Question

【題目】 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】

本文講述了創(chuàng)造力是一種運(yùn)用智力去想出對(duì)某件事有益的新想法的能力。童年是孩子們發(fā)展創(chuàng)造力的黃金時(shí)期。教師不僅要培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的閱讀、寫作和數(shù)學(xué)技能，還要幫助學(xué)生利用這些技能解決問(wèn)題。

【1】句意：答案就是創(chuàng)造力。

A. question問(wèn)題，B. answer 答案，C. word單詞，D. expression表達(dá)。根據(jù)前文的“What made him successful?”可知，此處是問(wèn)題，應(yīng)是它的答案，故選B。

【2】句意：它是一種運(yùn)用智力去想出對(duì)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活動(dòng)。the ability of doing sth做某事的能力，故選B。

【3】句意：他想要一種足夠堅(jiān)固的材料來(lái)把東西粘在一起，但是他的老板不讓他考慮。

A. visit參觀，B. invite 邀請(qǐng)，C. invent發(fā)明，D. buy買。根據(jù)后文的“Finally, he made the kind of tape,”可知，此處表示發(fā)明新的東西，故選C。

【4】句意：德魯不得不利用他的業(yè)余時(shí)間來(lái)思考他的想法，他花了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)這個(gè)想法。

A. work工作，B. full慢的，C. school學(xué)校，D. spare空閑的。根據(jù)“but his boss didn’t let him think about it.”可知，他的老板不想要他想這件事，因此他在空閑時(shí)間想這個(gè)，故選D。

【5】句意：德魯不得不利用他的業(yè)余時(shí)間來(lái)思考他的想法，他花了很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間來(lái)實(shí)現(xiàn)這個(gè)想法。

A. come true實(shí)現(xiàn)，B. come out 出現(xiàn)，C. come back回來(lái)，D. come up想出。根據(jù)“Finally, he made the kind of tape,”可知，他最后制出了膠帶，因此實(shí)現(xiàn)了這個(gè)想法，故選A。

【6】句意：在那之后，公司做了一個(gè)規(guī)定，要求員工把15%的工作時(shí)間用于思考和開發(fā)新創(chuàng)意。

A. your你的，B. its它的，C. their他們的，D. our我們的。主語(yǔ)是the company，因此用代詞its，故選B。

【7】句意：在發(fā)展我們的創(chuàng)造力方面，童年是黃金時(shí)期。

A. short短的，B. bright明亮的，C. long長(zhǎng)的，D. golden金色的，黃金的。根據(jù)前文的“It is important for schools and parents to help their children to develop their creativity.”可知，童年是發(fā)展創(chuàng)造力的重要時(shí)期，因此是黃金時(shí)期，故選D。

【8】句意：教師不僅要培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的閱讀、寫作和數(shù)學(xué)技能，還要幫助學(xué)生利用這些技能解決問(wèn)題。

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

【9】句意：記住，當(dāng)他們做出錯(cuò)誤的決定時(shí)，不要給予他們太多的幫助，即使孩子可能會(huì)遇到困難。

A. Remember 記住，B. Think想，C. Forget忘記，D. Wonder想知道。根據(jù)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，要讓孩子自己做決定，因此父母記得不要在孩子做出錯(cuò)誤決定時(shí)，給予太多的幫助，故選A。

【10】句意：記住，當(dāng)孩子做出錯(cuò)誤的決定時(shí)，不要給予他們太多的幫助，即使孩子可能會(huì)遇到困難。

A. as long as只要，B. so that以便于，C. even though即使，D. as soon as一……就……。結(jié)合句意，前半句表示不要給予他們太多的幫助，后半句表示孩子可能遇到困難，前后表示讓步關(guān)系，故選C。

根據(jù)前后文的語(yǔ)境，認(rèn)真辨析選項(xiàng)里的單詞或短語(yǔ)的詞義，結(jié)合詞性，短語(yǔ)，句型，時(shí)態(tài)，語(yǔ)態(tài)和主謂一致，選出正確的選項(xiàng)。例如小題8，句意：教師不僅要培養(yǎng)學(xué)生的閱讀、寫作和數(shù)學(xué)技能，還要幫助學(xué)生利用這些技能解決問(wèn)題。A. and而且，B. as well as也，C. until直到，D. but also而且。not only, but also“不僅，而且”，故選D。