单选题 {{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for
each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Most of us would like to be both
{{U}}(1) {{/U}} and creative. Why was Thomas Edison able to invent so
many things? Was he simply more intelligent than most people? Did he spend long
hours toiling away in private? Surprisingly, when Edison was a young boy, his
teacher told him he was too {{U}}(2) {{/U}} to learn anything. Other
famous people whose creative genius went {{U}}(3) {{/U}} when they were
young include Walt Disney, who was fired from a newspaper job because he did not
have any good ideas and Enrico Caruso, whose music teacher told him that his
{{U}}(4) {{/U}} was terrible. Disney, Edison and Caruso
were intelligent and creative men; {{U}}(5) {{/U}}, experts on
creativity believe that intelligence is not the same as creativity. Creativity
is the ability to think about something in new and unusual ways, and to
{{U}}(6) {{/U}} out unique solutions to problems. When creative people
are asked what enables them to solve problems in new ways, they say that the
ability to find affinities between {{U}}(7) {{/U}} unrelated elements
plays a key role. They also say that they have the time and independence in
a(an) {{U}}(8) {{/U}} setting to {{U}}(9) {{/U}} a wide range of
possible solutions to a problem. How strongly is creativity
{{U}}(10) {{/U}} to intelligence? {{U}}(11) {{/U}} most creative
people are quite intelligent, the {{U}}(12) {{/U}} is not necessarily
true. Many highly intelligent people ({{U}} (13) {{/U}} measured by IQ
tests) are not very creative. Some experts remain skeptical that
we will ever fully understand the creative process. Others believe that a
psychology of creativity is within reach. Most experts agree, {{U}}(14)
{{/U}}, that the concept of creativity as {{U}}(15) {{/U}} bubbling
up from a magical {{U}}(16) {{/U}} is a myth. Momentary {{U}}(17)
{{/U}} of insight, {{U}}(18) {{/U}} by images, make up a
{{U}}(19) {{/U}} part of the creative process. At the heart of the
creative process are ability and experience that {{U}}(20) {{/U}} an
individual's effort, often over the course of a
lifetime.
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】brilliant有才气的,聪明的。本句中“…and creative”应与下面两个疑问句中的“able to invent”;“intelligent”相呼应。因此可以看出,空白处应填“intelligent”的同义词,故B项正确。而第二段首句中“intelligent and creative”也与本句“brilliant and creative”相呼应。在做完形填空时,一定要特别注意这种前后的呼应。句意:我们大都希望自己既才华横溢又富有创造性。imaginative想象的;inventive善于创造的;original最初的,独创的。其余三个词与creative的意思相近,不符合句意。
【答案解析】reverse相反的。如:Edward is afraid of Angela,but the reverse is also true.爱德华怕安琪拉,反之亦然。inverse反转的,一般指顺序或者空间上的反转,像这种将某个论述反过来说一般用reverse,而不用inverse; transverse横向的;diverse不同的。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】as。由于有过去分词measured和补充说明成分by IQ tests,很容易看出这一部分是被动语态,前面应该有助动词be。在as引导的定语从句中,be动词可以省略,而其他几个关系代词却无此种用法。
【答案解析】well井,源泉。magical well:魔井。爱尔兰传说中有一个魔井,喝了它的水,人将变得无所不知。由此well可表示“(知识的)源泉”的含义。Well of knowledge知识的源泉;a book that in a well of information一本提供大量信息的书。fountain喷泉;waterfall瀑布;hotspring温泉。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】flashes闪现。如:The idea flashed into his mind.这念头突然闪过他的脑海。flash也可以表示“闪光,闪烁”“忽明忽暗的闪光”,如手电筒的忽隐忽现的光。flares闪光,闪烁(突然燃烧或闪耀);glares闪耀(眩目的光);glints用于表示迅速闪烁的微弱的光。句意:顿悟之中影像的瞬间闪现只不过是创造过程的一小部分。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】此处flashes与images相呼应,意思是说在火花一闪的时候,发现了真理的image。因此这里flashes和image应该是伴随出现。故A项“accompanied伴随”正确。be accompanied by附有,伴随;如:The text is accompanied by illustrations.正文附有插图。inspired激发,文中并不是指flash是由image激发,而是在火花的闪现中,看到了image。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】上一句谈到创造性的想法不会像魔井一样喷涌而出,因此本句谈到的“flashes of insight”应该只是创造过程的一小部分,故A项“small小的,少的”正确。important重要的,重大的;significant有意义的,重大的,重要的;temporary暂时的,临时的,它一般不能与part搭配。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】shape塑造,影响,决定。change改变,变化;adjust调整,调节;alter改变,变更。effort在此句中指“成果”,又如:Finishing the work in one day was a good effort.一天内完成这项工作是很大的成绩。句意:创造性过程的核心是一个人做出成就所凭借的能力和经验,而这种因素往往是贯穿终生的。