Several cars are available within this price________.

A. area    B. filed    C. land    D. range

As soon as the children were _____, their mother got them out of bed and into the bathroom.

A. woke    B. waken    C. wake    D. awake  

Psychologists say that_____ our emotions will make us feel better and there is nothing to be ashamed of.

A. relieving   B. relaxing   C. releasing   D. removing

By 1909, Picasso had______ himself as a painter of great talent in Paris.

 A. made    B. recognize   C. admitted  D. established

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

I told you that you shouldn’t waste your time playing the computer games, ______?

    A. didn’t I                  B. did I 

    C. should you               D. shouldn’t you

I hope she gives up her job ______ it makes her crazy.

   A. before        B. until       C. as soon as       D. in that case

If people keep polluting the rivers, no fish there will survive ______.

    A. at all costs              B. once in a while

    C. in the long run           D. by no means

The argument remains extremely heated ______ it is worthwhile for China to open its door to foreign cars.

   A. that         B. which       C. if            D. whether

The big building ______ construction will be a shopping mall in the city.

   A. in                B. under                C. over                  D. during