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【题目】 Brriiinnng. The alarm clock announces the start of another busy weekday in the morning. You jump out of bed, rush into the shower，into your clothes and out the door with hardly a moment to think. A stressful journey to work gets your blood pressure climbing. Once at the office, you glance through the newspaper with depressing stories or reports of disasters. In that sort of mood，who can get down to work, particularly some creative，original problem-solving work?

The way most of us spend our mornings is exactly opposite to the conditions that promote flexible,open-minded thinking. Imaginative ideas are most likely to come to us when we’re unfocused. If you are one of those energetic morning people, your most inventive time comes in the early evening when you are relaxed. Sleepy people’s lack of focus leads to an increase in creative problem solving. By not giving yourself time to tune into your wandering mind, you’re missing out on the surprising solutions it may offer. The trip you take to work doesn’t help, either. The stress slows down the speed with which signals travel between neurons(神经细胞)，making inspirations less likely to occur. And while we all should read a lot about what’s going on in the world，it would not make you feel good for sure, so put that news website or newspaper aside until after the day’s work is done.

So what would our mornings look like if we wanted to start them with a full capacity for creative problem solving? We’d set the alarm a few minutes early and lie awake in bed，following our thoughts where they lead. We'd stand a little longer under the warm water of the shower，stopping thinking about tasks in favor of a few more minutes of relaxation. We’d take some deep breaths on our way to work, instead of complaining about heavy traffic. And once in the office —we’d click on links not to the news of the day but to the funniest videos the web has to offer.

【1】According to the author, we are more creative when we are______.

A. focusedB. awake

C. relaxedD. busy

【2】What does the author imply about newspapers?

A. They are solution providers.

B. They are normally full of bad news.

C. They are a source of inspiration.

D. They are more educational than websites.

【3】By “tune into your wandering mind” (in Para. 2)，the author means “ ”.

A. wander into the wildB. listen to a beautiful tune

C. switch to the traffic channelD. stop concentrating on anything

【4】What does the author intend to do in the last paragraph?

A. To offer practical suggestions.

B. To summarize past experiences.

C. To advocate diverse ways of life.

D. To set up a routine for the future.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了人在注意力不集中的情况下最有创造性，并给出了一些让我们更有创造性的建议。

【1】细节理解题。根据第二段中的“your most inventive time comes in the early evening when you are relaxed.”可知，作者认为在放松的情况下，人们更具创造性，故C项正确。

【2】推理判断题。根据第一段中的“you glance through the newspaper with depressing stories or reports of disasters. In that sort of mood，who can get down to work”可知，报纸上有很多负面新闻，它们会影响我们的情绪，故B项正确。

【3】推理判断题。根据第二段中的“Imaginative ideas are most likely to come to us when we’re unfocused．”可知，在注意力分散的时候，人是最有创造性的，会有很多创造性的想法出现。那么这句话意为：如果我们不给时间去调整思绪，我们就会错过解决问题的好方法，所以作者说调整思绪的意思就是不要把注意力集中在某个事情上，故D项正确。

【4】推理判断题。文章最后一段给出了很多的建议，都是关于如何让我们在早晨更有创造性的，由此可知作者想在最后一段提供一些切实可行的建议，故A项正确。