Trying to leave work at the office is proving to be a challenge for many British workers，with research showing that heavy workloads，conflicts and bosses all make an appearance in dreams．

Work-related issues are the number one topic featuring in dreams，with colleagues invading shut．eye time more than celebrities．More than 20 per cent surveyed admitted that they regularly dream about their boss．One in three dreams about work when they are stressed in their job and a quarter stated that they dream about a colleague if there was a conflict with them earlier that day．

Of the 2,000 people surveyed，20 per cent dreamed more if they were under pressure or stressed．The research found that the average person dreams most nights，with only 12 per cent saying they never dream．However, dreams often leave people confused，with 52 per cent saying they do not make sense and 60 per cent wishing they could know what they mean．

Commenting on the survey carried out by One Poll for Premier Inn hotels，dreams expert Davina MacKail said：“Whether we are asleep or awake．a problem with a colleague or stress at work can really affect us．More than half of the nation stated that their dreams don’t make sense so I have worked with Premier Inn to make a Dream Dictionary to help dreamers to understand why they dream what they do and what those dreams mean．”

A spokesman for Premier Inn said：“It is really important to try to unwind after a hard day at work but that is easier said than done if something is playing on your mind．”

61．It’s hard for the workers to leave work because they often    ．

A．spend the night in their offices     B．sleep with office issues in mind

C．have very long office hours       D．have dreams during their work

62．What Can we infer about the British workers?

A．Most of their dreams are work-related．

B．Some of them dream about work every night．

C．They dream of their colleagues more than their boss．

D．Their dreams involve work more than anything else．

63．The survey shows that most people    ．

A．dream more under pressure      B．never dream at all

C．don’t understand their dreams    D．interpret their dreams well

64．Davina MacKail expects people to use his Dream Dictionary when they    ．

A．have had a dream                B．want to prevent dreams

C．feel stressed and need relaxation    D．do research about dreams

65．According to the spokesman for Premier Inn，it’s hard to relax if we     ．

A．dream about work while asleep        B．keep thinking hard

C．have sounds ringing in the mind       D．sleep in a noisy environment

Oprah Winfrey, the American media queen, is undoubtedly one of the most successful women in the world. She’s the host and owner of The Oprah Winfrey Show, which continuingly wins high ratings, and the founder of Harpo Productions, which produces her television shows and movies.
Certainly Winfrey feels right these days. Early on, however, Winfrey seemed more like a candidate for welfare rolls than film roles. She stayed with her grandmother after birth and moved to Wisconsin to live with her mother at 6, and hence began the most difficult period in her life. They lived in the low-income community and her mother showed her less attention. Her classmates came from families with more money and she couldn’t participate with them in a lot of activities.
The young girl had held too much anger and pain inside and she rebelled. She repeatedly ran away from home and got into various troubles. During that time, she turned heavy smoker, became addicted to alcohol and drug and was sent to a juvenile detention home(青少年拘留所) at the age of 13.
Fed up, Oprah’s mother sent her to Tennessee to live with her father. To a large extent, this man saved Oprah’s life and helped pave the way for her success. She received a full scholarship to Tennessee State University where she majored in Speech and Performing Arts. After graduation, she landed a job as a news reader at a television station, where she did not do well at first. But she did not give up; instead, she worked harder. She put in long hours and prepared carefully before going on camera.
Her hard work paid off: she moved up swiftly to news reader and reporter in Baltimore and was offered her own talk show in 1977. From then on, her career began to take off.
Some people are handed money at birth and are nurtured into success; other people create their own success, and Oprah Winfrey definitely belongs to the latter. “There is no such thing as failure in my life,” she concluded, “Life is a marathon. I think the ones who survive in life do it by hammering at it one day at a time.” Well, by doing so, she won the game.
【小题1】By mentioning “Winfrey seemed more like a candidate for welfare rolls than film roles” in Paragraph 2, the author indicates that ______.

A．she was interested in acting and applied for roles in many films, but failed.

B．she was more interested in working for charities than in films.

C．she lived a poor life and had to depend on the government for food.

D．the film companies wouldn’t offer her roles because she was too poor.

【小题2】Which of the following is NOT the cause of her bad behaviors as a teenager?

A．Her mother had no time to take good care of her.

B．Her classmates’ families were very rich.

C．She couldn’t take part in activities with her classmates.

D．She had too much anger and pain inside.

【小题3】Oprah Winfrey succeeded at last chiefly due to _______.

A．her hard childhood living with her grandmother.

B．her hard work and the spirit of not giving up.

C．her good performance in the juvenile detention home.

D．her major in Speech and Performing Arts in college.

【小题4】Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?

