Humans have daydreamed for thousands of years, and yet, these days, spare moments are filled with using our smartphones and other devices—going through social media, listening to podcasts, responding to emails—leaving us little time to let our minds wander.

36 When you’re in a daydreaming state of mind, yocan imagine or pretend your own version of events.

“My most creative moments come when my brain is allowed to rest” says Megan King, a designer. But she is addicted to her smart phone. 37 According to Nielsen, Americans spend 10.5 hours a day consuming media. And UK residents are close behind at almost 10 hours a day, according to eMarketer.

38 This may seem a small change, but its effect, on the way our minds work and on our collective creativity could be serious. 39

Over years of studies, researchers have found that our brain has two separate attention systems — an external one and an internal one. The internal attention system, which is activated(激活)during daydreaming, is called the default network(默认网络).

The default network is particularly active when we are thinking about ourselves, thinking about the past, thinking about the future. 40

If both systems can’t be active at the same time and we’re spending 10 hours a day in one attention system, it begs the question: what is that doing to our brains — and our ability to come up with creative ideas?

A. Daydreaming is the opposite of our dreams.

B. This extended screen time has made some of us uncomfortable sitting alone with our own thoughts.

C. Daydreaming is how we access our big-picture state of mind.

D. In fact, it could be preventing your ability to come up with fresh, creative ideas.

E. We can’t really have both attention systems active at the same time.

F. People spend too much time on screen suffer from headaches.

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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was a boy we had several gardens around our old house. The largest one of all was used just for 41 potatoes. I can still remember those potato 42 days. The whole 43 helped.

44 my Dad had tilled(耕地)the soil, my Mom, brothers, and I went to work. It was my job to 45 the little seed potatoes in the rows while my Mom dropped 46 of fertilizer (肥料)beside them. My brothers then covered them all 47 the freshly turned earth.

For months afterward I would 48 over at the garden while I played outside and wonder what was going on underneath the ground. When the harvest time came I was 49 at the huge size of the potatoes my Dad pulled out of the soil.

Those little seedlings had grown into sweet food. They would be 50 meal after meal of baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, fried potatoes, and my 51 favorite: potatoes cooked in spaghetti sauce.

They would 52 the entire family well fed throughout the whole year. It 53 was a miracle to be held.

Thinking back to those special times makes me wonder how many other 54 I have planted in tills life that have grown 55 in the hearts and minds of others.

How many times has God used some little thing that I said 56 did to grow something beautiful? How many 57 has Heaven used these little seedlings to 58 another's soul with sweet food?

I hope then yoalways 59 the garden around yowith care. I hope that yoplant only goodness, peace, and 60 in the lives of everyone yohelp. I hope that everyday yohelp miracles to grow.

41. A. selling B. growing C. cooking D. cutting

42. A. planted B. planting C. being planted D. to plant

43. A. committee B. group C. family D. class

44. A. Before B. Since C. Until D. After

45. A. drop B. throw C. pull D. drive

46. A. boatfuls B. housefuls C. handfuls D. mouthfuls

47. A. at B. with C. by D. on

48. A. see B. notice C. glance D. glare

49. A. encouraged B. annoyed C. tired D. amazed

50. A. run into B. broken into C. looked into D. turned into

51. A. personal B. practical C. pure D. powerful

52. A. know B. knock C. keep D. kick

53. A. truly B. bitterly C. frequently D. conveniently

54. A. rows B. gardens C. seeds D. potatoes

55. A. unmade B. unseen C. unprotected D. untouched

56. A. and B. or C. so D. For