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大学英语四级阅读2
大学英语四级阅读-2
（总分：
40.00，做题时间：
90分钟）
一、{{B}}强化训练一{{/B}}（总题数：
1，分数：
10.00）
{{B}}HowtoGetaGreatIdea{{/B}}
Theguestshadarrived,andthewinewaswarm.Onceagain,I'dforgottentorefrigerateit.Don't
worry,afriendsaid,Icanchillitforyoufightaway.
Fiveminuteslatersheemergedfromthekitchenwiththewineperfectlycooled.Askedtoreveal
hersecret,shesaid,Easy.Ipouredthewineinaplasticbagandthendippeditinicewater.
Afterafewminutesthewinewascold.Thehardpartwasgettingitbackintobottle.Icouldn't
findafunnel（漏斗）,soImadeaconewithwaxpaper.
Myguestsapplauded.Howwonderfulifwecouldallbethatclever,oneremarked.
Adecadeofresearchhasconvincedmewecan.WhatseparatestheaveragepersonfromEdison,Picasso
orevenShakespeareisn'tcreativecapacity--it'stheabilitytousethatcapacitybyencouraging
creativeimpulsesandthenactinguponthem.Mostofusseldomachieveourcreativepotential.
IthinkIknowwhy,andIcanhelpunlockthereservoirofideashidingwithineveryoneofus.
OnepuzzleI'vewatchedstudentsdealwithisretrievingaPing-Pongballthathasfallentothe
bottomofasealed,verticaldrainpipe.Thetoolsthattheycanuseareeithertooshorttoreach
theballortoowidetofitintothepipe,whichisalsotoonarrowtoreachintobyhand.At
lastsomestudentsmaketheconnection:
drainpipe=water=floating.Theypourwaterdownthehole,
andtheballfloatstothetop.
Thisandmanyotherexperimentssuggestconcretewaysofincreasingcreativityinallofus.Here
arethebesttechniques.
Capturethefleeting.Agoodideaislikearabbit.Itrunsbysofastthatsometimesyousee
onlyitsearsortail.Tocaptureit,youmustbeready.Creativepeoplearealwaysreadytoact,
andthatmayhatheonlydifferencebetweenusandthem.
PoetAmyLowellwroteoftheurgencywithwhichshecapturednewideas,Whatever1amdoing,
Ilayitasideandattendtothearrivingpoem,shewrote.Likemanyotherwriters,Lowellsought
paperandpencilwhenshesawagoodideacoming.Ienternewideasintoapocketcomputer.
Anything--evenanapkin--windo.
Inalettertoafriendin1821,LudwigvanBeethoventalkedabouthowhethoughtofabeautiful
tunewhiledozingincarriage.ButscarcelydidIawakewhenawayflewthetune,hewrote,and
Icouldnotrecallanypartofit.'Fortunately--forBeethovenandforus--thenextdayinthe
samecarriage,thetunecamebacktohim,andthistimehecaptureditinwriting.
Whenagoodideacomesyourway,writeitdown--onyourarmifnecessary.Noteveryideawill
havevalue,ofcourse.Thepointistocapturefirstandevaluatethemlater.
Daydream.SurrealistDaliusedtolieonasofa,holdingaspoon.Justashebegantofallasleep.
Daliwoulddropthespoonontoaplateonthefloor.Thesoundshockedhimawake,andhewould
immediatelysketchtheimageshehadseeninhismindinthatfertileworldofsemi-sleep.
Everyoneexperiencesthisstrangestate,andeveryonecantakeadvantageofit.TryDali'strick,
orjustallowyourselftodaydream.Formany,thehreeb's--bed,bathandbus--areproductive.
There,andanywhereelseyoucanbewithyourthoughtsundisturbed,you'llfindthatideasemerging
freely.
Seekchallenges.Whenyou'restuckbehindalockeddoor,everybehaviorthat'severgottenyou
freeturnsupquickly:
youmaypushorpullontheknob,bangthedoor--evenshoutforhelp.
