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Once upon a time there lived a wise king who wanted to marry off his favorite daughter. He 1. how he could find the right person. Finally, the king had an 2. . He decided to hold a contest(比赛) to decided which gentleman would achieve this great honor. The king ordered that anyone 3. wanted to marry the princess must report to the palace. To win his daughter, a man must fill up a whole room with a(an) 4. thing very quickly.

The first brave man anived at the palace. He brought bags full of feathers. With great 5. , he started to fill the large room with feathers, but time ran out and he failed.

The next day, 6. young man tried to quickly fill the room, this time with beautiful silk. Time ran out again, and he left the palace 7. .

The contest went on day afterday, 8. contestants hoped to pass the test but no one 9. . The king began to lose heart. Wasn’t anyone in the kingdom qualified(有资格的)to many the beatiful princess?

One day, a young man arrived at the palace empty-handed. The king wondered how this man planned to win the contest. Entering the room, the young man 10. the lights. He reached into his pocket, got a small 11. and lit it. In no time, the light filled the whole room.

The king was very happy because he had found the perfect match for his lovely daughter.

To get through a problem, sometimes we must 12. the way we’re thinking about it. We need to re-educate ourselves by looking at the problem in a different way.

13.A.surprised B.wondered C.hoped D.recognized

14.A.opinion B.impression C.idea D.opportunity

15.A.whom B.who C.which D.why

16.A.expensive B.cheap C.heavy D.light

17.A.confidence B.doubt C.shame D.sadness

18.A.the other B.another C.any other D.other

19.A.disappointed B.happily C.excited D.freely

20.A.hundred B.Hundred of C.Hundreds D.Hundreds of

21.A.success B.succeeded C.successful D.successfully

22.A.put off B.put up C.put out D.put down

23.A.candle B.ice C.stone D.gold

24.A.follow B.change C.turn D.make

Should Children Be Allowed to Get Bored?

Children need time to stand and stare. They should be allowed to get bored to that they can develop their ability to be creative.

Children are expected by their parents to be reading a textbook all the time. However, research shows that it may hamper the development of their imagination, while boredom can give them opportunities to develop creativity.

Boredom is often linked with loneliness, but a writer named Meera Syal said boredom had helped here in developing her mind. She told researchers about her childhood. Having few things todo, Syal often talked with her neighbors. She also tried to do things like learning to bake cakes. “But importantly, I Thought and wrote a lot, because I was bored,” Syal said. She kept a diary, filling here time with short stories and poems she made up.

Grayson Perry, an artist, grew up in a family with little money. He enjoyed himself by making up stories, drawing pictures for his stories and reading many books in the library. Bored but free, he spent hours looking out of the window, watching the changing clouds and seasons. Perry filled up his free time with what he liked. He became creative, because he could think freely.

Dr. Belton is an expert on the effects of emotions on learning. “Boredom could be an uncomfortable feeling,” she said. “But some young people cannot deal with that boredom creatively. So sometimes they may break a classroom window, or drive a car out for a mad race.”

Usually, when children have nothing to do, they would turn on the TV, the computer, or the phone. Their time on these things has increased, yet they need to have time to think about their experiences through play or just watching the world around them.

It is this kind of thinking that can inspire the imagination. On the other hand, the TV or phone may cut short the thinking process. That can be harmful to the development of creativity. “For developing the ability to be creative,” Dr. Belton advised, “perhaps we need to stand and stare, and stay off-line from time to time.”

1. What does the word “hamper” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. Slow down. B. Keep up with.

C. Go beyond. D. Give rise to.

2. The writer talks about Syal and Perry to .

A. stress the great differences between them

B. introduce a popular writer and a famous artist

C. suggest good ways of going through boredom

D. show effects of boredom on developing creativity

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Boredom provides children with space to think freely.

B. It’s much better for children to be busy than be bored.

C. Boredom helps children deal with difficulties properly.

D. It’s boring for children to think about their experiences.

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