题目内容
________ what do I owe the honor of your visit?
- A.Because
- B.In
- C.To
- D.With
Why do people play football? It’s a(n) __16__ game and it’s dangerous too. Twenty-two men fight __17__ ninety minutes to make __18__ many goals as they can. They get __19__ black eyes and broken bones than they do for points. Football players must be mad. And __20__ do people watch football? They __21__ be mad too. They certainly __22__ and scream like __23__. I’m afraid __24__ near a football field when they are playing a game. The crowds are __25__.
I’d __26__ stay at home and watch TV. But what happens when I turn it __27__ ? They are showing a football game. So I turn on the radio. What do I __28__? The __29__ football scores. And what do I see when I open a newspaper? Pictures of football players, interview with __30__ players, and scores of football games.
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A.for | B.by | C.in | D.against |
A.so | B.to | C.as | D.very |
A.much | B.many | C.most | D.more |
A.why | B.when | C.where | D.which |
A.mustn’t | B.must | C.can’t | D.can |
A.cry | B.laugh | C.run | D.shout |
A.gentlemen | B.ladies | C.madmen | D.madams |
A.ofgoing | B.forgoing | C.going | D.tobegoing |
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A.rather | B.better | C.like | D.fairly |
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Most people believe they don't have imagination. They are wrong. Everyone has imagination, but most of us,once we became adults, forget how to access it. Creativity isn't always connected with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time routinely 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.
This technique involves taking unrelated 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 associated with candles:light,fire,matches, wax,night,silence,etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the ideas to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original present; you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night.
Imagine that normal limitations don't exist. You have as much time/space/money,etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new possibilities. If,for example,your goal is to learn to ski, you can now practice skiing every day of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now adapt this to reality. Maybe you can practice skiing every day in December,or every Monday in January.
Look at the situation from a different point of view. Good negotiators use this technique in business,and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the characters 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? What does she dream about? If your goal involves other people, put yourself “in their shoes”. The best fishermen think like fish!
【小题1】According to the passage, when we become adults, _________ .
A.most of us are no longer creative | B.we can still learn to be more creative |
C.we are not as imaginative as children | D.we are unwilling to be creative |
A.setting a goal is as simple as skiing |
B.new possibilities will soon appear |
C.December and January are the best months for skiing. |
D.you have every resource to achieve your goal |
A.dress yourself like them | B.think as they would |
C.do as they ask you to | D.put on their shoes |
A.what do I usually do | B.what did my boss tell me to do |
C.what are my customers' needs | D.how should I sell my products |
I grew up in a house where the TV was seldom turned on and with one wall in my bedroom entirely lined with bookshelves, most of my childhood was spent on books I could get hold of. In fact, I grew up thinking of reading as natural as breathing and books unbelievably powerful in shaping perspectives(观点)by creating worlds we could step into, take part in and live in.
With this unshakable belief, I, at fourteen, decided to become a writer. Here too, reading became useful. Every writer starts off knowing that he has something to say, but being unable to find the right ways to say it. He has to find his own voice by reading widely and discovering which parts of the writers he agrees or disagrees with, or agrees with so strongly that it reshapes his own world. He cannot write without loving to read, because only through reading other people’s writing can one discover what works, what doesn’t and, in the end, together with lots of practice, what voice he has.
Now I am in college, and have come to realize how important it is to read fiction. As a law student, my reading is in fact limited to subject matter — the volume(量)of what I have to read for classes every week means there is little time to read anything else. Such reading made it all the clearer to me that I live in a very small part in this great place called life. Reading fiction reminds me that there is life beyond my own. It allows me to travel across the high seas and along the Silk Road, all from the comfort of my own armchair, to experience, though secondhand, exciting experiences that I wouldn’t necessarily be able to have in my lifetime.
【小题1】What can be inferred about the author as a child?
A.He never watched TV. |
B.He read what he had to. |
C.He found reading unbelievable. |
D.He considered reading part of his life. |
A.the ability to speak |
B.a way of writing |
C.a sound quality |
D.a world to write about |
A.It opens up a wider world for him. |
B.It helps him to realize his dream. |
C.It makes his college life more interesting. |
D.It increases his interest in worldwide travel. |
A.How do I read? | B.What do I read? | C.Why do I read? | D.When do I read? |