams at different times.

B.Daydreams are the result of unconscious mind while sleep dreams are that of conscious

mind.

C.Daydreams are more harmful.  D.Daydreams are more helpful in solving problems.

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