学位英语

第4部分：阅读理解（第31~ 45题，每题3分，共45分）

下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题确定1个最佳选项。

第一篇Three Ways to Become More Creative

Most people believe they don't have has imagination. They are wrong. Everyone has imagination, but most of us，once we became 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!

31. According to the passage, when we become adults，___________.

A. most of us are no longer creative

B. we are not as imaginative as children

C. we can still learn to be more creative

D. we are unwilling to be creative

32. According to the first technique，if you need to solve a problem，___________.

A. you should link it with candles

B. you could find an image and try to link it with the problem.

C. you have to think of buying a present for a friend

D. you should link it with as many words as possible

33. The second technique suggests that you just imagine ___________.

A. you have every resource to achieve your goal

B. setting a goal is as simple as skiing

C. new possibilities will soon appear

D. December and January are the best months for skiing

34. The phrase "put yourself 'in their shoes'" in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to___________.

A. dress yourself like them

B. think as they would

C. do as they ask you to

D. put on their shoes

35. We learn from the third technique that a good salesman should ask himself ___________?

A. what do I usually do

B. what did my boss tell me to do

C. what are my customers' needs

D. how should I sell my products

本题分数（15）

第4 部分：阅读理解

31 C 本题的答题依据是文章开头的这句话: Everyone has imagination ，but most of us，once we become adults，forget how to access it.人人都有想象力，只是成年后，我们就忘了如何取得想象力 ( access it) 。文章的目的就是教给成年人几种获得想象力的技巧，所以说成年人还是可以学会怎么样更加富有创意的。

32 B 从第二段的这两句话：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. 可以找到答案。蜡烛只是一个例子。

33 A 第三段的第一句话: Imagine that normal limitations don’t exist. You have as much time/ space/money, etc. as you want.是本题的答题依据。

34 B put yourself in their shoes 是英语的一个成语，相当于汉语的"设身处地”.

35 C 第三种技巧就是:Look at the situation from a different point of view. 作者以谈判者和小说家为例，说明推销员如要应用这一技巧就应该把自己置于顾客的位置上，问一问他们的需要是什么。

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