3、“Creativity is the key to a brighter future,” say education and business experts. Here is how schools and parents can encourage this important skill in children.

    If Dick had listened to his boss in 1925, we might not have a product that we now think of as of great importance: a new type of tape. Dick worked for the Minnesota Mining Company. At work he developed a kind of material strong enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Finally, using his own time, Dick improved the tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his former company learned from its mistake. Now it encourages people to spend 15 percent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas.

    Creativity is not something one is just born with, nor is it necessarily a character of high intelligence. The fact that a person is highly intelligent does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of using the resources one has to produce new ideas that are good for something.

    Unfortunately, schools have not tried to encourage creativity. With strong attention to test results and the development of reading, writing and mathematical skills, many educators give up creativity for correct answers. The result is that children can give back information but can’t recognize ways to use it in new situation. They may know the rules correctly but they are unable to use them to Work out practical problems.

    It is important to give children choices. From the earlier age, children should be allowed to make decisions and understand their results. Even if it’s choosing between two food items for lunch, decision-making helps thinking skills. As children grow older, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money. This is because the most important character of creative people is a very strong desire to find a way out of trouble.

1．What did the company where Dick once worked learn from its mistake?

   A．They encouraged people to work a longer time.

   B．They discouraged people to think freely.

   C．They asked people to spend all their work time developing new ideas.

   D．They encouraged people to spend some of their work time considering and improving new ideas.

2．Creativity is something __

   A．that people are born with

   B．that depends on intelligence

   C．that is a way of using what one has learnt to work out new problems

   D．that is not important at all

3．Why don’t schools try to encourage creativity?

   A．They don’t understand the importance of education.

   B．They don’t want their students to make mistakes.

   C．They pay too much attention to exam marks, language and mathematical skills.

   D．They think it more important to remember some information.

4．What should the parents do when their children decide how to spend their money?

   A．Try to help them as much as possible.

   B．Take no notice of whatever they do.

   C．Leave them as they are.

D．Help them if their decision is wrong, but not too much.

2、Once a man came to Allah and said, “Oh Allah, I have many bad habits. Which one __1__ I give up first?” Allah said, “Give up __2__ lies first and always tell the truth.” The man promised to do so and went home.

   At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before __3__[出发] out, he thought for a moment about the promise he made to Allah. “If tomorrow Allah asks me where I have been, what should I say? Should I say that I went out stealing? No, I cannot say that. If I tell the truth, everyone will start hating me and call me a __4__. I would be __5__ (惩罚) for stealing. But n__6__ can I lie.”

   So the man decided not to steal that night, and gave up this bad habit.

   Next day, when he was __7__ to drink wine, he also remembered __8__he promised to Allah, so he gave up the idea of drinking wine. In this way, whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he remembered his promise to tell the truth __9__ all times. One by one, he got __10__of all his bad habits.

1、网上购物近来变得越来越流行，很多人认为在网上购物便宜，当然也有很多人对在网上购物心存疑虑，认为还是传统的购物方式更稳妥。

请根据以下任务说明和写作要求，写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

【写作内容及要求】

（1）描述你周围的同学对网上购物的看法；

（2）你喜欢传统的购物方式还是网上购物？

（3）结合自己的生活例子说明你喜欢的理由。

提示：Internet shopping     网上购物

traditional shopping   传统方式购物

28、

1．If you happen to be the 200th customer to buy Cholesterolblock, you will          .

       A．be able to buy it at a low price               B．be the luckiest one online

       C．try it free of charge                              D．change your diet

2．Liptor?, Zocor?, Crestor? are         .

       A．diseases              B．side effects          C．medicines            D．cholesterol

3．Cholestrolblock^TM  has the following advantages EXCEPT that _____________________.

       A．it helps take cholesterol out of whatever food you eat.

       B．it has been proved useful in hospital testing.

       C．it helps people absorb at least 42% cholesterol.

       D．it sells best on Internet every month.

4．Where can you most probably read this passage?

    A．In a travel guide book.                          B．On a university bulletin board.

       C．In a health magazine.                            D．In a doctor's prescription.

26、Zhai Zhigang, ___________, walked in _______ space on Sept 27,2008.

A．an enough brave Chinese astronaut; the 

B．a Chinese brave enough astronaut ; /

C．a Chinese astronaut brave enough;  /  

D．a brave enough Chinese astronaut; the

25、The moving picture of a little boy of 5, ______ from the big earthquake , has been made _____ to all Chinese people for the boy’s saluting to the soldiers.

A．saved; to know                                     B．to save; knowing   

C．having been saved; know                 D．saved; known   

24、_________________ fine equipment, three Chinese astronauts in Shenzhou VII came back, ______.

A．Having owned up; soundly and safely       

B．having made up of; safety and sound

C．Armed with; safe and sound         

D．Being concentrated on; safe and sound