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The recent widespread interest in all branches of psychology has accustomed us to accepting an idea which,when first offered,seemed laughable:We all,at some level,spend most of the time on reverie(幻想)。We dream either consciously or unconsciously,awake or asleep,of a situation in which we feel we should be happier than we are in real life.Occasionally some childish ideas of happiness or success break out in to confuse or prevent us from living an adult life.Sometimes the dream is refusing to leave the safe shelter of the nursery,where all wants were met as soon as felt,where warmth and food and love were given freely and unearned.As Emerson wrote,"We do not believe there is any force in today to match or recreate that beautiful yesterday.We linger in(徘徊)the ruins of the old tent where once we had bread and shelter."To some extent this is true of all of us,but less true of the happy and successful adult than of others.
At other times,funnily enough,the life-wasting reverie is about success:The mild man is Napoleon or the ugly woman is a charming singer.If reality never broke in upon such reverie,the dreamer might be happier than if he were to find himself in a position to realize some part of it.Such reverie is in itself compensation for a life of dull routine.But,the world being what it is,the dreamer must live,for part of his time at least,in the cold atmosphere of fact.This is no Land of Cockaigne:Roast 1t pigs do not run about crying,"Eat me!"Fruit does not fall from the trees into our mouths..
The deeply rooted dreamer will struggle only just as much as he needs,and no more.He will do anything half-heartedly to get his bread and butter.Then,when his daily task is over,he will be hack to his dreams again,whether he realizes it or not. He succeeds at only one thing:in clearing away a little space,gaining each day a few hours of free time,for just one purpose-to go on wasting his life.But his
dream is happy.It is,for him,a true compensation for his failure in every other relation,and so he continues in it.Yet,since after all happiness is the true goal,he believes that the smallest success in reverie brings with it more happiness.
However,it is important to remember that failure is real,for otherwise we will not prepare ourselves to fight it.
1.People's spending most of the time on reverie is something that
A.was laughed at by people in the past
B.most people are greatly fed up with
C.psychologists are very interested in
D.psychologists have widely accepted
2.People who are living in reverie
A.are filled with fear of the future life
B.usually have a happy childhood
C.always enjoy recalling their past life
D.are happier than any successful adult
3.People living in the Land of Cockaigne______
A.think that they are the greatest of the world
B.could enjoy all they need for life without work
C.will realize life means struggle
D.usually live a life of dull routine
4.Which of the following about deeply rooted dreamers is TRUE?
A.They'll never work for life even when they're starving.
B.They admire heroes so much as to become Napoleon.b
C.They don't feel happy due to the little things they have.
D.They'll never do any more than keeping themselves alive.
5.The writer suggests in the passage that_____
A.we should stop spending most of our time on reverie
B.people can realize something vital through dreaming
C.we should prepare ourselves to fight failure
D.people can gain more happiness from reality
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