Have you ever made contact with the creative spirit, that certain something hard to describe, but full of good—and sometimes great—ideas? It is more than an occasional great thought. When we feel the moving of the creative spirit, it brings to life a style of being: a lifetime filled with the desire to invent, to explore new ways of doing things, and to turn dreams into reality.
That flash of inspiration is the final moment of a process marked by unique stages—the basic steps in creative problem-solving. The first stage is preparation, when you look for any information that might be important. It"s when you let your imagination run free.
But one barrier(障碍) is the inside voice of judgment that locks up our creative spirit within the limits of what we think acceptable. It"s the voice that whispers to you, "They"ll think I"m foolish," or "That will never work." But we can learn to recognize this voice of judgment and have the courage to discount its unhelpful advice.
Once you have thought about all the relevant(相关的) pieces and pushed your mind to the limits, you can let the problem remain and take in all you have gathered. It"s a stage when much of what goes on occurs outside your focused awareness. As the saying goes, "You sleep on it."
We are more open to creative thoughts from the unknowing mind when we are not really thinking of anything. That is why daydreams are so useful in the search for creativity. Anytime you can just daydream and relax is useful in the creative process: a shower, long drives, a quiet walk, etc.
With luck, daydreaming will lead to a light turning on above your head, when all of a sudden the answer will come to you as if from nowhere. This is the popular stage—the one that usually gets all the glory and attention, the moment that people sweat and long for, the feeling "This is it!" But the thought alone is still not a creative act. The final stage is translation, when you take your creative thought and transform it into action; it becomes useful to you and others.
小题1:In Paragraph 1, “the moving of the creative spirit” probably means ________.| A．preparation | B．exploration | C．problem-solving | D．inspiration |
小题2:According to the article, what keeps us from creativity?| A．Having less information to form a good idea. | | B．Relying on others during the creative process. | | C．Caring about other people’s opinions about us. | | D．Thinking about too many ideas at the same time. |
小题3:What can we learn from the fifth paragraph?| A．The unknowing mind is very difficult for us to understand. | | B．Creativity arrives when we aren’t focused on any one thing. | | C．Daydreaming is useless and has nothing to do with creativity. | | D．Showers, long drives and quiet walk are good for our bodies. |
小题4:When does creativity become useful to us and others?| A．When thought is turned into action. | | B．When people understand our ideas. | | C．When the popular stage is reached. | | D．When we think “This is it!”. |
小题5:Which of the following would the author probably support?| A．The creative spirit means an occasional great thought. | | B．Others’ voice of judgment allows us to ignore barriers. | | C．Creative problem-solving calls for barrier-free imagination. | | D．Daydreaming is sure to bring a sudden answer to a problem. |
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小题1:D
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:C |
试题分析：文章介绍我们在解决问题的时候，需要灵感，文章具体介绍灵感产生的阶段和条件。
小题1:推理题：文章第一段介绍了一种“the moving of the creative spirit” ，第二段的第一句话说：That flash of inspiration is the final moment of a process marked by unique stages—the basic steps in creative problem-solving.所以“the moving of the creative spirit”是一种灵感。选 D
小题2:细节题：从文章第三段的句子：But one barrier(障碍) is the inside voice of judgment that locks up our creative spirit within the limits of what we think acceptable. It"s the voice that whispers to you, "They"ll think I"m foolish," or "That will never work."可知关心别人对我们的观点会阻止让我们一直有创造力。选C
小题3:细节题：从第五段的句子：We are more open to creative thoughts from the unknowing mind when we are not really thinking of anything.可知当我们不关注一件事的时候，创造力就出现了。选B
小题4:细节题：从文章最后的句子：But the thought alone is still not a creative act. The final stage is translation, when you take your creative thought and transform it into action; it becomes useful to you and others.