A．Oprah Winfrey, from a problem girl to the American media queen.

B．Oprah Winfrey, from a news reader to a marathon winner.

C．Even famous people have a disgraceful past.

D．All that glitters is not gold.

A modern-day love story of a man spotting the girl of his dreams across a New York subway train and tracking her down over the Internet has failed to have a fairytale ending with the relationship over.
For Web designer Patrick Moberg, then 21, from Brooklyn, it was love at first sight when he spotted a woman on a Manthttan train last November. But he lost her in the crowd so he set up a website with a sketch picture to find her—www.Nygirlofmydreams.com.
Unbelievably in a city of 8 million people, it only took Moberg 48 hours to track down the woman, with his phone ringing non-stop and email box overflowing. New Yorkers took sympathy on the subway Romeo and joined his hunt.
The mysterious girl was named as Camille Hayton, from Melbourne, Australia, who was working at the magazine Black Book and also lived in Brooklyn. One of her friends spotted the sketched picture on the Web site and recognized her.
But after finding each other, appearing on TV and getting international press, the couple took their romance out of the public eye, with Moberg closing down the Web site and with both refusing to make any more comments—until now.
Hayton told Australian newspaper The Sunday Telegraph that she dated Moberg for about two months but it just didn’t work out.
“I say we dated for a while but now we’re just friends,” Hayton, now 23, told the newspaper. Hayton said she is still recognized about three times a week on the streets of Manhattan as “that girl” and the question is always the same: “So what happened?”
“I think the situation was so intense that it linked us,” she said, adding, “it linked us in a way that you could mistake, I guess, for being more romantic than it was. I don’t know. But I wanted to give it a go so didn’t wonder what if, what if?”
Hayton told The Sunday Telegraph that she is enjoying single life in New York, keeping busy with acting classes, working in two clothing stores. Last week she had a small role as a waitress in the long-running daytime soap As the World Turns.
“I just can’t believe it happened. It feels like a long time ago,” said Hayton. Moberg, however, was still refusing to comment on the relationship.
【小题1】After Moborg lost the girl in the crowd he set up a website with       .

A．a pretty notice to find her	B．a rough drawing to discover her
C．an exciting program to attract her	D．an inspiring story to move her

【小题2】 Moberg found the girl in a short time because        .

A．he phoned everybody in the city	B．he e-mailed everybody in the city
C．he continued his hunt day and night	D．he got help from the net citizens

【小题3】 What has happened to Hayton after the subway romance?

A．She has become a superstar in the city.

B．She has become a journalist in Australia.

C．She still gets noticed in the streets in New York.

D．She is out of work and is looking for a new job.

【小题4】The best title for this passage may be        .

A．NY subway romance hits end

B．NY subway romance causes debate(争论)

C．NY—a romantic city for the young couple

D．NY—a heartbreaking city for the young couple

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　　The physicians in a hospital form the core of the medical staff. But they couldn't provide effective medical care to their patients without the help of numerous other medical employees. From the viewpoint of the patients, the nursing staff is particularly important. Nurses are usually in close contact with patients as long as they are in the hospital.

　　A nurse does not study for as many years as a doctor. However, each must be equally dedicated. Caring fox sick persons requires a great deal of patience and concern. Most nurses work long days, and they often must work at odd hours or during the night.

　　Under the supervision(监督)of the head nurse, the nursing staff must provide nursing services on 24-hour basis and attend to patient's needs. This responsibility continues around the clock, and so nurses must work in shifts. A shift is a period of duty, usually eight in length. The nurses on the ward rotate(轮流)their shifts. All of them work out of a central area on the ward called the nurses' station.

　　A nurse must always be alert. She can never afford to be careless. This is true in all nursing situation, but it is especially true in the intensive care unit. Patients under intensive care duty have one of the most demanding jobs in the hospital.

　　Serving as a nurse can be a very rewarding job. But it is not an easy one. Not every person is suited to become a nurse. Only very dedicated people have chosen nursing as a profession.

(1)The nursing staff ________.

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A．are central to the medical staff

B．play an important role in caring for patients

C．can work effectively without physicians

D．are always in close contact with the patients

(2)Why must nurses work in shifts?

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A．They are careless.

B．Nursing services must be provided continuously.

C．They work at night from time to time.

D．A shift is usually eight hours long.

(3)Why kind of person is suited to become a nurse?

[　　]

A．A very careful person.

B．An able person.

C．A very dedicated person.

D．A specially trained person.

(4)Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．Nurses are specially trained to offer bedside care to sick persons.

B．Patients cannot do without nurses.

C．Nurses are in the charge of patients.

D．Nurses often work during the night.