题文
Have you ever been in 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 never have daydreaming again. Most of us from earlier school days have been told that daydreaming is a waste of time.“ On the contrary,” says L.Giambra, an expert in psychology（心理学）, “ 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（有意识的） mind. Instead, your unconscious mind is working out problems all the time. Daydreaming then may be one way that the unconscious states of minds 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 illness. 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 handling them.
Daydreams cannot be predicted; they move off in unexpected directions which may be creative and full of useful ideas. For many famous artists and scientists, daydreams were and are a main source of creative energy.
So the next time you catch yourself daydreaming, don’t stop. Just pay attention to your dream. It may be more important than you think.
小题1:In what way are daydreams different from sleep dreams?A．Daydreams help to develop an unconscious mind.B．Daydreams are not so easy for us to control and direct.C．Daydreams help us to handle more difficult situationsD．Daydreams are easier for us to understand.小题2:Professor Eric Klinger believes that _______.A．our fears and longings in life are shown in our daydreamsB．we may study our experiences just through our daydreamsC．daydreaming is one of the important ways that we recognize our livesD．we should be able to tell our futures by having daydreams小题3:The writer of the article thinks that ______.A．daydreaming is more helpful than sleep dreamsB．many artists and scientists are famous because they have daydreamsC．professor Eric Klinger has a better idea than L. GiambraD．daydreaming with an unconscious mind will do good to health小题4:Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A．Daydreaming was once regarded as a cause of mental illness.B．Experts began to have a better understanding of daydreams in the late 1980s.C．Scientists believe that we can know daydreams before having them.D． Many well-known artists gained energy of creation from daydream 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析
这篇文章介绍了不为大家认同的白日梦，它和晚上的梦不一样，对我们还是有好处的。
小题1:细节题：从第五段的句子：Daydreams are usually very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams which may be hard to understand. 可知白日梦比晚上的梦更好理解。选D
小题2:细节题：从第四段的最后一句：Daydreams really are a window on the things we fear and the things we long for in life.可知白日梦反映了我们的恐惧和渴望。选A.
小题3:推理题：从文章最后第一段和第二段的句子：可知作者认为白日梦比晚上做梦更有好处。选A
小题4:细节题：从倒数第二段的第一句Daydreams cannot be predicted; 可知在做白日梦前，我们不知道要做什么。选C
点评：做日常生活类短文时，考生要根据题目到文中找到相应的信息句，要细心的排查各个选项，不能轻易的下结论，有的题还要进行句意理解，必要时还要推理。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Have you ever been i.....”主要考查你对 [日常生活类阅读 ]考点的理解。日常生活类阅读
日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
