【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] Well, to pick up where we left off last time, I believe we agreed that creativity is a mysterious idea. It's one of those things we all recognize when we see it. But we don't really understand what it is. We seem to feel that some people are naturally creative, but we don't know how they got that way. Is creativity a natural gift like good looks? Or is it something that can be acquired like knowledge? Perhaps if we analyze the creative process carefully, we might get some insight into what it is and how it might work in our lives. The creative process has always been accepted as the source of all important work in the arts. But we should not think the creativity plays a role only in the arts. Every major scientific discovery began with someone imagining the world to look differently from the way others saw it. And this is what the creativity is all about: imagining the world in a new way. And despite what you may believe about the limits of your own creative imaginations, we all have the potential to imagine the world in an absolutely new way. In fact, you were born with it. It is your birth right as a human being. And what's more, you use it every day, almost every moment of your life. Your creative imagination is what you use to make sense of your experiences. It's your creative mind that gets meaning from the chaos of your experiences and brings order to your world. What did the speaker most probably discuss last time? 说话人首先就提到要继续上次停下的部分，相信大家已经一致认为创造力是一种很神秘的想法(a mysterious idea)，D将录音中的形容词mysterious变成了名词形式mysteriousness，故为正确答案。短文听力的首尾是考查的重点。其他选项的内容在短文开头部分均未提及。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] What is a widely accepted idea about the creative process? 录音提到人们总是认为创造过程是艺术领域所有重要工作的源泉，录音中的has always been accepted对应题目中的a widely accepted idea，A中的artistic work对应录音中的all...work in the arts，故A为正确答案。录音中提到，事实上，创造力是人与生俱有的，是人类出生即享有的权利，且该观点不是人们平时的看法，故B不正确；录音中提到，每个人都会参与创造想象，但这是客观事实，不是人们平时的看法，故可排除C；录音提到，创造力是否能像知识那样被习得(acquired like knowledge)，D(创造力帮助人们获得知识)曲解文意，故错误。

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[听力原文] What leads to major scientific discoveries according to the speaker? 录音提到，每个重要的科学发现都来自于有人以不同于其他人的方式想象这个世界。D的Creative imagination与录音中的imagining the world to look differently from...同义，故为答案。四个选项中只有D的关键词imagination以imaging的动名词形式出现在原文中，其他三个选项均未在文中以任何形式出现。本题符合“短文听力听到什么选什么”的原则，同时关键词进行了词性转换。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文] What does the speaker imply about the creative process? 录音提到，我们每天几乎是每时每刻都会用到创造性想象，因此选A“创造过程是日常生活的一部分”。录音中虽然提到创造力是人类与生俱有的，但并没有说其他生物就不会创造思维，B(它是人类特有的一个特征)属于过度推断；短文开头提到，“创造力是一个谜一样的概念”，是大家并不能真正理解的东西。由此，极易误选C。但文中又说，如果对创造过程式“认真思考”，我们或许就能对其有所了解，据此可排除C；D在录音中未提及。