Question

【题目】 Edison has thousands of inventions in his life. What made him successful? The _______ is creativity. Creativity is not something that one is just born with. It is the _______ of using intelligence to think of new ideas that are good for something.

In 1925, Richard Drew worked as an engineer for a company. He wanted to _______ a kind of material which could be strong enough to hold things together, but his boss didn’t let him think about it. Drew had to use his _______time to think about his idea, and he had a hard time to make the idea _______. Finally, he made the kind of tape, which now is used everywhere by people. The boss learned from his mistake. After that the company made a rule of asking _______ workers to spend 15 percent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas.

In developing our creativity, childhood is a _______ age. It is important for schools and parents to help their children to develop their creativity. Teachers should not only develop the students’ reading, writing and math skills, _______ help the students use them to work out problems. Parents should give children more choices. From the earliest age, children should learn to make decisions. For example, let them choose rice or noodles for supper. As children grow older, parents should let their children make their own decisions on how to use their time or spend their money. _______ not to help them too much when they make the wrong decision, ________ the child may have a hard time.

【1】A.questionB.answerC.wordD.expression

【2】A.strengthB.abilityC.thoughtD.activity

【3】A.visitB.inviteC.inventD.buy

【4】A.workB.fullC.schoolD.spare

【5】A.come trueB.come outC.come backD.come up

【6】A.yourB.itsC.theirD.our

【7】A.shortB.brightC.longD.golden

【8】A.andB.as well asC.untilD.but also

【9】A.RememberB.ThinkC.ForgetD.Wonder

【10】A.as long asB.so thatC.even thoughD.as soon as

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【5】A

【6】B

【7】D

【8】D

【9】A

【10】C

【解析】

本文讲述了创造力是一种运用智力去想出对某件事有益的新想法的能力。童年是孩子们发展创造力的黄金时期。教师不仅要培养学生的阅读、写作和数学技能，还要帮助学生利用这些技能解决问题。

【1】句意：答案就是创造力。

A. question问题，B. answer 答案，C. word单词，D. expression表达。根据前文的“What made him successful?”可知，此处是问题，应是它的答案，故选B。

【2】句意：它是一种运用智力去想出对某件事有益的新想法的能力。

A. strength力量，B. ability 能力，C. thought想法，D. activity活动。the ability of doing sth做某事的能力，故选B。

【3】句意：他想要一种足够坚固的材料来把东西粘在一起，但是他的老板不让他考虑。

A. visit参观，B. invite 邀请，C. invent发明，D. buy买。根据后文的“Finally, he made the kind of tape,”可知，此处表示发明新的东西，故选C。

【4】句意：德鲁不得不利用他的业余时间来思考他的想法，他花了很长时间来实现这个想法。

A. work工作，B. full慢的，C. school学校，D. spare空闲的。根据“but his boss didn’t let him think about it.”可知，他的老板不想要他想这件事，因此他在空闲时间想这个，故选D。

【5】句意：德鲁不得不利用他的业余时间来思考他的想法，他花了很长时间来实现这个想法。

A. come true实现，B. come out 出现，C. come back回来，D. come up想出。根据“Finally, he made the kind of tape,”可知，他最后制出了胶带，因此实现了这个想法，故选A。

【6】句意：在那之后，公司做了一个规定，要求员工把15%的工作时间用于思考和开发新创意。

A. your你的，B. its它的，C. their他们的，D. our我们的。主语是the company，因此用代词its，故选B。

【7】句意：在发展我们的创造力方面，童年是黄金时期。

A. short短的，B. bright明亮的，C. long长的，D. golden金色的，黄金的。根据前文的“It is important for schools and parents to help their children to develop their creativity.”可知，童年是发展创造力的重要时期，因此是黄金时期，故选D。

【8】句意：教师不仅要培养学生的阅读、写作和数学技能，还要帮助学生利用这些技能解决问题。

A. and而且，B. as well as也，C. until直到，D. but also而且。not only, but also“不仅，而且”，故选D。

【9】句意：记住，当他们做出错误的决定时，不要给予他们太多的帮助，即使孩子可能会遇到困难。

A. Remember 记住，B. Think想，C. Forget忘记，D. Wonder想知道。根据前文的“As children grow older, parents should let their children make their own decisions on how to use their time or spend their money.”可知，要让孩子自己做决定，因此父母记得不要在孩子做出错误决定时，给予太多的帮助，故选A。

【10】句意：记住，当孩子做出错误的决定时，不要给予他们太多的帮助，即使孩子可能会遇到困难。

A. as long as只要，B. so that以便于，C. even though即使，D. as soon as一……就……。结合句意，前半句表示不要给予他们太多的帮助，后半句表示孩子可能遇到困难，前后表示让步关系，故选C。

根据前后文的语境，认真辨析选项里的单词或短语的词义，结合词性，短语，句型，时态，语态和主谓一致，选出正确的选项。例如小题8，句意：教师不仅要培养学生的阅读、写作和数学技能，还要帮助学生利用这些技能解决问题。A. and而且，B. as well as也，C. until直到，D. but also而且。not only, but also“不仅，而且”，故选D。