Question

【题目】任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

How to Release Creativity

According to most dictionaries, creativity is the ability to create. However, creativity is more than what is defined by the dictionary. It is an idea, a process, a thought, or a state of mind. One cannot learn to be creative because creativity is natural and unique to each individual. People should know that creativity doesn't equal success. It equals the act of expressing. So, if at first the goal that is aimed for is not achieved, there is no need for worry or frustration.

Creativity can, however, be released by discovery. Some people need encouragement to help release their creativity. There are quite a few ways to release it.

One way to release creativity would be to look for what can inspire you. Looking at the world and admiring the differences in people and places help. Creativity can be drawn from their beauty. A person can touch, taste, smell, hear, and see hundreds of different objects. Aromas from foods, textures of blankets, and sight of unusual objects can all give inspiration.

Many people are too concerned with how things should look. The focus should be on how it actually looks in the raw, to the human eye. Colors and shapes can be distorted(扭曲) by the mere fact that people want others to see it for what it is. It's more difficult for someone to let go of all that and just let their creativity flow, unblocked.

Another way to get creativity flowing is to research what other artists have done or are currently doing. Their cultures and biographies alone can be an inspiration. Examining their works can help some appreciate artistic expression. New techniques can even be drawn from their works.

Some people are even inspired by everyday events, like reading the newspaper or watching the news. Some can take other people's situations and describe how it makes them feel. That is a way to release creativity. Controversial issues, such as war or abortion, can inspire writings like poems. They can be used to express death, loss, or tragedy. General topics such as religion or politics can branch off into many directions, sending creativity into overdrive.

Creativity is not about reaching a goal or being a perfectionist. It's about being, feeling, and taking all that is inside and letting it out in one way or another. Creativity is not always expressed by paintings, drawings, or writings. One's action is the main form to express creativity. Romance, for example, is a form of creativity. Love and emotion are inspired by one person for another. Taking something inside and then putting it back out into the world as another thing is the key of creativity. Knowing and loving someone so much that there is a need to express it is a very natural form of creativity.

Another form of expressing creativity is talking. Some people are more blessed in this area than in more obvious ones, such as painting or drawing. They paint a “word picture”. Speeches can be centered around new ideas and thoughts. It can contain all of one's being and transform it into either simple or complicated words.

Inspiration is vital to creativity. Even if it's only a slight feeling or thought that inspires. Creativity can be released each time attempts are made to use the body as an outlet. Remember that creativity is not an art form, but that it forms art.

Outline	Details
Writer's understanding of creativity	Creativity is more than just a 【1】_______ given in the dictionary It is an idea, a process, a thought, or a state of mind It is natural and unique to each individual It equals 【2】_______ rather than success
Ways to 【3】_____ creativity	We can look for what can inspire us through five 【4】________ We shouldn't be too concerned with the 【5】______ of things We can get creativity flowing by【6】_______ what other artists have done or are doing and examining their works We can draw inspiration from both everyday events and【7】________ issues
Forms of expressing creativity	Creativity can be expressed by paintings, drawings or【8】________actions used 【9】_______ to show one's knowing and loving someonespeeches containing new ideas and thoughts
Conclusion	Inspiration is of great【10】______ to creativity Art is an expressive form of creativity

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】definition

【2】expression

【3】release

【4】senses

【5】look

【6】studying

【7】controversial

【8】writings

【9】mostly

【10】importance

【解析】

试题分析：考查动词、搭配，时态，注意运用正确形式。

【1】definition 定义， 根据However, creativity is more than what is defined by the dictionary即创造力不仅仅是在字典中给出的定义。

【2】expression表达，根据It equals the act of expressing.可知。

【3】release释放，根据One way to release creativity would be to look for what can inspire you 可知填写release。

【4】senses 感觉，根据A person can touch, taste, smell, hear, and see hundreds of different objects. 可知是五种感觉。

【5】look，表面。根据Many people are too concerned with how things should look.可知是事物的表面。

【6】studying or researching 研究。根据Another way to get creativity flowing is to research what other artists have done or are currently doing. 可知填study or research，因为by介词后面需要填写动词的ing形式，所以是 studying or researching。

【7】controversial，有争议的，根据Controversial issues, such as war or abortion, can inspire writings like poems。可知填写controversial。

【8】writings，写作。根据Creativity is not always expressed by paintings, drawings, or writings. 可知填写writings。

【9】mostly，大多数。根据One's action is the main form to express creativity. 中的main可知主要的或者大多数的。

【10】importance or significance，重要性。根据Inspiration is vital to creativity. 中的vital 可知是重要的，但是be of 后面需要加名词所以填写importance或者significance。