Question

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    50   .Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to    51   it. Creativity isn’t always   52   with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time   53   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   54   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 idea/words   55   with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the   56   to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original   57   ; you could buy him tickets to match or take him out for the night.

NO limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t   58   . You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new   59   .If your goal is to learn to ski,   60   , you can now practise skiing every day of your life （because you have the time and the money）. Now    61    this 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    62   point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writes. Fiction writers often imagine they are the   63   in 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    64   . The best fishermen think like fish!

50. A. wrong        B. unbelievable C. reasonable      D. realistic

51. A. put up with  B. catch up with    C. make use of     D. keep track of

52. A. equipped B. compared     C. covered     D. connected

53. A. skillfully   B. routinely        C. vividly     D. deeply

54. A. familiar    B. unrelated     C. creative    D. imaginary

55. A. presented    B. marked       C. lit         D. associated

56. A. ideas      B. ambitions     C. achievement   D. technique

57. A. experience   B. service          C. present      D. object

58. A. work     B. last         C. exist           D. change

59. A. possibilities    B. limitations      C. tendency    D. practice

60. A. in fact     B. in particular     C. as a whole      D. for example

61. A. devote      B. adapt          C. lead           D. keep

62. A. private     B. global           C. different    D. practical

63. A. features    B. themes           C. creatures    D. characters

64. A. positions    B. dreams      C. images           D. directions

Answer 1

50-54 ACDBB   55-59 DACBA   60-64 DBCDA

解析:

50. 由下文“Everyone has imagination…”可知大部分人认为他们没有多少想象力的观点四错误的。wrong错误的；believable可信的； reasonable合理的, 有道理的, 通情达理的, 讲道理的；realistic现实(主义)的。故答案为A。

51. 一旦我们长大，我们中的许多人就忘记如何利用想象力。所以下文教你如何培养自己的想象力。put up with容忍；catch up with赶上，跟上；make use of利用；keep track of明了。

52. 下文谈论的都是有关个人工作生活的琐事，所以本句意思应该为“创造力不总是和伟大的艺术和思想著作联系在一起的。

53. 人们在工作和闲暇时间，都会很正常的想出一起解决问题的办法。skillfully巧妙地, 技术好地；routinely例行公事地，正常的；vividly生动地, 鲜明地；deeply深深地。

54. 由下文举蜡烛的例子可知，本句的意思是：这种技巧要求写下互不相关的想法并努力找到它们之间的联系。familiar熟悉的, 常见的, 听惯的, 亲近的, 随便的；unrelated无关的

不相干的；creative创造性的；imaginary假想的, 想象的, 虚构的。

55. 由下文叙述可知，此处是说：写下和蜡烛有关的所有想法和词语……。present介绍, 引见, 给, 赠送, 上演, 提出, 呈现； mark做标记于, 打分数, 标志；light点着, 变亮；associate使发生联系, 使联合。

56. 你能想到多少就想多少，下一步是把这些想法和你必须要做的事情联系在一起。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。

57. 假设你想为朋友买一个有创意的礼物，你可以买张看比赛的票或者晚上请他出去消遣。experience经验, 体验, 经历, 阅历；service服务, 服务性工作, 服役, 仪式；present赠品, 礼物；object物体, 目标, 宾语, 对象。

58. 由标题“NO limits!”和后文“You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want.”可推知此处是说：想象一下一般的限制都不存在。

59. 考虑你的目标和新的可能做到的事情。possibility可能性, 可能发生的事物； limitation限制, 局限性；tendency趋向, 倾向；practice实行, 实践, 实际。

60. 这里举滑雪作为例子，故要用for example。

61. 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。adapt…to…使适应。

62. 本段说到了“换位思考”的技巧，故本空应该选择C。要求人们从不同的角度看待问题。

63. 小说作家常常把自己想象成自己书中的一个人物。feature特征, 容貌, 特色, 特写； theme题目, 主题；creature人, 动物, 傀儡, 创造物；character人物，性格。

64. 如果你的目标涉及到其他人，把自己放在别人的位置上（来考虑问题）。position位置, 职位, 立场；dream梦想； image图像, 肖像, 偶像；direction方向, 指导, 趋势。