If you look up the word “create” in the dictionary , you will find it means “to bring into being, to cause something each of us does daily to exist”．
We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way. First, this includes an awareness of our surroundings．It means using all of our senses to become aware of our world．This may be as simple as being aware of color and texture（质地）, as well as taste, when we plan a meal．Above all, it is the ability to notice things that others might miss．
A second part of creativity is an ability to see relationships among things．There is nothing new under the sun. The creativity is remaking or recombining（重组） the old in new ways. For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph．
A third part of creativity is the courage and drive to make use of our new ideas, to ask for them to achieve some new results．To think up a new idea is one thing; to put the idea to work is another．
These three parts of creativity are included in all the great works of geniuses, but they are also included in many of our day-to-day activities．(257 words)
1.Which of the following activities is NOT a creative one according to the passage?
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A．To prepare for a meal． |
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B．To arrange the furniture in a special way． |
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C．To buy some books from a bookstore． |
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D．To “write” a letter with the computer． |
2.“There is nothing new under the sun” really implies that _________．
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A．a new thing can only be created at the basis of earlier things |
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B．a new thing is only a tale |
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C．we can seldom create new things |
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D．we can hardly see really new things in the world |
3. What is the relationship between a new thought and its being put into practice?
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A．It’s more difficult to create a new thought than to put it into practice． |
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B．To find a new thought will clearly lead to the production of a new thing． |
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C．A man with an excellent ability of practice can easily become an inventor． |
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D．One may come up with a new thought, but may not put it into practice． |
4.The best title for this passage is__________．
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A．How to Develop One’s Creativity |
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B．What Is Creativity |
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C．The Importance of Creativity |
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D．Creativity, a Not Faraway Thing |
XI’AN---Seven people died in a fire early on Wednesday morning in Xi’an, capital of Shanxi Province. A restaurant with a karaoke hall in the southern suburbs caught fire around 2 a. m. and seven waitresses who were sleeping on the second floor of the restaurant were killed. The restaurant was completely destroyed and the waitresses, the local police said, were killed by toxic smoke from burning decorations.
MANILA---Four people were killed yesterday in the central Philippine island of Tacloban when a bomb they had dug up exploded, local police were quoted as saying. The four people were digging to set up a septic（poisonous）tank in their house when they dug up the bomb. It went off, killing all four people, local police were quoted by radio station DZBB as saying. The police did not say where the bomb came from. Unexploded bombs from World War II are still discovered around the Philippines once in a while.
TEL AVIV---An Israeli couple kissed for 30 hours and 45 minutes which, a spokeswoman said yesterday, was a world record. The couple, both in their twenties, started kissing on Monday at 8:30 p.m. along with 250 other couples in a contest. “For nearly 31 hours they didn’t eat, drink, talk or even go to the bathroom. And the whole time, they were standing up”, said Arielle Goldman, who handled public relations for the event. She said a representative of the Guinness Book of World Records was on hang to witness the event, recorded on video. The previous record was 29 hour and 37 minutes, Goldman said. The winning couple received two round-the-world plane tickets and $2,500. (277 words)
1.Which of the following statements is right?
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A．The news report didn’t mention the loss caused by the fire. |
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B．After reading the report we know how the fire broke out. |
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C．The reporter tended to think the bomb had something to do with World War II |
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D．The police refused to admit the bomb had anything to do with World War II. |
2. The underlined word “toxic” means _____.
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A．poisonous |
B．dangerous |
C．hot |
D．thick |
3. The Israeli couple kissed for nearly 31 hours_____.
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A．to test their endurance |
B．to set a new world record |
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C．to show their special love |
D．to prove they are very healthy |
4.Why did so many couples take part in the contest?
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A．Because it was a good chance to enjoy themselves. |
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B．Because they were poor and wanted to gain the 2,500 dollars. |
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C．Because they wanted to attract people’s attention. |
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D．Because they aimed at the honor and prize. |
Mrs Amatuli was my teacher in the fourth grade. One day at lunch time, Mrs Amatuli asked me if she could 36 my sandwiches. She explained that I could use the money to buy a 37 lunch from the cafeteria（自助餐厅）. I was 38. I never bought my lunch at the cafeteria. It was 39 expensive for my family, and I always carried my lunch and brought the bag back home to 40 again the next day.
You can understand my 41 when I had the opportunity to buy a hot lunch. Kids always 42 about the cafeteria food but I was very 43 of them.
When we 44 lunch that day, Mrs Amatuli took me aside and said she wanted to 45 why she had bought my sandwiches. I really didn't care why, 46 it gave me a few minutes of her precious 47 so I was very quiet as she explained.
You 48 , she was a Catholic(天主教徒) and she told me that Catholics didn’t eat red meat on Fridays—they ate 49 on Fridays.
Oh, I couldn't 50 to get home and tell my Mom that from then on I wanted fish on Fridays. 51 my Mom understood why, she gladly fixed fish for me on Fridays. From then on, every Friday I could get in 52 with the rest of the kids for a hot lunch. I didn’t care how many of the kids complained about the cafeteria food—it 53 great to me!
I realize now that Mrs Amatuli 54 have fixed herself a fish sandwich on Fridays. She bought my sandwiches because she saw a little girl who was pleased over the simple
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Chemicals in the body ______our food _____ into useful things．
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A．break, into |
B．break, up |
C．break, down |
D．break, off |
—Peter looked tired and a little absent-minded in class．
—He _____ too late．
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A．may stay up |
B．could stay up |
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C．should have stayed up |
D．must have stayed up |
She’s so ______ that no one can please her.
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A．particular |
B．simple |
C．normal |
D．adventurous |
