Every dream has something to do with our feelings, longings, wishes, needs, fears, and memories. But something on the “outside” may affect what we ___36___. If a person is hungry or tired or cold, his dream may include a feeling of this kind. If the ___37__on your body has slipped off your bed, you may dream that you are ___38___ or resting on the ice and snow. The material for the dream you will ___39___ tonight is probably to come from the experiences you have today.
___40___ the subject of your dream usually comes from something that has an effect on you ___41___ you are sleeping (feeling of cold, a noise, a discomfort, etc.) and it may also use your past experiences and the wishes and interests you have now. This is why very young ___42___ are likely to dream of fairies(仙女), older children of school examinations, ___43___ people of food, homesick soldiers of their families and prisoners of freedom.
To show you how that is ___44___ while you are asleep and how your wishes or needs can all be joined together in a dream, ___45___ is the story of an experiment. A man was asleep and the back of his ___46___ was rubbed ___47___ a piece of cotton. He would dream that he ___48___ in a hospital and his girlfriend was visiting him, ___49___ on the bed and feeling gently his hand!
There are some scientists who have made a special ___50___ of why we dream, what we dream and what those dreams ___51___. Their explanation of dreams, though a bit reasonable, is not accepted by everyone, but it ___52___ an interesting approach to the problem. They believe that dreams are ___53___ expressions of wishes that didn’t ___54___. In other words, a dream is a way of having your wishes ___55___ out.
36. A. long B. dream C. think D. wish
37. A. blanket B. book C. shoe D. trousers
38. A. working B. running C. sleeping D. studying
39. A. meet B. have C. see D. think
40. A. But B. For C. So D. Because
41. A. before B. while C. after D. during
42. A. children B. fathers C. drivers D. gentlemen
43. A. happy B. sad C. hungry D. old
44. A. taking B. carrying C. dreaming D. happening
45. A. that B. here C. it D. this
46. A. leg B. head C. body D. hand
47. A. in B. with C. of D. off
48. A. left B. lived C. was D. gave
49. A. waiting B. smiling C. sitting D. speaking
50. A. study B. watch C. sleep D. way
51. A. stand B. do C. form D. mean
52. A. makes B. finds C. offers D. demands
53. A. any B. almost C. hardly D. mostly
54. A. get B. come true C. arrive D. believe in
55. A. carried B. taken C. kept D. called