可知当想法变成现实的时候，创造力对我们和别人就是有用的，选A
小题5:细节题：从文章第五段的句子：We are more open to creative thoughts from the unknowing mind when we are not really thinking of anything. That is why daydreams are so useful in the search for creativity. Anytime you can just daydream and relax is useful in the creative process: a shower, long drives, a quiet walk, etc.可知有创造力的解决问题需要没有障碍的想象，选C |
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试题【Have you ever made contact with the creative spirit, that certain something hard】；主要考察你对
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Sometimes people come into your life ．You know that they will help you out who you
are or who you want to become·You never know these people may be，possibly your roommate，neighbor，or even a complete stranger．But when you eyes with them，you know at that very moment they will your life in some way．
And sometimes things happen to you that may seem at first，but in reflection you find that without them you would have never your potential ability．
Everything happens for a ．Nothing happens by chance or good luck．Illness，injury，love all occur to test the of your soul．Without these small tests，life would be like a road to nowhere ．The people affecting your life，and the and failure you experience，help to create who you are and who you become． the bad experiences can be learned from，for they are the most important ones·If someone loves you，love them back unconditionally，because they are you to love．If someone hurts you， them，for they have helped you learn about and the
importance of being cautious．
Make every day ．Appreciate every moment，for you may never be able to 53 it again·Tell yourself you are a great individual and yourself. Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no ． Most importantly，if you LOVE someone，tell him or her，for you never know what tomorrow
may have in store．
| 小题1: | | A．figure | B．take | C．give | D．speak |
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| 小题2: | | A．where | B．how | C．who | D．what |
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| 小题3: | | A．fill | B．lock | C．cover | D．close |
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| 小题4: | | A．value | B．affect | C．love | D．waste |
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| 小题5: | | A．exciting | B．inspiring | C．inviting | D．challenging |
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| 小题6: | | A．realized | B．lacked | C．controlled | D．tested |
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| 小题7: | | A．profit | B．fact | C．reason | D．result |
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| 小题8: | | A．in need of | B．on behalf of | C．on account of | D．by means of |
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| 小题9: | | A．degrees | B．limits | C．influence | D．condition |
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| 小题10: | | A．smooth | B．snowy | C．busy | D．heavy |
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| 小题11: | | A．sense | B．incident | C．success | D．feeling |
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| 小题13: | | A．probably | B．exactly | C．certainly | D．rarely |
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| 小题14: | | A．persuading | B．allowing | C．teaching | D．forcing |
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| 小题15: | | A．warn | B．forgive | C．scold | D．charge |
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| 小题16: | | A．agreement | B．society | C．right | D．trust |
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| 小题17: | | A．count | B．mean | C．go | D．change |
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| 小题18: | | A．save | B．experience | C．share | D．miss |
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| 小题19: | | A．hold on | B．care for | C．think of | D．believe in |
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| 小题20: | | A．efforts | B．beliefs | C．regrets | D．directions |
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Growing older is unavoidable while growing up is optional. These words have been passed on in the loving __ of Rose.
On the first day of school our professor challenged us to get to know someone, so I __ to find a little old lady looking at me with a smile. She said， "Hi,handsome! My name is Rose. I"m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a _? " I laughed and _ responded, then followed a giant squeeze. “_ are you in college at such an innocent age?” I asked. "I"m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a couple of kids..." I was __ what it was that motivated her to be taking on this _ at her age. “ I always dreamed of having a college education and now I _ it!” Later, we became friends.
Rose became a campus celebrity and she easily made friends _ she went. On one _ Rose was invited to speak at our football banquet. Her prepared cards dropped before she _ the speech. A little _ , she simply _ her throat and began," We do not stop playing _ we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are certain secrets to stay _ , being happy and achieving success. You"ve got to have a dream. When you _ your dreams, you die.”…
At the end of the year Rose finished her college education. One week after graduation Rose died _ in her sleep. Over two thousand college students _ her funeral in honor of the wonderful woman who taught by __ that it"s never too late to be all you can possibly be.
Anybody can grow older, which doesn"t _ any talent or ability. The key is to grow up by always finding opportunities in change.
