Question

Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are    11   . Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to   12  it. Creativity isn’t always  13 with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time   14   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   15  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  16  with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the   17 to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original   18  ; you could buy him tickets to match or take him out for the night.

　　NO limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t   19  . You have as much time /space / money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new  20  . If your goal is to learn to ski,    21  , you can now practise skiing every day of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now   22   this to reality. Maybe you can practise skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January.

Be someone else! Look at the situation from a    23  point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the  24   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    25 . The best fishermen think like fish!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9.	A．work B．last C．exist D．change

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

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

12.	A．devote B．adapt C．lead D．keep

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

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

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

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.B

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

【解析】文章论述了如何让自己有创造性，并给出了3个方法。

1.上下文串联。根据下文的每个人都有想象力可知以前的看法是错误的。

2.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。

3.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。

4.副词辨析。A有技巧的；B经常的；C生动地；D深入地；解析同上。

5.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。

6.形容词辨析。根据句意可知是写下一些与蜡烛有关的词或者想法。

7.上下文串联。上文16空之前提及了idea。

8.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。

9.上下文串联。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。

10.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。

11.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。

12.动词辨析。Adapt…to…使…适合…

13.形容词辨析。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。

14.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。

15.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。