Scientistscalltherehappeningofoldbehaviorsinachallengingsituationresurgence.Themore
likely
moretheandinterconnections,possibleofnumberthegreaterthereappear,thatbehaviors
thatnewideaswilloccur.
Tryinvitingfriendsandbusinessassociationsfromdifferentareasofyourlifetoaparty.Bring
peopleoftwoorthreegenerationstogether.Thiswillgetyouthinkinginnewways.
EdwinLand,oneofAmerica'smostprolificinventors,saidthattheideathatledtohisinvention
ofthePolaroidcameracamefromhisthree-year-olddaughter.OnavisittoSantaFein1943,
sheaskedwhyshecouldn'tseethepicturehehadjusttaken.Duringthenexthour,asLandwalked
aroundSantaFe,allhehadlearnedaboutchemistrycametogether,withamazingresults.Said
Land,Thecameraandthefilmbecamecleartome.InmymindtheyweresorealthatIspentseveral
hoursdescribingthem.
Putnewandcrazyitems--likekid'stoys--onyourdesk.Turnpicturesupsidedownorsideways.
Themoredetersivethestimulationswereceive,themorerapidlythemindproducesnewideas.
Expandyourworld.Manydiscoveriesinsciences,engineeringandtheartsmixideasfromdifferent
fields.ConsiderTheTwo-StringProblem.Twowidelyseparatedstringshangfromaceiling.Even
thoughyoucan'treachbothatonce,isitpossibletotietheirendstogether,usingonlyapair
ofpliers?
Onecollegestudentfoundthesolutionalmostimmediately.Hetiedtheplierstoonestringand
setitinmotionlikeapendulum（钟摆）.Asitswungbackandforth,hewalkedquicklytothe
otherstringanddrewitasfarforwardasitwouldreach.Thenhecaughttheswingingstring
whenitpassednearhimandtiedthetwoends.
Askedhowhehadsolvedtheproblem,thestudentexplainedhehadjustcomefromaphysicsclass
onpendulummotion.Whathehadlearnedinonecontexttransferredtoacompletelydifferentone.
Thisprincipleworksoutsidethelabaswell.Toenhanceyourcreativity,learnsomethingnew.
Ifyou'reabanker,takeuptapdancing.Ifyou'reanurse,tryacourseinmythology.Reada
bookonasubjectyouknowlittleabout.Changeyourdailynewspaper.Thenewwillinterconnect
withtheoldinnovelandpotentiallyfascinatingways.Becomingmorecreativeisreallyjust
amatterofpayingattentiontothatendlessflowofideasyouproduce,andlearningtocapture
andactuponthenewthat'swithinyou.
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10.00）
（1）.Theauthorbelievesthatthosewhohavecreativecapacityareusuallygreatfigures.（分数：
1.00）
填空项1:
__________________（正确答案：
N）
解析：
由题干中的关键词creativecapacity定位到文章第四段第二句：
Whatseparatestheaverageperson
fromEdison，PicassoorevenShakespeareisn'tcreativecapacity--it'stheabilitytousethat
capacitybyencouragingcreativeimpulsesandthenactinguponthem，作者认为普通人也有创造力，与题目意思不同。
由此得出题目说法错误。
（2）.TheexampleofthestudentsgettingthePing-Pongballprovesthatstudentsaremorecreative
thanaveragepeople.（分数：
1.00）
填空项1:
__________________（正确答案：
N）
解析：
由题干中的关键词Ping-Pongball定位到文章第五段，再根据第六段首句Thisandmanyother
experimentssuggestconcretewaysofincreasingcreativityinallofus可知，作者认为人们同样有创造力，与题目意思不同，由此得出题目说法错误。
