Dreams are (0) basically stories and pictures that our brains create when we’re asleep. It is (1) ____________ knowledge that the majority of dreams take place while we’re in deep sleep, and our eyes begin to move quickly under our eyelids.

This is called Rapid Eye Movement, or REM. Although dreams can (2) _________ at any point during the night, REM dreams are typically the most memorable and realistic.

Some experts believe that dreams are a way to (3) ____________ all the events of the day

helping us to make (4) _____________ of what has happened.

Others suggest that dreams are the result of our brains trying to solve (5) ___________ problems.

Dreams may also be our brain’s attempt to interpret what is going on around us while we sleep. For example, the sound of the radio may be included in the content of our dreams. (6) _____________, dreaming could be a sort of clean-up operation, refreshing our minds in preparation for the next day.

However, there are also experts who (7)_____________ that dreams have no

that dreams have no real (8) _________________ at all.