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    Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are ____. Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to ____ it. Creativity isn’t always ____ with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time ____ 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.
    Making connections  This technique involves taking ____ 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 ____ with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the ____ to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original ____; you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night.
    No limits!  Imagine that normal limitations don’t ____. You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new ____. If 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 ____ this to reality. Maybe you can practice skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January.
    Be someone else!  Look at the situation from a ____ point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the ___ 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? If your goal involves other people, put yourself in their ____. The best fishermen think like fish!
    小题1:
    A．wrongB．unbelievableC．reasonableD．realistic
    小题2:
    A．put up withB．catch up withC．make use ofD．keep track of
    小题3:
    A．equippedB．comparedC．coveredD．connected
    小题4:
    A．skillfullyB．routinelyC．vividlyD．deeply
    小题5:
    A．familiarB．unrelatedC．creativeD．imaginary
    小题6:
    A．presentedB．markedC．litD．associated
    小题7:
    A．ideasB．ambitiousC．achievementD．technique
    小题8:
    A．experienceB．serviceC．presentD．object
    小题9:
    A．workB．lastC．existD．change
    小题10:
    A．possibilitiesB．limitationsC．tendencyD．practice
    小题11:
    A．in factB．in particularC．as a wholeD．for example
    小题12:
    A．devoteB．adaptC．leadD．keep
    小题13:
    A．privateB．globalC．differentD．practical
    小题14:
    A．featuresB．themesC．creaturesD．characters
    小题15:
    A．positionsB．dreamsC．imagesD．directions

    小题1:A
    小题2:C
    小题3:D
    小题4:B
    小题5:B
    小题6:D
    小题7:A
    小题8:C
    小题9:C
    小题10:A
    小题11:D
    小题12:B
    小题13:C
    小题14:D
    小题15:A

    试题分析：文章论述了如何让自己有创造性，并给出了3个方法。
    小题1:考查形容词和上下文串联。A.错误的，B. 难以想象的，C. 合理的，D. 现实的，根据下文的每个人都有想象力可知以前的看法是错误的。选A
    小题2:考查短语辨析。A忍受；B追上，赶上；C利用；D记录；句意：一旦长大了以后，人们就会忘记了如何利用想象力。选C.
    小题3:考查固定词组。Be connected with与…有联系；这里是指并不总是与伟大的作品思想联系在一起的，很多微小的事情也经常与创造力有关。A.be equippedwith具备， B.be compared with和…相比较，C. be covered with被…覆盖，选D .
    小题4:考查副词辨析。A有技巧的；B经常的；C生动地；D深入地；人们在工作和闲暇时间，都会很经常的想出一起解决问题的办法。选B.
    小题5:考查形容词辨析。A熟悉的；B没有联系的；C创造性的；D想象的；这里是指把那些没有联系的事物联系在一起。选B
    小题6:考查形容词辨析。A. presented呈现，B. marked标志，C. lit点亮，D. associated联系，根据句意可知是写下一些与蜡烛有关的词或者想法。选D
    小题7:考查上下文串联。。idea想法, 念头, 意见, 主意, 思想, 观念, 概念；ambition野心, 雄心；achievement成就, 功绩； technique技术, 技巧, 方法, 表演法, 手法。上文16空之前提及了idea。选A
    小题8:考查名词辨析。A经历，经验；B服务；C礼物；D物体；这里是指给朋友买一个礼物。选C
    小题9:考查上下文串联。A. work工作，B. last持续，C. exist存在，D. change改变，根据上文的no limits可知是指没有限制的，这里指限制是不存在的。选C
    小题10:考查名词辨析。A可能性；B限制；C趋势；D做法，惯例；指考虑你的目标和新的可能性。. 选A
    小题11:考查介词辨析。A实际上；B尤其；C总的说来；D例如。根据上下文可知这里是举例说明。选D
    小题12:考查动词辨析。A. devote投入，奉献，B. adapt适应，C. lead导致，D. keep保持， Adapt…to…使…适合…. 由下文“Maybe you can practice skiing ever day in December, or every Monday in January. ”可推知此处是说：现在使这个目标适应现实。选B .
    小题13:考查形容词辨析。A. private私人的，B. global全球的，C. different不同的，D. practical实际的，根据本段内容可知是指换位思考，从另外一个不同的角度考虑问题。选C .
    小题14:考查名词辨析。A特征,特色；B主题，主旨；C生物；D角色，性格。这里是指科幻小说的作者经常把自己当成是作品中的主角。选D
    小题15:考查名词辨析。A位置；B梦想；C形象；D方向；这里是指把自己放在别人的位置上。选A
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    Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter，the sales agent said with a broad smile，"Oh that bus left five minutes ago." Dreams of head-cutting！
    It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the unsym pathetic attitude with which it’s delivered(递送). Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation does it in a caring way . A boss informing an employee he didn’t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling fo the receiver.
    Unfortunately，many people are not aware of this. When you're tired from a long flight，has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn't ready yet？When you had your heart set on the toast beef，has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece？It makes you as traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.
    Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy（同情），I would have appreciated his warning. Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left，I probably would have said，"Oh，that's all right I'll catch the next one." Big winners，when they bear bad news，deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded（被轰炸的）person is sure to have.
    小题1:In Paragraph 1，the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to ____.   
    A．make a comparisonB．introduce a topic
    C．describe a sceneD．offer an argument
    小题2:In the writer's opinion，his neighbor was ___.   
    A．friendlyB．warm-heartedC．not considerateD．not helpful
    小题3:From "Dreams of head-cutting！"（Paragraph3），we learn that the writer___.   
    A．was mad at the sales agent
    B．was reminded of the cruel pharaoh
    C．wished that the sales agent would have had dreams
    D．dreamed of cutting the sales agent's head that night.
    小题4:What is the main idea of the text？   
    A．Delivering bad news properly is important in communication.
    B．Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.
    C．Receiving bad news requires great courage.
    D．Learning ancient traditions can be useful.

