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

No limits!  Imagine that normal limitations don’t ____. You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new ____. If 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 ____ this to reality. Maybe you can practice skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January.

Be someone else!  Look at the situation from a ____ point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the ___ 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 ____. 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. ambitious      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

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Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are    50   .Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to    51   it. Creativity isn’t always   52   with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time   53   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   54   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 idea/words   55   with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the   56   to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to but a friend an original   57   ; you could buy him tickets to match or take him out for the night.

NO limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t   58   . You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new   59   .If your goal is to learn to ski,   60   , you can now practise skiing every day of your life （because you have the time and the money）. Now    61    this to reality.  Maybe you can practise skiing ever day in December, or every Monday in January.

Be someone else! Look at the situation from a    62   point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writes. Fiction writers often imagine they are the   63   in their books. They ask question: 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    64   . The best fishermen think like fish!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

58. A. work                    B. last                         C. exist                       D. change

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

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

61. A. devote                  B. adapt                      C. lead                        D. keep

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

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

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

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!