2014年职称英语(卫生类)教材完形填空文章练习(12)

　　Dreams
　　Everyone can dream. Indeed, everyone does dream. Those who ____1____ that they never dream at all actually dream ____2____ as frequently as the rest of us, ____3____ they may not remember anything about it. Even those of us who are perfectly ____4____ of dreaming night ____5____ night very seldom remember those dreams in ____6____ detail but1 merely retain an untidy mixture of seemingly unrelated impressions. Dreams are not simply visual-we dream with all our ____7____, so that we appear to experience sound, touch, smell, and taste.
　　One of the world’s oldest ____8____ written documents is the Egyptian Book of Dreams. This volume is about five thousand years old, so you can ____9____ that dreams were believed to have a special significance even then. Many ancient civilizations believed that you ____10____ never wake a sleeping person as, during sleep, the soul had left the body and might not be able to return ____11____ time if the sleeper were suddenly ____12____.
　　From ancient times to the present2 ____13____, people have been ____14____ attempts to interpret dreams and to explain their significance. There are many books available on the subject of dream interpretation, although unfortunately there are almost as many meanings for a particular dream ____15____ there are books.
　　词汇：
　　frequently /'fri?kw?ntl?/ adv.频繁地，经常地;时常，屡次
　　seldom /'seld?m/ adv.很少，不常
　　retain /ri?tein/ vt.保持，记住
　　significance /s?g'n?f?k?ns/ n.重要性，意义
　　civilisation /,s?v?la?'ze???n/ n.文明，文化
　　interpret /?n't??pr?t/ vt.解释，说明，口译
　　interpretation /?nt??pr?'te???n/ n.解释，口译
　　注释：
　　1....very seldom remember those dreams in detail but merely retain an untidy mixture...but...不……而是……
　　2.From ancient times to the present...从古至今……
　　练习：
　　1.A　demand B　promise C　agree D　claim
　　2.A　also B　just C　only D　quite
　　3.A　though B　besides C　however D　despite
　　4.A　feelings B　emotions C　impressions D　senses
　　5.A　considered B　known C　regarded D　estimated
　　6.A　see B　feel C　ensure D　think
　　7.A　would B　ought C　should D　need
　　8.A　by B　in C　with D　for
　　9.A　awoke B　awoken C　awake D　awaken
　　10.A　minute B　hour C　moment D　day
　　11.A　doing B　putting C　making D　taking
　　12.A　as B　like C　so D　such
　　13.A　minute B　hour C　moment D　day
　　14.A　doing B　putting C　making D　taking
　　15.A　as B　like C　so D　such