Question

Most people believe they don't have imagination. They are wrong. Everyone has imagination, but most of us，once we became adults, forget how to access it. Creativity isn't always connected with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time routinely think 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.
This technique involves taking unrelated ideas 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 ideas/words associated with candles：light，fire，matches, wax，night，silence，etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the ideas to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original present; you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night.
  Imagine that normal limitations don't exist. You have as much time/space/money，etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new possibilities. If，for example，your goal is to learn to ski, you can now practice skiing every day of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now adapt this to reality. Maybe you can practice skiing every day in December，or every Monday in January.
Look at the situation from a different point of view. Good negotiators use this technique in business，and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the characters in their books. They ask questions: what does this character want? Why can't she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? What does she dream about? If your goal involves other people, put yourself “in their shoes”. The best fishermen think like fish!

1. 1.
   According to the passage, when we become adults, _________ .
   1. A.
      most of us are no longer creative
   2. B.
      we can still learn to be more creative
   3. C.
      we are not as imaginative as children
   4. D.
      we are unwilling to be creative
2. 2.
   The second technique suggests that you just imagine
   1. A.
      setting a goal is as simple as skiing
   2. B.
      new possibilities will soon appear
   3. C.
      December and January are the best months for skiing.
   4. D.
      you have every resource to achieve your goal
3. 3.
   The phrase “put yourself in their shoes” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______  .
   1. A.
      dress yourself like them
   2. B.
      think as they would
   3. C.
      do as they ask you to
   4. D.
      put on their shoes
4. 4.
   We learn from the third technique that a good salesman should ask himself “ _________ ?”.
   1. A.
      what do I usually do
   2. B.
      what did my boss tell me to do
   3. C.
      what are my customers' needs
   4. D.
      how should I sell my products

Answer 1

BDBC
本文講述了每個人都有想象力，并教給成年人幾種獲取想象力的技巧。
1.B 細節(jié)題。本題的答題依據(jù)是文章開頭的這句話:Everyone has imagination, but most of us，once we become adults，forget how to access it.人人都有想象力，只是成年后，我們就忘了如何取得想象力 (access it) 。文章的目的就是教給成年人幾種獲得想象力的技巧，所以說成年人還是可以學會怎么樣更加富有創(chuàng)意的。
2.D 細節(jié)題。第三段的第一句話: Imagine that normal limitations don't exist. You have as much time/ space/money, etc. as you want.是本題的答題依據(jù)。
3.B 猜詞題。put yourself in their shoes 是英語的一個成語，相當于漢語的"設(shè)身處地".
4.C 推斷題。第三種技巧就是:Look at the situation from a different point of view. 作者以談判者和小說家為例，說明推銷員如要應(yīng)用這一技巧就應(yīng)該把自己置于顧客的位置上，問一問他們的需要是什么。