Creativity(創(chuàng)造性)is the key to a brighter future, say education and business experts. Here is how schools and parents can encourage this important skill in children.
　     If Dick Drew had listened to his boss in 1925, we might not have a product that we now think of as very important: a new type of tape. Drew worked for the Minnesota Mining Company. At work he developed a kind of material strong enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Finally, using his own time, Drew improved the tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his former company learned from its mistake. Now it encourages people to spend 15 percent of their work time just thinking and developing new ideas.
　     Creativity is not something one is just born with, nor is it necessarily an indicator of high intelligence. Just that a person is highly intelligent does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of using the resources one has to produce new ideas that are good for something.
　     Unfortunately, schools have not tried to encourage creativity. With strong attention paid to test results and the development of reading, writing and mathematical skills, many educators give up creativity for correct answers. The result is that children can give back information but can’t recognize ways to use it in new situations. They may know the rules correctly, but they are unable to use them to work out practical problems.
　     It is important to give children choices. From an early age, children should be allowed to make decisions and understand their results. Even if it’s choosing between two food items for lunch, decision-making helps thinking skills. As children grow older, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money, but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision. The child may have a hard time, but that is all right. This is because the most important characteristic of creative people is a very strong desire to find a way out of trouble.
小題1:What did the company where Dick Drew worked learn from its mistake?
A．They encouraged people to work longer.
B．They discouraged people to think freely.
C．They asked people to spend all their work time developing new ideas.
D．They encouraged people to spend some of their work time considering and
improving new ideas.
小題2:Creativity is something ______.
A．that people are born with
B．that depends on intelligence
C．that is a way of using what one has learnt to work out new problems
D．that is not important
小題3:Why don’t schools try to encourage creativity?
A．They don’t understand the importance of education.
B．They don’t want their students to make mistakes.
C．They pay too much attention to examination marks and language skills.
D．They think it more important to remember information.
小題4:What should the parents do when their children decide how to spend their money?
A．Try to help them as much as possible.
B．Take no notice of whatever they do.
C．Help them if their decision is wrong, but not too much.
D．Leave them as they are.

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:C

小題1:從文章的第二段的：Now it encourages people to spend 15 percent of their work time just thinking and developing new ideas. “現(xiàn)在他們鼓勵(lì)人們花15%的時(shí)間思考新的想法。選D。
小題2:從文章的第三段的內(nèi)容：Creativity is the matter of using the resources one has to produce new ideas that are good for something.可以看出創(chuàng)造力是用學(xué)過(guò)的東西創(chuàng)造新的東西。
選C。
小題3:從第四段的：With strong attention paid to test results and the development of reading, writing and mathematical skills, many educators give up creativity for correct answers.看出學(xué)校把注意力放在閱讀水平，數(shù)學(xué)技能上，選C。
小題4:C. 從最后一段的：parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money, but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision.看出孩子如果犯了錯(cuò)，父母應(yīng)該幫助但不該太多。
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