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In 2014, one in 16 Americans visited the hospital emergency room for home injuries. One of the main causes of these accidents? A wandering mind. (12)By one estimate, people daydream through nearly half of their waking hours. Psychologists have recently focused on the tendency to think about something other than the task one is doing. (13)For one experiment, researchers developed an App to analyze the relationship between daydreaming and happiness. They found that the average person's mind wandered most frequently (about 65% of the time) during personal activities such as brushing their teeth and combing their hair. Respondents' minds tended to wander more when they felt upset rather than happy; they were more likely to wander toward pleasant topics than unpleasant ones. How do daydreams affect daydreamers? A wandering mind leaves us vulnerable when driving. In one study, researchers interviewed 955 people involved in traffic accidents. The majority of them reported having daydreamed just before the accident. (14)Yet other research suggests that daydreaming has benefits. Researchers have found that it gives us a chance to think about our goals, and it also seems to increase creativity. In one experiment, 145 undergraduates completed four unusual uses tasks, each requiring them to list as many uses as possible for an everyday object. (15)After the first pair of tasks was completed, one group of participants was assigned an undemanding activity intended to cause their minds to wander. When all the participants proceeded to the second pair of tasks, the daydreamers performed 40% better than the others.
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12. What does the passage say about people's mind?
B)。
短文中说，据估计，人们醒着的时候，几乎有一半的时间都在做白日梦。B）选项中的wanders是录音中daydream的同义转述，故为答案。
13. For what purpose did the researchers develop the new App?
A)。
短文中明确提到，在一项实验中，研究人员开发了一个应用程序来分析做白日梦和幸福之间的关系。因此答案为A)。
14. How does daydreaming benefit people according to some researchers?
C)。
短文中提到，做白日梦也是有益处的。研究人员发现，它能让人们有机会思考自己的目标，而且似乎还能提高创造力。因此答案为C)。
15. What was the finding of the experiment with 145 undergraduates?
D)。
短文最后提到，在完成第一组任务后，其中一组参与者被指派去做一个要求不高的活动，目的是让他们走神。当所有的参与者进入到第二组任务中去的时候，那些做过白日梦的人表现得比其他人要好40%。因此答案为D)。