说明文（7）-天津高三英语模拟题分类汇编（第二期）(原卷版+解析版).docxVIP

（1）南开中学2020届高三年级第五次月考之D篇 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 hap