Most people believe they don't have much imagination. They are wrong. Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to access it. Creativity isn't always connected with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time routinely think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help you. This technique involves taking unrelated ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object ,for example, a candle. Write down all the ideas/words associated with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the ideas to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original present; you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night. Imagine that normal limitations don't exist. You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new possibilities. If, for example, your goal is to learn to ski(滑 雪),you can now practice skiing every day of your life(because you have the time and the money). Now adapt this to reality. Maybe you can practice skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January. Look at the situation from a different point of view. Good negotiators(谈判者)use this technique in business, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the characters in their books. They ask questions: what does this character want? Why can't she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? What does she dream about? If your goal involves other people, put yourself "in their shoes". The best fishermen think like fish!
单选题
According to the passage, when we become adults,
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 题意：根据本文，当我们成为成年人时，______。 题干中的关键词：“when we become adults当我们成为成年人”。 根据文中第1段的第2行：“……，可是我们大多数人一旦步入成年便忽略了如何去做。”以此判断C项正确。
单选题
According to the first technique, if you need to solve a problem,
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 题意：根据第1种方法，如果你需要解决一个问题，______。 题干中的关键词：“the first technique第1种方法；to solve a problem解决一个问题”。 根据文中第2段的1—2行：“这种方法涉及……并设法发现它们之间的联系。首先，要考虑一下你必须要解决的问题……。接着要找到一种设想，……。”以此可以看出A项正确。
单选题
The second technique suggests that you just imagine
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 题意：第2种方法表明，你恰恰可以设想______。 题干中的关键词：“The second technique第2种方法；you just imagine你恰恰可以设想”。 根据文中第3段的第1句和第2句：“你可以设想通常的限制已不存在。你有你想要的任何时间、空间和金钱等。”很明显B项正确。
单选题
The phrase "put yourself 'in their shoes'" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 题意：第4段中的短语“put yourself‘in their shoes”’在含义上最接近下列哪一项。 题干中的关键词：“put yourself‘in their shoes’”；is closest in meaning to在含上最接近。 “put oneself in the shoes”意思是：“设身处地去想。”根据以下4个选项的意思。A选项dress yourself like them像他们一样穿衣服；B选项do as they ask you to按他们的要求去做；C选项think as they would按他们的想法去想；D选项put on their shoes穿他们的鞋。很明显C项正确。
单选题
We learn from the third technique that a good salesman should ask himself:
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 题意：从第3种方法中我们了解到，一个好的推销员应当自问______。 题干中的关键词：“the third technique第3种方法；a good salesman ask himself一个好的推销员； ask himself问自己”。 根据最后1句：“最好的渔夫要想鱼所想!”，以此推理“一个好的推销员”应想“顾客”所想。以此应选C项。