（3）.TheexamplesofAmyLowellandBeethoventellusthatweshouldwritedownagoodidea
immediatelyasitmayeasilydisappear.（分数：
1.00）
填空项1:
__________________（正确答案：
Y）
解析：
由题于中的关键词AmyLowell和Beethoven定位到第一个小标题的末段：
Whensgoodideacomes
yourway，writeitdown--onyourarmifnecessary．Noteveryideawillhavevalue，ofcourse．The
pointistocapturefirstandevaluatethemlater。
题目是原文的同义替换，由此得出题目说法正确。
（4）.Daydreamingcanbeagoodwayofrealizingone'screativepotential.（分数：
1.00）
）Y（正确答案：
1:
__________________填空项．
解析：
由题干中的关键词daydreaming定位到第二个小标题第二段首尾两句：
Everyoneexperiencesthis
strangestate，andeveryonecantakeadvantageofit．．．There，andanywhereelseyoucanbe
withyourthoughtsundisturbed，you'llfindthatideasemergingfreely，题目是原文的同义替换，由此得出题目说法正确。
（5）.Peoplefacingchallengesareunlikelytoachievecreativeideas.（分数：
1.00）
填空项1:
__________________（正确答案：
N）
解析：
由题于中的关键词peoplefacingchallenges定位到第三个小标题末段末句：
Themoredetersive
thestimulationswereceive，themorerapidlythemindproducesnewideas，题目认为面对挑战的人不可能产生创造性的想法，与原文不同，由此得出题目说法错误。
（6）.SalvadorDaliisafamoussurrealistpainter,whoseworksarehighlycontroversialfromthe
modernismorevenpost-modernismperspective.（分数：
1.00）
填空项1:
__________________（正确答案：
NG）
解析：
由题干中的关键词Dali定位到第二个小标题首段，但题目巾的内容在文章中并未提及。
（7）.Toenhancecreativity,peopleshouldalwayslearnsomethingnew.（分数：
1.00）
填空项1:
__________________（正确答案：
Y）
解析：
由题干中的关键词enhancetheircreativity定位到文章末段第二句：
Toenhanceyourcreativity,
learnsomethingnew，与题目意思相同，由此得出题目说法正确。
（8）.ThesuccessofEdison,PicassoorevenShakespeareliesontheirabilitytoratherthanmere
creativecapacity.（分数：
1.00）
填空项1:
__________________（正确答案：
encouragecreativeimpulsesandthen（to）actuponthem）
解析：
由题干中的关键词Edison，PicassoorevenShakespeare定位到文章第四段第二句：
Whatseparates
theaveragepersonfromEdison，PicassoorevenShakespeareisn'tcreativecapacity--it'sthe
abilitytousethatcapacitybyencouragingcreativeimpulsesandthenactinguponthem，由此得出答案。
（9）.Theauthorbelievesthatmanydiscoveriesinscience,engineeringandtheartsmixideasfrom
______.（分数：
1.00）
填空项1:
__________________（正确答案：
differentfields）
解析：
由题干中的关键词discoveriesinscience，engineeringandthearts定位到第四个小标题下面首段首句：
Manydiscoveriesinsciences，engineeringandtheartsmixideasfromdifferentfields，由此得出答案。
（10）.Learntobemorecreativeisjustamatteroffocusingontheendlessflowofideasyouproduce,
andlearningto______thenewthat'swithinyou.（分数：
1.00）
填空项1:
__________________（正确答案：
captureandactupon）
解析：
由题干中的关键词bemorecreative定位到文章尾句：
Becomingmorecreativeisreallyjusta
matterofpayingattentiontothatendlessflowofideasyouproduce，andlearningtocapture
andactuponthenewthat'swithinyou，由此得出答案。
二、{{B}}强化训练二{{/B}}（总题数：
1，分数：
10.00）
{{B}}ACoolerPlanet{{/B}}
Scientistsarecookingupsolutionsbasedoncurrenttechnologythattheysaytheycould
dramaticallyturndowntheheatofglobalwarmingoverthenext50years.
Innovationssuchascheaperwindpower,gas-electrichybridan
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