Question

【題目】 Creativity(創(chuàng)造力) helps people a lot in many ways. Here is how schools and parents can help their children ______ their creativity.

Drew worked for a company in 1925. At work he invented a kind of material ______ enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Drew didn’t stop and finally, using his own time, made a kind of tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his company learnt from its ______.

Now the company asks its workers to ______ 15 per cent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas.

Creativity is not something one is just born with. A person with high intelligence does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of ______ your intelligence to think of new ideas that are good for something.

We know that many schools have tried to develop students’ creativity, but some teachers only want to develop students reading, writing and Maths skills, and have to ______ creativity for correct answers. Children from such schools can give correct ______, but they are unable to use them to work out problems.

It is important to give children choices. From the earliest age, children should learn to make decisions and understand their ______. Even though it's choosing between two kinds of food for lunch, decision-making helps ______ skills. As children grow older, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their

money, but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision. The child may have a ______ time, but that is all right.

【1】A. changeB. discoverC. developD. discuss

【2】A. thickB. wideC. lightD. strong

【3】A. mistakeB. effectC. thoughtD. suggestion

【4】A. takeB. wasteC. spendD. save

【5】A. findingB. usingC. takingD. improving

【6】A. grow upB. give upC. catch upD. hurry up

【7】A. reasonsB. knowledgeC. waysD. answers

【8】A. informationB. conversationsC. resultsD. questions

【9】A. eatingB. writingC. thinkingD. reading

【10】A. hardB. luckyC. happyD. great

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【6】B

【7】D

【8】C

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】

文章講述了創(chuàng)造力并非與生俱來的，需要學(xué)校，老師，父母合適的引導(dǎo)和啟發(fā)，文章最后建議說，孩子們自己在選擇時而做出了錯誤的決定后，他可能會有一個艱難的時期，但這沒有關(guān)系。

【1】句意：以下是學(xué)校和家長如何幫助孩子發(fā)展創(chuàng)造力的方法。

考查動詞及語境的理解。A. change改變；B. discover發(fā)現(xiàn)；C. develop發(fā)展；D. discuss討論。根據(jù)句意指“幫助孩子發(fā)展創(chuàng)造力”，故選C。

【2】句意：在工作中，他發(fā)明了一種足夠堅固的材料來能一起承受東西。

考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. thick厚的；B. wide寬的；C. light輕的；D. strong強(qiáng)壯的。根據(jù)“to hold things together一起承受東西”，可知是發(fā)明了一種足夠強(qiáng)壯的材料，故選D。

【3】句意：他的公司從錯誤中吸取了教訓(xùn)。

考查名詞及語境的理解。A. mistake錯誤；B. effect影響；C. thought思想；D. suggestion建議。根據(jù)文中可知“公司從錯誤中吸取了教訓(xùn)”，故選A。

【4】句意：現(xiàn)在，公司要求員工把15%的工作時間花在思考和發(fā)展新想法上。

考查動詞及語境的理解。A. take花費，主語通常為it；B. waste浪費；C. spend花費，人做主語；D. save挽救。spend time doing sth.意為“花費時間做某事”，根據(jù)題意，故選C。

【5】句意：創(chuàng)造力就是用你的智慧去思考對某事有好處的新想法。

考查動詞及語境的理解。A. finding發(fā)現(xiàn)；B. using使用；C. taking帶走；D. improving改善。use…to do sth.意為“用…做某事”，根據(jù)題意，故選B。

【6】句意：我們知道，很多學(xué)校都試圖培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的創(chuàng)造力，但有些老師只想培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的閱讀、寫作和數(shù)學(xué)技能，為了得到正確的答案，不得不放棄創(chuàng)造力。

考查動詞短語及語境的理解。A. grow up成長；B. give up放棄；C. catch up追趕；D. hurry up趕快。根據(jù)“but some teachers only want to develop students reading, writing and Maths skills, 但有些老師只想培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的閱讀、寫作和數(shù)學(xué)技能”，可知老師不得不放棄創(chuàng)造力，故選B。

【7】句意：這些學(xué)校的孩子可以給出正確的答案，但是他們不能用這些答案來解決問題。

考查名詞及語境的理解。A. reasons原因；B. knowledge知識；C. ways方法；D. answers答案。根據(jù)句意指“給出正確的答案”，故選D。

【8】句意：孩子們從小就應(yīng)該學(xué)會做決定并且了解他們的結(jié)果。

考查名詞及語境的理解。A. information信息；B. conversations對話；C. results結(jié)果；D. questions問題。根據(jù)“children should learn to make decisions孩子們應(yīng)該學(xué)會做決定”，且and連接兩個并列成分，結(jié)合選項，推測意思應(yīng)為“并且了解他們的結(jié)果”，故選C。

【9】句意：盡管它是在午餐的兩種食物之間做出選擇，但做決定有助于提高思考能力。

考查動詞及語境的理解。A. eating吃；B. writing寫；C. thinking思考；D. reading讀。根據(jù)句意指“做決定有助于提高思考能力”，故選C。

【10】句意：孩子可能有一段艱難的時光，但那沒關(guān)系。

考查形容詞及語境的理解。A. hard艱難的；B. lucky幸運(yùn)的；C. happy高興的；D. great偉大的。根據(jù)“but that is all right但那沒關(guān)系”，but表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，結(jié)合選項，推測意思是孩子們自己在選擇時而做出了錯誤的決定后，他可能會有一個艱難的時期，但沒有關(guān)系，故選A。