C
Dreams
It’s a fact that we all dream. Some dreams seem to last for hours, others only for seconds. Some of us have strange dreams, some have interesting dreams, and some of us have unpleasant dreams. 
Tests in the 1980s showed that these dreams occur within 90-minute cycles, each cycle made up of six stages. In the last stage people experience rapid eye movement, known as REM, and it is in this stage that dreaming takes place. Eighty percent of people who were woken during this sixth stage could easily remember their dreams. On the other hand, when during the first five stages (NREM), only seven percent could describe a dream.

However, of these same people woken during the first five stages, 74% were able to remember thinking activity, although they would not call it a dream. 
NerysDee, who has written about dreams in a book called Your Dreams and What They Mean says: “Perhaps during NREM sleep we are sorting out our outer common problems, but in REM sleep we are dealing with inside matters.” She also makes the following statement about 90-minute cycle: It may also prove the reason why insomniacs who wake in the middle of the night find it impossible to get to sleep again for at least an hour and a half, in other words, until they have missed out one complete 90-minute sleep period.
57. According to the tests in the 1980s, dreaming takes place _________.
  A. between each 90-minute cycle           
B. in the last stage of 90-minute cycles 
  C. at any time during 90-minute cycles
D. during the first five stages of 90-minute cycles
58. People woken during REM sleep can _________.
  A. easily remember their dreams B. hardly remember their dreams
  C. only remember their dreams D. partly remember their thinking activity
59. “Insomniacs” are persons who _________.
  A. can always remember their dreams   本試題原文來自http://www.2abc8.com/   
B. have trouble getting into sleep at night  
  C. experience rapid eye movement        
D. usually wake after each 90-minute sleep period
D
Letter of “i”
The iPhone, the iPad: each of Apple’s products sounds cool and has become a fashion. Apple has cleverly taken advantage of the power of the letter “i”, and many other brands are following suit. The BBC’s iPlayer, which allows Web users to watch TV programs on the Internet, used the title in 2008. A lovely bear—popular in the US and UK—that plays music and video is called “iTeddy”. A slimmed-down version of London’s Independent newspaper was started last week under the name “i”.
In general, single-letter prefixes have been popular since the 1990s, when terms such as e-mail and e-book first came into use.
Most “i” products are aimed at young people, and considering the major readers of Independent’s “i”, it’s no surprise that they’ve selected this fashionable name.
But it’s hard to see what’s so special about the letter “i”. Why not use “a”, “b”, or “c” instead? According to Tony Thorne, head of the Language Center at King’s College, London, “i” works because its meaning has become ambiguous. When Apple uses “i”, no one knows whether it means Internet, information, individual or interactive, Thorne told BBC Magazines. “Even when Apple created the iPod, it seems it didn’t have one clear definition,” he says. “However, thanks to Apple, the term is now connected with portability.” adds Thorne.
Clearly the letter “i” also agrees with the idea that the Western World is centered on the individual. Each person believes they have their own needs, and we love personalized products for this reason.
Along with “Google” and “blog”, readers of BBC Magazines voted “i” as one of the top 20 words that have come to define the last decade.
But as history shows, people grow tired of fashions. From the 1900s to 1990s, products with “2000” in their names became fashionable as the year was connected with all things advanced and modern. However, as we entered the new century, the fashion disappeared. 
60. The underlined word “ambiguous” means “_________”.
A. popular B. uncertain C. clear D. unique
61. Nowadays, the “i” term often reminds people of the products which are _________.
A. portable B. interactive C. advanced D. recyclable
62. The writer suggests that _________.
A. iTeddy is a live bear       
B. “i” products are often of high quality
C. the letter “e” replaces letter “i” to name the products
D. the popularity of “i” products may not last long
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