单选题 What enables some people to get big creative breakthroughs while others only get small and non-creative breakdowns, blaming themselves and society? Are some people "gifted"? Are there other factors (21) work--factors that we have more control over than we think? While nobody can deny the (22) that some people seem to be blessed with particular creativity, research shows that anyone can (23) their chances of coming up with new and original ideas (24) they would only engage themselves more in the process of (25) . It' s the old Thomas Edison thing about "discovery (请作答此空) 99 percent perspiration (汗水) and 1 percent inspiration. " (27) , the studies prove this:great creative breakthroughs usually happen only (28) intense periods of struggle. It is sustained effort towards a specific goal (29) eventually prepares for great creative insights. This kind of sustained effort does not always (30) immediate results, a fact that not only separates the innovators (革新者) from non-innovators, but (31) leads some people to conclude that it is just not (32) for them. "Maybe I should have gone to medical school like my mother wanted," they wonder when the breakthrough is (33) to be found. Alas, one forgets during inevitable encounters (34) self-doubt,that the big surprise is never (35) . Indeed,it can happen at any time and place.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此处意为“探索就是99%的汗水加1%的灵感”。引号中的内容位于介词about之后,故本空应填be动词的非谓语形式,故选A。