his soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their __8__ raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a(n) __9__ in the tip of each spear (矛). The inventor awoke from the dream, __10__ that he had just found the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the __11__ of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first __12__ practised sewing machine.

　　To know the __13__ of dreams, you have to __14__ what happens when you are asleep. Even then, a part of your mind is still working. This unconscious (无意识的), but still __15__ part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the __16__. It stores all sorts of information that you __17__ have forgotten or never have really __18__. It is only when you fall asleep that this part of the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are __19__. However, the unconscious part acts in a special way. It uses strange __20__ which the conscious part may not understand at first. This is why dreams are sometimes called "secret messages to ourselves"．

语篇解读："有心栽花花不开，无心插柳柳成荫"。一项发明中的难题，却在梦中轻易地解决了。本文叙述了梦中解决问题的思维过程。

　　1．A.work　　　　　　　 　B．invention

　　C．design D．thought

　　解析：选C　此处是指发明中的设计；第二段最后一句中也有提示。

　　2．A.worked out B．run into

　　C．come up D．dealt with

　　解析：选B　此空是指在设计中"遇到"一个困难。

　　3．A.around B．through

　　C．across D．over

　　解析：选A　在第二段中复现了此信息"Instead of trying to get the thread to run around the needle"。

　　4．A.Because B．As

　　C．However D．Though

　　解析：选D　此处是表示让步。

　　5．A.people B．leader

　　C．king D．soldier

　　解析：选C　下文"The king flew into the cage ..."中有提示。

　　6．A.useful B．perfect

　　C．new D．modern

解析：选B　梦中暗示了生活中的情形，要求他做一台"完美的"缝纫机。