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Part 1Writting (15 points)
Directions：For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic: A Letter to the University President about the Canteen Service on Campus. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline given in Chinese below：（作文请在答题纸上作答）
假设你是李明，请你就本校食堂的状况给校长写一封信，内容应涉及食堂的饭菜质量，价格，环境，服务等，可以是表扬，可以是批评建议，也可兼而有之。 Part II Fast Reading(10 points)
Directions: In this part, you will have 15minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked [A],[B],[C]and[D]. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.(此部分试题1-7题答案涂在答题卡上， 8-10 题答案写在答题纸上)
Daydreaming Is Good For You
Daydreaming is a healthy and natural action of the human mind, according to American Health magazine. Like dreams during sleep, daydreaming surges every 90 minutes. It is at its peak from noon to 2 pm, when body temperature is at its highest Advantages of Daydreaming
By some estimates, approximately half of our waking thoughts consist of daydreams and fantasies. Some people use their daydreams to help them make decisions, while others employ them to enhance their sense of well-being and creativity, says Pam L. Blondin , a clinical social worker and director of programs and services at the Child and Family Service of Saginaw County, Michigan.
“Daydreaming can be an escape that makes one feel good in a very busy day,” Blondin explained. “It’s a good stress-reducer at the desk. Getting away from it for a while isn’t something that is going to hurt anyone. Sometimes it helps people tap into creativity that is not always conscious.”
Daydreaming helps people cope with an wide range of pronlems, partly provided insight into our emotional needs, as well as unsatisfied needs and unachieved goals, experts say. Daydreaming can make severe situations a little easier to endure, Klinter writes in Whole Earth Review magazine. “Daydreaming is intensely personal and revealing, because you are in action within the area of your mind,” Daydreaming being unrealistic ?
While researchers differ in their definition of daydreams, in general they define it as spontaneous, undirected deep thoughts that appear suddenly in and out of our head regardless of what is going on around us; and, contrary to popular opinion, the vast majority of daydreams are not
wildly unrealistic.
“Daydreaming keeps our personal timetable in front of us,” says psychologist Eric Klinger of the University of Minnesota, author of a new book on the same subject. Daydreaming plays an important role in organizing our lives, he says. “We can actually learn something by paying attention to these unusual dreaming periods that occasionally interrupt our realistic thoughts.
Benefits of Daydreaming to Children
Active, imaginative lives are vital to children’s development, American Health reports. Most children start fantasizing between the ages of 2 to 5.“Children struggles to understand life’s complexities, from jet planes to TV images,” says Yale University psychologist Jerome L Singer. He believes that make-believe helps youngsters break down elements to a level they can understand.“Unless a child’s daydreaming is hindering him/her from progressing in school or from gaining social skills, there is no need to discourage it,” Singers says. Three Basic Daydreaming Styles
The type of daydreams people have, whether they are pleasant and hopeful or filled with despair, take shape in childhood when everyone develops one of three basic daydreaming styles: positive, negative and scattered, American Health reports. Although everyone sinks occasionally into each of these types, positive daydreamers are more likely to image
happy, painful or entertaining situations. Negative daydreamers are easily bored and distracted. “Their mental images tend to be fleeting, repetitive and shallow, like variations of the same fairy tale,” explains Yale psychologist Roni Tower.
While all three types are common, positive fantasies are most likely to serve as springboards for problem solving, while negative and scattered daydreams may leave a person feeling anxious. “Negative daydreamers are waiting for “the other shoe to fall’, living in the shadows of fantasies,” Tower explains. Keeping Daydreaming Under Control
There are times when daydreaming causes problems, according to Blondin. “If daydreaming gets in the way of daily life because the person is daydreaming all day, he/she won’t be very productive,” she says. “How much and how often a person daydreams is important. It should not take up all of your time. If people find their daydreaming is becoming excessive, they should take a realistic look at what’s going on in their life and ask themselves what they are trying to avoid. Then they can assess what measures they need to take to improve the situation.” Anyone who has a hard time distinguishing between reality and fantasy or starts replacing real-life family and friends with imagined ones should seek professional help.
Singer sums up the advantages of daydreams, “By sitting quietly