Question

【题目】 Creativity(创造力) helps people a lot in many ways. Here is how schools and parents can help their children ______ their creativity.

Drew worked for a company in 1925. At work he invented a kind of material ______ enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Drew didn’t stop and finally, using his own time, made a kind of tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his company learnt from its ______.

Now the company asks its workers to ______ 15 per cent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas.

Creativity is not something one is just born with. A person with high intelligence does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of ______ your intelligence to think of new ideas that are good for something.

We know that many schools have tried to develop students’ creativity, but some teachers only want to develop students reading, writing and Maths skills, and have to ______ creativity for correct answers. Children from such schools can give correct ______, but they are unable to use them to work out problems.

It is important to give children choices. From the earliest age, children should learn to make decisions and understand their ______. Even though it's choosing between two kinds of food for lunch, decision-making helps ______ skills. As children grow older, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their

money, but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision. The child may have a ______ time, but that is all right.

【1】A. changeB. discoverC. developD. discuss

【2】A. thickB. wideC. lightD. strong

【3】A. mistakeB. effectC. thoughtD. suggestion

【4】A. takeB. wasteC. spendD. save

【5】A. findingB. usingC. takingD. improving

【6】A. grow upB. give upC. catch upD. hurry up

【7】A. reasonsB. knowledgeC. waysD. answers

【8】A. informationB. conversationsC. resultsD. questions

【9】A. eatingB. writingC. thinkingD. reading

【10】A. hardB. luckyC. happyD. great

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【6】B

【7】D

【8】C

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】

文章讲述了创造力并非与生俱来的，需要学校，老师，父母合适的引导和启发，文章最后建议说，孩子们自己在选择时而做出了错误的决定后，他可能会有一个艰难的时期，但这没有关系。

【1】句意：以下是学校和家长如何帮助孩子发展创造力的方法。

考查动词及语境的理解。A. change改变；B. discover发现；C. develop发展；D. discuss讨论。根据句意指“帮助孩子发展创造力”，故选C。

【2】句意：在工作中，他发明了一种足够坚固的材料来能一起承受东西。

考查形容词及语境的理解。A. thick厚的；B. wide宽的；C. light轻的；D. strong强壮的。根据“to hold things together一起承受东西”，可知是发明了一种足够强壮的材料，故选D。

【3】句意：他的公司从错误中吸取了教训。

考查名词及语境的理解。A. mistake错误；B. effect影响；C. thought思想；D. suggestion建议。根据文中可知“公司从错误中吸取了教训”，故选A。

【4】句意：现在，公司要求员工把15%的工作时间花在思考和发展新想法上。

考查动词及语境的理解。A. take花费，主语通常为it；B. waste浪费；C. spend花费，人做主语；D. save挽救。spend time doing sth.意为“花费时间做某事”，根据题意，故选C。

【5】句意：创造力就是用你的智慧去思考对某事有好处的新想法。

考查动词及语境的理解。A. finding发现；B. using使用；C. taking带走；D. improving改善。use…to do sth.意为“用…做某事”，根据题意，故选B。

【6】句意：我们知道，很多学校都试图培养学生的创造力，但有些老师只想培养学生的阅读、写作和数学技能，为了得到正确的答案，不得不放弃创造力。

考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. grow up成长；B. give up放弃；C. catch up追赶；D. hurry up赶快。根据“but some teachers only want to develop students reading, writing and Maths skills, 但有些老师只想培养学生的阅读、写作和数学技能”，可知老师不得不放弃创造力，故选B。

【7】句意：这些学校的孩子可以给出正确的答案，但是他们不能用这些答案来解决问题。

考查名词及语境的理解。A. reasons原因；B. knowledge知识；C. ways方法；D. answers答案。根据句意指“给出正确的答案”，故选D。

【8】句意：孩子们从小就应该学会做决定并且了解他们的结果。

考查名词及语境的理解。A. information信息；B. conversations对话；C. results结果；D. questions问题。根据“children should learn to make decisions孩子们应该学会做决定”，且and连接两个并列成分，结合选项，推测意思应为“并且了解他们的结果”，故选C。

【9】句意：尽管它是在午餐的两种食物之间做出选择，但做决定有助于提高思考能力。

考查动词及语境的理解。A. eating吃；B. writing写；C. thinking思考；D. reading读。根据句意指“做决定有助于提高思考能力”，故选C。

【10】句意：孩子可能有一段艰难的时光，但那没关系。

考查形容词及语境的理解。A. hard艰难的；B. lucky幸运的；C. happy高兴的；D. great伟大的。根据“but that is all right但那没关系”，but表示转折关系，结合选项，推测意思是孩子们自己在选择时而做出了错误的决定后，他可能会有一个艰难的时期，但没有关系，故选A。