Question

 

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are    1.Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to    2it. Creativity isn’t always   3with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time   4think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help you.

Making connections This technique involves taking   5ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object, for example, a candle. Write down all the idea/words   6with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the   7to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original   8; you could buy him tickets to match or take him out for the night.

NO limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t   9. You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new   10.If your goal is to learn to ski,   11, you can now practise skiing every day of your life （because you have the time and the money）. Now    12this to reality.  Maybe you can practise skiing ever day in December, or every Monday in January.

Be someone else! Look at the situation from a    13point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writes. Fiction writers often imagine they are the   14in their books. They ask question: What does this character want? Why can’t she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their    15. The best fishermen think like fish!

1.A. wrong              B. unbelievable    C. reasonable      D. realistic

2.A. put up with        B. catch up with   C. make use of     D. keep track of

3.A. equipped           B. compared        C. covered         D. connected

4.A. skillfully         B. routinely       C. vividly         D. deeply

5.A. familiar           B. unrelated       C. creative        D. imaginary

6.A. presented          B. marked          C. lit             D. associated

7.A. ideas              B. ambitions       C. achievement    D. technique

8.A. experience         B. service         C. present         D. object

9.A. work               B. last            C. exist           D. change

10.A. possibilities     B. limitations     C. tendency        D. practice

11.A. in fact           B. in particular   C. as a whole      D. for example

12.A. devote            B. adapt           C. lead            D. keep

13.A. private           B. global          C. different       D. practical

14.A. features          B. themes          C. creatures       D. characters

15.A. positions         B. dreams          C. images          D. directions

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

【解析】很多人都認(rèn)為他們沒有太多的想象力，其實他們是錯的。wrong錯誤的符合句意。

2.C

【解析】我們每一個人都有想象力，但是當(dāng)我們變成成年人之后，我們忘記了如何使用我們的想象力。put up with容忍，忍受；catch up with趕上；make use of    使用；； keep track of跟蹤。所以答案為C。

3.D

【解析】考查短語，該句話的意思時“創(chuàng)造力并非總是和偉大的作品或藝術(shù)品相聯(lián)系�！眀e connected with與某物有聯(lián)系。

4.B。

【解析】人們通常會相出，routinely通常地符合句意。

5.B。

【解析】該技巧的中心是創(chuàng)造聯(lián)系，那么就要求我們把不相關(guān)的理念聯(lián)系起來，并且找出他們之間的聯(lián)系。

6.D

【解析】根據(jù)語義，寫出與蠟燭有關(guān)的所有的觀點和物品。Be associated with與某物有關(guān)系。

7.A

【解析】與上文的ideas一致，指的是把理念和你要做的事情聯(lián)系到一起。

8.C。

【解析】給朋友買一個具體的原始的禮物，你可以……。Present符合句意。

9.C。

【解析】根據(jù)后句話：因為你有足夠多的錢等可知前句是說：要敢于想象正常的限制不存在。exist存在符合句意。

10.A

【解析】在沒有任何限制的情況下，想象你的目標(biāo)和實現(xiàn)目標(biāo)的可能性。. Possibilities可能性符合題意。

11.D

【解析】根據(jù)前后文可知該處為舉例子的結(jié)構(gòu)，所以選D。

12.B

【解析】考查短語，adapt sth to reality.把某事付諸實踐。

13.C

【解析】換個角度看問題，就是說用不同的觀點審視問題。所以選C。

14.D

【解析】小說的作家經(jīng)�；孟胨麄兪切≌f中的人物或角色。與該段的大標(biāo)題be oneself 一致。

15.A

【解析】把你放在他們的處境下，in one’s position在某人的處境下。