题目内容
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!
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 |
2.The second technique suggests that you just imagine
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 |
3.The phrase “put yourself in their shoes” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to ______ .
A.dress yourself like them |
B.think as they would |
C.do as they ask you to |
D.put on their shoes |
4.We learn from the third technique that a good salesman should ask himself “ _________ ?”.
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 |
1.B
2.D
3.B
4.C
【解析】本文讲述了每个人都有想象力,并教给成年人几种获取想象力的技巧。
1.B 细节题。本题的答题依据是文章开头的这句话:Everyone has imagination, but most of us,once we become adults,forget how to access it.人人都有想象力,只是成年后,我们就忘了如何取得想象力 (access it) 。文章的目的就是教给成年人几种获得想象力的技巧,所以说成年人还是可以学会怎么样更加富有创意的。
2.D 细节题。第三段的第一句话: Imagine that normal limitations don't exist. You have as much time/ space/money, etc. as you want.是本题的答题依据。
3.B 猜词题。put yourself in their shoes 是英语的一个成语,相当于汉语的"设身处地".
4.C 推断题。第三种技巧就是:Look at the situation from a different point of view. 作者以谈判者和小说家为例,说明推销员如要应用这一技巧就应该把自己置于顾客的位置上,问一问他们的需要是什么。
Taiwan will finalize a plan by the end of June to open up the island to tourists from mainland China, though no date has been fixed for formal implementation(执行), an official at the Mainland Affairs Council(MAC)said on Monday.
The official said the reports in the local press on Monday that the MAC has decided to postpone its plan to announce the implementation of the new plan on July 1 were inaccurate.
The official said cooperation between different organizations was still underway.The United Daily news quoted the director of the MAC’s legal affairs department, Liu Thehsun, as saying the plan to open up to mainland tourists would not be implemented as scheduled due to a lack of cross-strait communication.
Although relevant authorities, including the Bureau of Immigration and the Tourism Bureau, have complete reports on how to deal with visitors from mainland China, the decision has been taken not to press, ahead with announcement of the plan’s implementation on the first of July, Liu was quoted as saying.
The report also said that while no restrictions would be imposed on the mainland visitors in terms of age or residence in China, the visitors would need to hold a steady job or have more than 50,000RMB(about 6,000, U.S.dollars)in bank savings before they would be eligible(有资格的)to visit Taiwan.
In addition, Taiwan bound mainland tourists would have to come as part of a tour group and would be allowed to stay a maximum of 10 days each time.
The number of mainland tourists allowed to enter the island would also initially be limited to 1,000 people a day.
Although most people from Taiwan are free to travel to China, only a small number of mainland Chinese have been able to visit the island due to restrictions imposed by both sides of the Taiwan Strait after the end of a civil war in 1949.
【小题1】At the moment, according to the passage, ___________.
A.no mainland Chinese can visit Taiwan now |
B.any mainland Chinese can visit Taiwan now |
C.many mainland Chinese have ever visited Taiwan since 1949 |
D.a few mainland Chinese have ever visited Taiwan since 1949 |
A.there will be no restrictions to mainland visitors |
B.mainland visitors who want to travel in Taiwan must have at least ¥50,000 in the bank savings account |
C.there will be no age restrictions to the mainland visitors |
D.mainland visitors will be free to travel to Taiwan |
A.MAC | B.United Daily |
C.several organizations | D.Bureau of Immigration |
A.The implementation of the plan has not been fixed. |
B.It was originally fixed on July 1 to announce the plan’s implementation. |
C.For lack of cross-strait communication, the plan will not be officially completed until July. |
D.When the plan is finalized, it will be announced immediately. |