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】很多人都认为他们没有太多的想象力，其实他们是错的。wrong错误的符合句意。

2.C

【解析】我们每一个人都有想象力，但是当我们变成成年人之后，我们忘记了如何使用我们的想象力。put up with容忍，忍受；catch up with赶上；make use of    使用；； keep track of跟踪。所以答案为C。

3.D

【解析】考查短语，该句话的意思时“创造力并非总是和伟大的作品或艺术品相联系。”be connected with与某物有联系。

4.B。

【解析】人们通常会相出，routinely通常地符合句意。

5.B。

【解析】该技巧的中心是创造联系，那么就要求我们把不相关的理念联系起来，并且找出他们之间的联系。

6.D

【解析】根据语义，写出与蜡烛有关的所有的观点和物品。Be associated with与某物有关系。

7.A

【解析】与上文的ideas一致，指的是把理念和你要做的事情联系到一起。

8.C。

【解析】给朋友买一个具体的原始的礼物，你可以……。Present符合句意。

9.C。

【解析】根据后句话：因为你有足够多的钱等可知前句是说：要敢于想象正常的限制不存在。exist存在符合句意。

10.A

【解析】在没有任何限制的情况下，想象你的目标和实现目标的可能性。. Possibilities可能性符合题意。

11.D

【解析】根据前后文可知该处为举例子的结构，所以选D。

12.B

【解析】考查短语，adapt sth to reality.把某事付诸实践。

13.C

【解析】换个角度看问题，就是说用不同的观点审视问题。所以选C。

14.D

【解析】小说的作家经常幻想他们是小说中的人物或角色。与该段的大标题be oneself 一致。

15.A

【解析】把你放在他们的处境下，in one’s position在某人的处境下。