Question

【题目】Five ways to improve creativity

Creativity is the ability to go beyond traditional rules, ideas or relationships and create something new through imagination or progressiveness. There are many ways to improve your creative mind.

Exercise the mind. Exercising your mind is an ideal way to boost creativity. Like the body, the mind needs exercise to work the creative muscles and make them stronger. Exercise your brain by learning new subjects, getting into a debate about politics and talking to other creative and intelligent people. 【1】.

Be passionate. One aspect of creativity is passion. 【2】 Find your internal motivation and follow your passion to improve your creativity.

Change your routine. 【3】To boost your creativity, consider changing one to two elements of your daily routine. If you are working on a certain project, consider stopping one project to work on another project at regular intervals throughout the day or week.

Read. While reading provides many intellectual benefits, reading is also beneficial for boosting creativity, exercising your brain and provide creative inspiration. 【4】Consider reading about subjects that were previously uninteresting to you. This change in the norm might spark your creative interest.

【5】. Our packed schedules have no room for creative thinking. Take a certain amount of time every day to quiet, refresh and clear the mind while relaxing the body. This quiet time can consist of a yoga workout, meditation or simply sitting still in a dark and quiet room, in a peaceful garden or on a beautiful beach.

A. Schedule quiet time.

B. It can become weak due to stresses

C. Creativity is a natural quality

D. Often, creativity is blocked due to a too familiar routine

E. These activities will encourage a flow of creativity.

F. Read as much as possible about several different subjects.

G. Typically, students will do well in subjects they are interested in

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】G

【3】D

【4】F

【5】A

【解析】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了提高一个人的创造力的五种途径。

【1】考查上文和句意理解。根据上文所说通过学习新的科目，参与政治辩论，和其它有创造力和智慧的人交谈来锻炼你的大脑。可知下文这些活动将鼓励源源不断的创造力。下文中的these activities就是指上文所提到的活动。可用到代词的指代作用解题。故选E。

【2】考查上文和句意理解。根据上文所说要找到内在动力，可知上文通常，学生在他们感兴趣的科目上会表现出色。这种感兴趣就是内在的动力。故选G。

【3】考查上文和句意理解。本文主题句是改变你的常规。所以可知下文通常，创造力受到过于熟悉的常规的阻止。所以要改变常规。故选D。

【4】考查上文和句意理解。根据下文考虑阅读以前对你来说不感兴趣的话题。可知上文尽可能多地阅读几个不同的主题。包括你不感兴趣的话题。故选F。

【5】考查上文和句意理解。根据本段说要安静地做一些事情。可知本段主题句应该是计划一些安静的时间。这样才会为给创造带来灵感。故选A。

七选五的解题技巧之一是可以通过词汇线索“代词”来判断上下文所填内容。代词是指代一个名词或者一个句子的，然后通过代词在句子所代替的内容，我们可以推断出它指代的句子。例如第1小题考查上文和句意理解。根据上文所说通过学习新的科目，参与政治辩论，和其它有创造力和智慧的人交谈来锻炼你的大脑。可知下文是说这些活动将鼓励源源不断的创造力。下文中的these activities（这些活动）就是指上文所提到的活动。可用到代词的指代作用解题。故选E。