【正文】 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, you are supposed to . A.focus on a specific taskB.believe in your own talentC.pretend to be someone elseD.turn to be rightbrained【答案】 （1）A（2）D（3）B（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，論述了如何讓自己更有創(chuàng)造力，給讀者展示了一種心理學(xué)理念173。173。心理角色扮演：遇見(jiàn)更有創(chuàng)造力的自己。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第一段可知作者問(wèn)讀者一條褲子可以有多少種不同的用法?并讓讀者假設(shè)自己是一名建筑師，比爾蓋茨，帶水肺的潛水員，一個(gè)中世紀(jì)的騎士等等思考同樣的問(wèn)題；再根據(jù)第二段”What you just practicedthe conscious act of wearing another selfis an exercise that…is essential to being creative.“可知作者接著說(shuō)剛才你所練習(xí)的173。173。有意識(shí)地穿戴另一個(gè)自我的行為173。173。是一種對(duì)保持創(chuàng)造力至關(guān)重要的練習(xí)。這說(shuō)明作者在第一段問(wèn)這些問(wèn)題就是為了引出下文中的創(chuàng)造力話(huà)題， 故選A。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第六段”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.“可知Denis Dumas 和Kevin Dunbar的研究結(jié)果表明創(chuàng)造力不是個(gè)體特征，而是環(huán)境和視角的產(chǎn)物。每個(gè)人都可以有創(chuàng)造力，只要他或她覺(jué)得自己是一個(gè)有創(chuàng)造力的人。也就是說(shuō)一個(gè)人的創(chuàng)造力是取決于自己的。故選D。 （3）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第七段中的”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.“可知據(jù)皮萊博士說(shuō)，心理萬(wàn)圣節(jié)之所以有效，是因?yàn)樗且环N有意識(shí)的分散注意力的行為，當(dāng)你不專(zhuān)注于某一特定任務(wù)或思想時(shí)，大腦中一系列區(qū)域就起作用。這說(shuō)明心理萬(wàn)圣節(jié)有效是因?yàn)榇竽X的某些區(qū)域大腦協(xié)同工作，故選B。 （4）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第四段中的”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.“可知想象自己處在一個(gè)新的環(huán)境中，或者是一個(gè)全新的身份，你會(huì)感到從未有過(guò)的高效，你讓自己更有創(chuàng)造力。由此推斷所以要變得有創(chuàng)造力的話(huà)，要想象自己有一個(gè)全新的身份，也就是把自己想象成另外一個(gè)人。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇教育類(lèi)閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。7．閱讀理解 If you live in a place where most people speak the language you are learning, you may use the language for several hours each day. So it may bee part of your inner speech. In other words, you start thinking in that language. Your mind stops trying to translate things from your native language into the second language. But most of the English learners live in places where English is not the main language. This may be true for you. You may not have many chances to practice English. You may even be selftaught. Thinking in English really helps! It is not very difficult, but it does need practice. Here we will share some mental exercises. A good first step is to think in words. Look around you. What do you see? In your head, try to name each object in your surroundings. Charles Thomas has taught English for over 10 years. He tells his students to name the things that they see around them, wherever they are. Another exercise Thomas suggest is describing in your mind objects you don39。t know the words for. An example would be if you couldn39。t think of the word garage. Thomas says, If you39。re looking at your house and you see your garage, but you can39。t think of the name in English. You can say, 39。The place inside where I put my car39。 or you can say, 39。It39。s next to my house. I keep things there.39。 The next exercise is thinking in simple sentences. For example, if you are sitting in a park, you can tell yourself things like, It39。s such a beautiful day and People are playing sports with their friends. You can also describe your daily activities. Thomas asks his students to describe their day using the simple present verb form. So, they would think to themselves things like, I put on my shirt and He drives the bus. How much time should you spend on these exercises? Thomas says you do a little every day. When you make things a habit, then it just pops up into your mind without thinking and then, before you know it, really, you39。re thinking in English.（1）When a second language bees part of your inner speech, ________. people around you speak the language start thinking in the language translate things from your native language into it learn the language by yourself（2）The place inside where I put my car is an example for ________ objects in your surroundings in simple sentences objects you don39。t know the words for your daily activities（3）Which of the following is the best title for the passage? your time on exercises yourself a second language your brain to think in English English wherever you are【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）C 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了在語(yǔ)言環(huán)境中學(xué)習(xí)語(yǔ)言的重要性，并給出了具體的學(xué)習(xí)方法。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中“So it may bee part of your ‘inner speech.’ In other words, you start thinking in that language. ”可知，當(dāng)?shù)诙N語(yǔ)言成為你“內(nèi)在語(yǔ)言”的一部分時(shí)，你就會(huì)開(kāi)始用這種語(yǔ)言思考。故選B。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第三段中的“Another exercise Thomas suggest is describing in your mind objects you don39。t know the words for. ”可知，此句是總述句，因此“The place inside where I put my car”“我停車(chē)的地方”是用來(lái)支撐總述句“托馬斯建議描述你的頭腦中一些你不知道的東西”的例子。故選C。 （3）考查主旨大意。縱觀全文全文可知，在一個(gè)大多數(shù)人都說(shuō)你正在學(xué)習(xí)的語(yǔ)言的地方，你可以每天使用這種語(yǔ)言幾個(gè)小時(shí)，然而大多數(shù)人不具備這樣的條件，全文為這類(lèi)人提供了具體的學(xué)習(xí)方法，目的要達(dá)到用這種語(yǔ)言進(jìn)行思考。故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇教育類(lèi)閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。8．閱讀理解 Robots have taken over many of America39。s factories. But can they pick a strawberry? It39。s really hard for robots to match what humans can do, says Bob Pizter, an expert on robots. Any 4yearold kid can pick a strawberry, but machines can39。t seem to figure it out. Pizter says the hardest thing for them is finding the fruit. Pizter39。s strawberrypicking robot is rolling into a strawberry field. This welldesigned device drives itself. It39。s as big as a bus, long enough to straddle (跨越) a dozen rows of strawberries at once. Powerful puters are sitting on top. Underneath, there are highdefinition cameras to find the berries, and robotic claws ready to pick them. Nobody39。s telling it what to do, explains Paul Bissett, the chief operating officer of Harvest CROO Robotics. It39。s remembering its path down the row. It39。s remembering where all these plants are. It knows all this, thanks to the superaccur