| 小题1: | | A．care | B． memory | C． need | D． want |
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| 小题2: | | A．turned up | B． turned over | C． turned around | D． turned away |
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| 小题3: | | A．hug | B． kiss | C． hand | D． gift |
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| 小题4: | | A．annoyingly | B． impatiently | C． absently | D． enthusiastically |
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| 小题6: | | A．curious | B． positive | C． obvious | D． convinced |
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| 小题7: | | A．risk | B． opportunity | C． challenge | D． invitation |
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| 小题8: | | A．like | B． take | C． hold | D． make |
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| 小题9: | | A．however | B． whenever | C． wherever | D． whatever |
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| 小题10: | | A． stage | B． occasion | C． time | D． event |
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| 小题11: | | A． remembered | B． continued | C． delivered | D． wrote |
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| 小题12: | | A． delighted | B． embarrassed | C． fascinated | D． frightened |
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| 小题13: | | A． cleared | B． checked | C． cleaned | D． treated |
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| 小题14: | | A． until | B． before | C． when | D． because |
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| 小题15: | | A． energetic | B． young | C． alive | D． healthy |
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| 小题16: | | A． lose | B． realize | C． pursue | D． obtain |
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| 小题17: | | A． secretly | B． sadly | C． peacefully | D． bitterly |
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| 小题18: | | A．joined | B． ignored | C． cancelled | D． attended |
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| 小题19: | | A．example | B． directions | C． speech | D． personality |
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| 小题20: | | A． gain | B． explore | C． take | D． appeal |
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I moved from Chicago to Brooklyn in July of 2010，just in time to watch my mother die. Our parents were both gone now； I took with me as many things they had left behind as I could.
I was out walking one Saturday later that summer when something caught my eye - a pale green dress. Laid out on the pavement was stuff like earrings, glass candle-holders, books. Hanging on the fence behind were a few pairs of jeans and a green cotton dress.
The woman, the host o£ the stoop (门廊）sale, looked like she was getting rid of a past she didn’t need or want. A dress that was too big for her. A chest of drawers that took up too much space, space she needed, maybe, to heal ，recover, or grow.
I wasn’t planning on buying anything really, but now I needed to show her that I appreciated her things and I would give them a safe home. Then I had my first stoop sale —I paid her 20 dollars for her green cotton dress and her blue candle-holder,
From that day on, I became interested in stoop sales. Some of my favorite things are from someone else’s life. I find no joy in shopping at regular stores any more. I love trying to sniff out a memory from a bud vase or a drawer. It is comforting to know that someone has breathed and laughed inside a sweater before me.
A few weeks ago, I carried my mother’s dresses to a friend’s stoop. These were her best items ，which were once worn by the most important person in my life. For many hours, I watched from across the path people advancing the stoop, some leaving with Mom1S dress. I used to think that her stuff was as forever sacred (神圣的）as my memory of her, I know now that once I love a scarf or shirt too dearly，it needs to find a new home. Even that green dress is long gone by now.
小题1:The author took her mother*s dresses after her death because ______| A．she valued the things used by her mom | | B．she didn’t want to throw them, away | | C． she could sell them later | | D． they were her mom’s best items |
小题2:From the passage, we know that ______.| A． the things the author bought from the woman are too big | | B． the author is fond of imagining others’ life experiences | | C． the author will never shop at regular stores any more | | D． the author still keeps most of her mom’s things |
小题3:In the last paragraph ，the author tries to tell us that ______.
A her mom is the number one person in her life
B. she didn’t really want to sell her mom’s dresses
C. she still thinks of her mother quite often
D. love doesn’t mean holding on to something tightly
小题4:It can be inferred that the author will ______.| A． not sell her own things at stoop sales | | B．keep her mom in her mind in another way | | C． be sad about all the memory of her mom | | D． move to another city for a new life |
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My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives. Donna was one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this .
One day, I entered Donna’s classroom, took a seat in the back of the room and . All the students were working a task. The student next to me was filling her page with “I Can’ts.” “I can’t kick the soccer ball.” “I can’t get Debbie to like me.” Her page was half full and she showed no of stopping. I walked down the row and found was writing sentences, describing things they couldn’t do.
By this time the activity aroused my , so I decided to check with the teacher to see what was going on I noticed she too was busy writing. “I can’t get John’s mother to come for a parents’ meeting.” I felt it best not to .
After another ten minutes, the students were to fold the papers in half and bring them to the front. They placed their “I Can’t” statements into an empty shoebox. Then Donna hers. She put the lid on the box, tucked it under her arm and headed out the door. Students followed the teacher. I followed the students. Halfway down the hallway Donna got a shovel from the tool house, and then marched the students to the farthest corner of the playground. There they began to . The box of “I Can’ts” was placed at the of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt. At this point Donna announced, “Boys and girls, please join hands and your heads.” They quickly formed a circle around the grave.