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    High childcare costs are putting British mothers off going out to work. It really is that simple. Eurostat figures show that 66 per cent of mothers in the UK work, less than France (72 per cent), Denmark (86 per cent), the Netherlands (78 per cent) or Germany (69 per cent). This not only damages Britain’s economic prosperity—it limits women’s careers and squeezes family incomes. It would be fine if this is the choice parents want to make, but it isn’t. Half of those surveyed want to go to work and the expense of childcare is one of the key reasons they couldn’t.
    Despite claims made by Labour (工党) about childcare, a forthcoming (即将到来的) report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) confirms the true legacy of their time in government. They left behind a childcare system with high costs to parents, variable quality and patchy (不均匀的) coverage, despite soaring government spending. British parents now face the highest childcare bills in the world after Switzerland.
    In the Eighties and Nineties under Mrs Thatcher and John Major, the picture was very different. Mothers in England were more likely to go out to work than their Dutch or German counterparts. But the position has reversed, despite a huge rise in public spending.
    So why does the British Government spend more on childcare than France or Germany, even though the costs given to parents are sky-high? As always, under the previous government, money was frittered away (浪费) without adequate focus on improving quality. Instead of clear and transparent funding, four separate funding streams were created, skewing (偏离) the market and confusing parents and providers alike. The majority of the money was given away in cash benefits; so much of it did not get through to the front line.
    The IPPR report points out that continental systems, in countries such as Germany, France, Denmark and the Netherlands, manage to deliver better value for money. What all of these systems have in common is a focus on quality, with greater flexibility and autonomy given to local providers. They also see a much higher proportion of government money getting to the front line.
    小题1:Which of the following doesn’t belong to the disadvantages caused by the mothers prevented from going to work?
    A．Damaging Britain’s economic development.
    B．Causing damage to women’s careers.
    C．Decreasing the family incomes.
    D．Causing childcare costs to go up.
    小题2:According to the second paragraph, we can infer that the former government of the Labour Party _______.
    A．was highly praised by British people
    B．made British people face the highest childcare bills
    C．left behind a childcare system full of problems
    D．managed to decrease the government spending
    小题3:We can learn from the passage that _______.
    A．in the Eighties and Nineties, mothers in the UK were likely to work
    B．there is a prejudice against mothers in the UK employment market
    C．most of the mothers surveyed in the UK don’t want to work
    D．the percentage of mothers who work in the UK is the lowest in the world

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