【正文】 ion desk where friendly and knowledgeable staff and volunteers can assist you in planning your visit. Service animals are wele at the museums and the National Zoo. Pets are not permitted. Lunches should be properly closed or stored in lockers during your visit.（1）he Smithsonian offers all these EXCEPT . A.galleriesB.concertsC.museumsD.zoos（2）If you are interested in animals, you can . A.go to 1661 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DCB.go to 8th and F Streets, NW Washington, DCC.visit the museum 11 . on ChristmasD.visit the zoo at weekends on June 25（3）To arrange your visit better, you can . A.have lunch during your visitB.take your pets along with youC.ask the staff and volunteers for helpD.fill in an application form before your visit【答案】 （1）B（2）D（3）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇應(yīng)用文，介紹了史密森尼博物館相關(guān)的信息以及游玩建議。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“The Smithsonian offers eleven museums and galleries on the National Mall and six other museums and the National Zoo in the greater National Capital Area”可知史密森尼博物館（Smithsonian）在國家廣場（National Mall）上設(shè)有11個(gè)博物館和美術(shù)館，在較大的國家首都轄區(qū)有6個(gè)博物館和國家動物園（National Zoo）。沒有提供音樂會。故選B。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)National Zoo所在的表格可知國家動物園的開放時(shí)間為三月15號到九月，每天的上午九點(diǎn)到下午六點(diǎn)；十月到來年的三月14號是每天上午九點(diǎn)到下午四點(diǎn)，12月25號不開。所以如果對動物感興趣，游客可以在六月25號去游玩。故選D。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段中的“Stop at any Smithsonian museum information desk where friendly and knowledgeable staff and volunteers can assist you in planning your visit.”可知史密森尼博物館的信息問訊處有友好的并且知識淵博的員工及志愿者，他們可以幫助你為參觀做計(jì)劃。所以如果你想更好的參觀這里，可以尋求職工和志愿者的幫助，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解題型的考查，是一篇介紹類閱讀，要求考生準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，結(jié)合題目要求，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 WISH YOU WERE MORE CREATIVE? I want to ask you a favor. I have a pair of pants. Tell me: How many different ways can I put a pair of pants to use? Now imagine you39。re an architect. Same question. Now imagine you39。re Bill Gates. A scuba diver. A medieval knight. You still have the pants. What alternative uses e to mind? What you just practicedthe conscious act of wearing another selfis an exercise that, according to psychiatrist SriniPillay, MD, is essential to being creative. One great irony (諷刺) about our collective addiction to creativity is that we tend to frame it in uncreative ways. That is to say, most of us marry creativity to our concept of self: Either we39。re creative or we aren39。t, without much of a middle ground. I39。m just not a creative person! a discouraged student might say in art class, while another might blame her talent at painting for her difficulties in math, making a ment I39。m very rightbrained. , an assistant professor at Harvard University, has spent years overturning these ideas. He believes that the key to unlocking your creative potential is to challenge the stereotyped (陳詞濫調(diào)的) advice that urges you to believe in yourself. In fact, you should do the opposite: Believe you are someone else. He points to a study showing the impact of stereotype on one39。s behavior. The authors, psychologists Denis Dumas and Kevin Dunbar, divided their college student subjects into two groups, instructing one group to think of themselves as eccentric poets and the other to imagine they were rigid librarians. The researchers then presented them all with ordinary objects, including a fork, a carrot, and a pair of pants, and asked them to e up with as many different uses as possible for each one. The former group came up with the widest range of ideas, whereas the latter had the fewest. These results suggest that creativity is not an individual characteristic but a product of context and perspective. Everyone can be creative, as long as he or she feels like a creative person. Dr. Pillay39。s work takes this a step further: He argues that simply identifying yourself as creative is less powerful than taking the brave, creative step of imagining you are somebody else. This exercise, which he calls psychological Halloweenism, refers to the conscious action of wearing another self. An actor may employ this technique to get into character, but anyone can use it. According to Dr. Pillay, it works because it is an act of conscious unfocus, a collection of brain regions that spring into action when you39。re not focused on a specific task or thought. Most people spend nearly half of their days in a state of unfocus. This doesn39。t make us lazy。 it makes us human. Imagining yourself in a new situation, or an entirely new identity, never felt so productive. You39。re making yourself more creative, and you39。re giving yourself permission to do something you39。d otherwise feel guilty about.（1）What39。s the function of the questions in paragraph 1? A.To lead in the topic.B.To make a parison.C.To state an opinion.D.To ask a favor.（2）The study led by Denis Dumas and Kevin Dunbar proves A.creativity is an individual characteristicB.librarians are more creative than poetsC.ordinary objects can improve creativityD.your creativity is determined by yourself（3）According to Dr. Pillay, Halloweenism works because . A.it is an act of unconscious focusB.certain brain areas begin to act togetherC.people are in a state of lazinessD.all actors employ this technique（4）If you want to be more creative,