Donna delivered the eulogy (悼词). “Friends, we gathered here today to the memory of ‘I Can’t.’ He is by his brothers and sisters ‘I Can’ and ‘I Will’. May ‘I Can’t’ rest in . Amen!”
She turned the students and marched them back into the classroom. They celebrated the of “I Can’t”. Donna cut a large tombstone from paper. She wrote the words “I Can’t” at the top and the date at the bottom, then hung it in the classroom. On those rare occasions when a student and said, “I Can’t,” Donna pointed to the paper tombstone. The student then remembered that “I Can’t” was dead and chose other statement.
| 小题1: | | A．job | B．project | C．observation | D．course |
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| 小题2: | | A．checked | B．noticed | C．watched | D．waited |
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| 小题4: | | A．scenes | B．senses | C．marks | D．signs |
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| 小题5: | | A．nobody | B．somebody | C．everyone | D．anyone |
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| 小题6: | | A．curiosity | B．suspect | C．sympathy | D．worry |
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| 小题8: | | A．insert | B．interrupt | C．talk | D．request |
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| 小题9: | | A．taught | B．shown | C．forced | D．instructed |
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| 小题10: | | A．added | B．wrote | C．made | D．folded |
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| 小题12: | | A．back | B．bottom | C．top | D．edge |
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| 小题13: | | A．drop | B．raise | C．fall | D．lift |
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| 小题14: | | A．keep | B．thank | C．forgive | D．honor |
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| 小题15: | | A．remembered | B．punished | C．removed | D．replaced |
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| 小题16: | | A．silence | B．heart | C．peace | D．memory |
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| 小题18: | | A．birth | B．passing | C．loss | D．starting |
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| 小题19: | | A．awoke | B．reminded | C．forgot | D．apologized |
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| 小题20: | | A．simply | B．hardly | C．seriously | D．angrily |
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Some time ago，I was diagnosed with breast cancer and reacted in the way most people would.The first thing came to mind was a “death sentence”. However，I found out later it was truly “an awakening” for me，especially after being diagnosed with colon cancer a few years later，but still alive to tell about them both.I began to question God.Why was I chosen to suffer this double challenge？What had I done in life so bad to have this placed upon me？I was unhappy with the way I look and the intolerant pain I had to experience each day，but instead of sighing over my fate，I decided to look on the positive sides of it.
I knew that I was about to face a new beginning，new hope，do and see more with a whole new perspective on life.I also began thinking of the individuals that are no longer among us and how there will always be someone worse off than I am.Who am I to complain？I still have my life.
During my treatments，I experienced something of a miracle that I had to write down.I took that experience and turned it into a poem and I called it “Peace”．I took that poem along with many others I had composed during my breast cancer period and submitted them for publication.The book of poems was accepted and published under the title “True Simple Poems of Life，Faith and Survival”．
I continue to write and hope that my poetry may encourage other unfortunate people and my writing continues to give me strength.I"ve had another inspirational children"s book published called “If Only I Could Fly，Said Mattiebee”．
I would never have become a writer，producing inspirational stories，if I had not gone through all that I did.I"m a true example that you can survive cancer，not once，but twice，providing that you catch it in time.It won"t all be easy，but you must have faith and allow that faith to direct your path.
I truly believe when you survive a terrible tragedy or a horrible disease like cancer，it"s for a reason—you have a purpose，and I want to live and find out exactly what that is for me.
小题1:How did the author feel about her disease at first?| A．Optimistic. | B．Pessimistic. | | C．Confident. | D．Discontented. |
小题2:When did the author begin to notice the positive sides of her tragedy?| A．After she was diagnosed with colon cancer. | | B．After she was diagnosed with breast cancer. | | C．After she wrote her first poem. | | D．After she became a writer. |
小题3:In the author"s opinion，________.| A．no one is luckier than her | | B．God doesn"t treat everyone fairly | | C．writing poetry is the best way to deal with cancer | | D．being alive is lucky for her |
小题4:We can know from the passage that ________.| A．the author developed breast cancer a few years after colon cancer | | B．writing only helped the author alone | | C．the author wrote stories as well as poems | | D．If Only I Could Fly，Said Mattiebee is a poem |
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