According to the dictionary definition of“create, ordinary people are creative every day”.To create means“to bring into being, to cause to exist something each of us does daily”.
We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way. First, this includes an awareness of our surroundings. It means using all of our senses to become aware of our world. This may be as simple as being aware of color and texture(質(zhì)地),as well as taste, when we plan a meal. Above all, it is the ability to notice things that others might miss.
A second part of creativity is an ability to see relationships among things. If we believe the expression,“There is nothing new under the sun, the creativity is remaking or recombining(重組) the old in new ways.”For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph.
A third part of creativity is the courage and drive to make use of our new ideas, to ask for them to achieve some new results. To think up a new idea is one thing; to put the idea to work is another.
These three parts of creativity are included in all the great works of geniuses, but they are also included in many of our day-to-day activities.
小題1:“There is nothing new under the sun” really implies that _________.
A．a(chǎn) new thing can only be created at the basis of earliest things
B．a(chǎn) new thing is only a tale
C．we can seldom create new things
D．we can hardly see really new things in the world
小題2:What does the author think about the relationship between a new thought and its being put into practice?
A．It’s more difficult to create a new thought than to use it in practice.
B．To find a new thought will clearly lead to the production of a new thing.
C．A man with an excellent ability of practice can easily become an inventor.
D．One may come up with a new thought, but can not put it into practice.
小題3:The best title for this passage is__________.
A．How to Develop One’s CreativityB．What Is Creativity
C．The Importance of CreativityD．Creativity, a Not Faraway Thing
小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B

小題1:A 根據(jù)短文第二段中的 “There is nothing new under the sun, the creativity is remaking or recombining(重組) the old in new ways.”此句意為：世界上本來就沒有什么新鮮的事，創(chuàng)造力就是用新的方法重做或重組舊的東西。以及后文“For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph.”可見“There is nothing new under the sun”其實(shí)暗含著新的東西只有在最早期的基礎(chǔ)上創(chuàng)造出來的。故應(yīng)選A.
小題2:D 根據(jù)短文倒數(shù)第二段中的最后一句“To think up a new idea is one thing; to put the idea to work is another.”可知，想到一個(gè)新的想法是一回事，而實(shí)現(xiàn)這種想法又是另一回事。故選項(xiàng)D正確。
小題3:B 這篇短文主要論述什么叫創(chuàng)造力，并且進(jìn)行了分類。很顯然選項(xiàng)B為最佳答案。
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