Question

Creativity is the key to a brighter future,say education and business experts. Here is 1        schools and parents can encourage this important skill in children.

If Dick Drew had 2        to his boss in 1925,we might not have a product that we now think of as of great importance：a new type of 3.        Drew worked for the Minnesota Mining Company.

4       he developed a kind of material strong enough to hold things together. 5       his boss told him not to think more about the 6        Finally,using his own time,Drew improved the tape,7       now is used everywhere by many people. And his former company 8        from its mistake. Now it encouraged people to 9       15 percent of their work time just thinking and developing new ideas.

Creativity is not 10        one is just born with,nor is it necessarily a character of high 11       .

Just because a person is highly intelligent does not 12        that he uses it creatively. Crea?tivity is the matter of using the resources one has to produce new ideas that are good for some?thing. 13      ,many schools have not tried to encourage creativity. With strong attention to test results and the development of reading,writing and mathematical skills,many educators 14        creativity for correct answers. The result is that children can 15        information but can't recog?nize ways to use it in new situations. They may know the rules correctly,but they are unable to use them to 16        practical problems.

It is important to give children choices. From the earliest age,children should be allowed to 17        and understand their results. Even if it's choosing between two food items for lunch,decisionmaking helps 18        skills. As children grow older,parents should let their children 19        how to use their time or spend their money,but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision. The child may 20       ,but that is all right. This is because the most important character of creative people is a very strong desire to find a way out of trouble.

(   ) 1. A. way   B. how   C. what   D. where

(   ) 2. A. obeyed   B. agreed   C. listened   D. followed

(   ) 3. A. tape   B. product   C. tool   D. material

(   ) 4. A. On business   B. At work   C. At table   D. At home

(   ) 5. A. Though   B. However   C. As   D. But

(   ) 6. A. idea   B. product   C. tape   D. job

(   ) 7. A. this   B. that   C. what   D. which

(   ) 8. A. discovered   B. absorbed   C. learned   D. understood

(   ) 9. A. spend   B. waste   C. cost   D. save

(   ) 10. A. anything   B. something   C. everything   D. nothing

(   ) 11. A. ability   B. activity   C. intelligence   D. quality

(   ) 12. A. show   B. say   C. refer   D. mean

(   ) 13. A. Unfortunately   B. Surprisingly   C. Strangely   D. Fortunately

(   ) 14. A. give in   B. give up   C. give out   D. give off

(   ) 15. A. give back   B. find out   C. ask for   D. bring up

(   ) 16. A. work at   B. work out   C. work for   D. work on

(   ) 17. A. make time   B. make progress   C. make their way   D. make decisions

(   ) 18. A. judging   B. choosing   C. thinking   D. deciding

(   ) 19. A. conclude   B. judge   C. decide   D. determine

(   ) 20. A. have a good time   B. make mistakes

   C. have a hard time   D. have a breakdown

Answer 1

  BCABD    ADCAB   CD ABA   BDCCD

家長和老師都應(yīng)重視對學(xué)生的創(chuàng)造性思維的培養(yǎng)。

1. B由上下文邏輯聯(lián)系可知，本文主要講述"學(xué)校和父母是如何鼓勵、培養(yǎng)孩子們的創(chuàng)造力的"。

2. C A和D項都是及物動詞；agree to后不接人,而接事。

3. A可根據(jù)上下文做題。 5. D此處應(yīng)表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。

7. D此處考查指代事物的非限制性定語從句。

8. C本句話的意思是"其前任公司從老板的決策失誤(mistake) 中汲取了經(jīng)驗教訓(xùn)"。

9. A本題考査固定句型結(jié)構(gòu)Somebody spends some time (in) doing something ₀

10. B本句話的意思為"創(chuàng)造力不是與生俱來.的東西……"。

11. C根據(jù)上文可知。

12. D B項"說"有些中式英語的味道。

D項為"并不意味著"的意思。

13. A由上下文邏輯關(guān)系可知。

14. B根據(jù)上文可知。

15. A give back在這是"說出或回答出"的意思  

17. D 下文有提示。 make time是"抽空"之意。 make one's way是"奮力向前"。

18. C根據(jù)常識可知，"創(chuàng)造力屬于思維(think?ing) 的范疇"。

20. D have a breakdown是"遭遇失敗"的意思