17.We admire great inventors,and you may have asked yourself,"Why didn't I think of that?"Well,luck is certainly part of it.But there may be ways to seriously increase your chances.
Perhaps the biggest problem with having a breakthrough idea is the way we think of breakthrough ideas-making them seem more attractive than they really are.As the Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling once put it,the way to get good ideas is to have a lot of ideas and throw the bad ones away."Begin a daily practice of listing 10 ideas,"advises the author and businessman Jame Altucher."Then throw the list in the bin:the point is to build the idea muscle,not to put feelings into any single idea."
Another thing to remember is that there's no such thing as a totally new idea."Every creative thing you've ever seen or idea you've ever heard can be broken down into smaller ideas that existed before,"writes Scott Berkun,an expert in this field."Great inventions happen when the right parts are already there,waiting to be combined.That's one reason for the phenomenon(现象) where more than one person came up with the idea for something creative,within a short time of each other.So think of any two successes at present and combine them."
"I believe that our planet is not only for animals and plants and bacteria and viruses,but also for ideas,"says the author Elizabeth Gilbert,in her new book,Big Magic.It's a slightly crazy way of making an excellent point that you will go further by becoming more open to ideas than by trying to invent them from the start.It's an exciting thought:the next Mark Zuckerberg's big idea is already out there,maybe in several pieces.You just have to find it,and then put them together.
32.Why does James Altucher advises us to list 10 ideas every day?B
A.To put them into future use.
B.To get good ideas.
C.To point out those bad ideas.
D.To compare problems with inventions.
33.According to Scott Berkun,new inventions actually come fromC?
A.breakthrough ideas
B.completely new ideas
C.the combination of ideas around
D.the agreement from different people
34.Who is the writer of the book Big Magic?D
A.Scott Berkun B.Linus Pauling C.James Altucher D.Elizabeth Gilbert
35.All the people mentioned in the passage advise us toA?
A.be willing to accept existing creative ideas
B.avoid referring to others'ideas
C.learn from successful people
D.become open to nature.
分析 本文写了我们崇尚发明,但是发明需要突破性的想法要与已经存在的相结合.
解答 32.B 细节理解题.根据句子the way to get good ideas is to have a lot of ideas and throw the bad ones away,获得好的想法的方法是有很多的想法并且扔掉坏的,为了得到更好的想法,James Altucher 建议一天应该列出10个想法,故答案选B.
33.C细节理解题.根据句子Great inventions happen when the right parts are already there,waiting to be combined.正确的部分已经存在,与观点结合的时候伟大的发明发生.所以答案选C.
34.D 细节理解题.根据句子says the author Elizabeth Gilbert,in her new book,Big Magic可以看出Big Magic的作者是Elizabeth Gilbert,所以答案选D.
35.A细节理解题.根据句子Another thing to remember is that there's no such thing as a totally new idea.另一件需要记住的事情是,没有一个全新的想法.然后用不同的人物的语言和故事来说明这一观点,所以答案选A.
点评 本文考查细节题为主,细节题可以在文章中直接找到与答案有关的信息?或是其变体.搜查信息在阅读中非常重要它包括理解作者在叙述某事时使用的具体事实、数据、图表等细节信息.在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都属于这类围绕主体展开的细节.做这类题一般采用寻读法?即先读题,然后带着问题快速阅读短文,找出与问题有关的词语或句子,再对相关部分进行分析对比,找出答案.