Are you 1 that you will miss about one-third of this coming year? You will “miss” it by 2 . Researchers tell us that the 3 person sleeps about one-third of each year – or one-third of a 4 .
But the experts also tell us that something important 5 when we sleep –we 6 . Apparently all people dream, even if they don’t 7 dreaming. And over the next twelve months, most of us will have about a thousand dreams. 8 is important. But 9 important those are “dreams” we have for our 10 -- those plans, hopes and goals we will draw up 11 our relationships, our spiritual growth, self-improvement, our 12 health and our world. The dreams, or wishes, we have for our lives are just as 13 as dreaming while we sleep.
Dr Norman Vincent Peale used to tell of a 79-year-old woman who was 14 by a hit and-run driver. She was expected to 15 from her injuries. When he visited, he found her 16 in plaster from her hips to her heels. He 17 around the room, full of mementos（纪念品）of a lifetime. He saw a paisley shawl（披肩），a child’s drawing of a horse (lavender) and shelves of much loved, much-thumbed books.
One shelf was a row of brand new books—the only new items in the room. They looked as if they had never been 18 . Dr Peale asked her if she cared for poetry. Her 19 was a beautiful tribute （证明，标示）to hope and dreams, “I love poetry, but I haven’t read those yet.” Her face 20 up. “I’m saving them for my old age.”
She did, too. She lived to read those books many times. When she finally died at 91, she was planning a trip to Europe.
1．A．aware B．sure C．glad D．ready
2．A．living B．playing C．sleeping D．working
3．A．usual B．average C．common D．ordinary
2,4,6
4．A．year B．month C．period D．lifetime
5．A．goes B．happens C．comes D．takes
6．A．play B．work C．dream D．speak
7．A．forget B．say C．remember D．want
8．A．Working B．Dreaming C．Playing D．Living
9．A．equally B．specially C．quite D．possibly
10．A．work B．lives C．programs D．purpose
11．A．including B．resulting C．concerning D．according
12．A．mental B．normal C．spiritual D．physical
13．A．necessary B．important C．possible D．good
14．A．hit B．struck C．attacked D．fought
15．A．survive B．live C．die D．pass
16．A．slept B．wrapped C．lay D．stood
17．A．walked B．examined C．checked D．glanced
18．A．read B．touched C．moved D．arranged
19．A．answer B．word C．speech D．response
20．A．made B．lit C．woke D．set