And this process need not be left to the unconscious. Cartwright believes one can exercise conscious control over recurring bad dreams. As soon as you awaken, identify what is upsetting about the dream. Visualize how you would like it to end instead; the next time is occurs, try to wake up just enough to control its course. With much practice people can learn to, literally, do it in their sleep.
本段话题：有意识控制梦的方法。关键词：conscious
At the end of the day, there's probably little reason to pay attention to our dreams at all unless they keep us from sleeping or “we wake up in a panic,” Cartwright says Terrorism, economic uncertainties and general feelings of insecurity have increased people's anxiety. Those suffering from persistent nightmares should seek help from a therapist. For the rest of us, the brain has its ways of working through bad feelings. Sleep—or rather dream—on it and you'll feel better in the morning.
本段话题：消极情感的消除方法 关键词：bad feelings
1. Researchers have come to believe that dreams
. can be modified in their courses.
. are susceptible to emotional changes.
. reflect our innermost desires and fears.
. are a random outcome of neural repairs.
2. By referring to the limbic system, the author intends to show
. its function in our dreams.
. the mechanism of REM sleep.
. the relation of dreams to emotions.
. its difference from the prefrontal cortex.
3. The negative feelings generated during the day tend to
. aggravate in our unconscious mind.
. develop into happy dreams.
. persist till the time we fall asleep.
. show up in dreams early at night.
4.Cartwright seems to suggest that
. Waking up in time is essential to the ridding of bad dreams.
. Visualizing bad dreams helps bring them under control.
. Dreams should be left to their natural progression.
. Dreaming may not entirely belong to the unconscious.
5. What advice might Cartwright give to those who sometimes have had dreams?
. lead your life as usual.
. Seek professional help.
. Exercise conscious control.
. Avoid anxiety in the daytime.
启发思维：
这篇文章的整体感很强，整个文章围绕梦这个主题词展开非常深入的论述，其中重要的关键词是“dream”, ”conscious control”, “bad feelings”,文章的开头部分在通过人物的观点对比来说明梦是可以控制的，中间部分是在讲为什么梦是可以控制的，结尾部分是在说如何解决问题，也就是如何控制做噩梦。
文章的结构是观点论证。第一段通过三个时间 “the late 1970s” “a century ago” “now”表明人对梦的认识的变化, 即从无意识到有意识。二，三两段用情感与梦的关系证明为什么说梦是可以控制的，是总分的写作手法。最后两个自然段倾向于解决问题，即谈如何控制噩梦。第四段讲讲如何控制做噩梦的两个方法，第五段谈如何控制噩梦所产生的消极情感。
答案注释：
1. ［答案］［A］
［分析］ 考察第一段的重复的中心词，可采取排除法。这完全从篇章的开头和结尾强调重复说明梦是可以控制的，选A。而［C］是在讲Freud的观点，［D］是neurologist的观点，并非是researchers的观点。
2.［答案］ ［C］
［分析］ 这是一道推理判断题。作者提到梦和情感之间是有关系的，情感是段落的重点，选［C］。 ［B］的干扰性很大，文章虽然谈到了REM (rapid eye movement) sleep，但是没有谈它的原理，另外这种睡眠文章只谈到一次，没有反复重复，应该当作细节词处理。［D］也谈到了prefrontal cortex (the center of intellect and reasoning)，但并没有谈它与梦的区别，也没有被上下文反复重复，同样可以不选。
3.［答案］［D］
