Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

You can help your firm innovate(创新) by creating a culture in which all employees are actively encouraged to put forward ideas. But how do you get the best from people and encourage them to be at their most creative.

Stress the importance of creativity. 【1】 If they don’t understand innovation can keep your firm competitive, your efforts at encouraging creative thinking risk falling flat.

Make time for brainstorming. Find some time for new ideas to come out. For example, set aside time for brainstorming, hold regular group works hops(研讨会) and arrange team days out. A team involved in a brainstorming session is likely to be more effective. 【2】You should also give individuals the space to reflect privately on their work if you think they need it.

Challenge the way staff work. 【3】 Ask people whether they have considered alternative ways of working and what might be achieved by doing things differently.

【4】Motivate individuals or teams who come up with winning ideas by actively recognizing creativity, for example through an award scheme. You can reward those who just have a rich flow of suggestions, regardless of whether they are put into action at work.

Act on ideas. Creative thinking is only worthwhile if it results in action. Provide the time and resources to develop and carry out those ideas worth acting on. 【5】In addition, the flow of ideas may well dry up if staff feel the process is pointless.

A. Reward creativity.

B. The problem is that our minds are lazy.

C. Be willing to make mistakes.

D. Make sure all your employees know that you want to hear their ideas.

E. Individuals within the team can test and improve the ideas together.

F. Encourage employees to keep looking at the way they approach their work.

G. Failure to do so means that your firm may fail to benefit from innovation.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】E

【3】F

【4】A

【5】G

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于说明文，告诉我们创新的巨大作用，并提出了5点提高员工创新精神的建议。

【1】D 根据本段第一句Stress the importance of creativity.要去的创新的重要性。同时你也要让你的员工知道你想知道他们的新主意。横线后一句If they don’t understand innovation can keep your firm competitive中的they就是指“your employees”，所以D项“Make sure all your employees know that you want to hear their ideas.”符合上下文串联。

【2】E 根据横线前句A team involved in a brainstorming session is likely to be more effective.可知团队的努力会有更大的创造性成果。团队中的个人可以一起改善自己的具体想法。E项“Individuals within the team can test and improve the ideas together.”涉及的正是个人和团队在创新方面的联系。故E项正确。

【3】F 根据横线后一句Ask people whether they have considered alternative ways of working and what might be achieved by doing things differently.让员工思考他们是否有新的不同的方法来成长同样的事情。鼓励员工找出新方法，也就是鼓励创新。故F项正确。

【4】A 根据本段最后一句You can reward those who just have a rich flow of suggestions, regardless of whether they are put into action at work.可知我们可以通过奖励创新者来鼓励员工创新。故A项“Reward creativity.”为本段中心思想。

【5】G 根据横线前句Provide the time and resources to develop and carry out those ideas worth acting on.可知我们要给员工提供时间和资源让员工去实践自己的新思想。如果你不能这样做，就无法从创新中收益。G项“Failure to do so means that your firm may fail to benefit from innovation.”与上下文一致。