【正文】 That is changing. The standard route into these jobs has been a PhD in puter science from one of America39。8．閱讀理解 Learning, Fast and Deep故選C。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。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。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。故選D。每個(gè)人都可以有創(chuàng)造力，只要他或她覺得自己是一個(gè)有創(chuàng)造力的人。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。是一種對(duì)保持創(chuàng)造力至關(guān)重要的練習(xí)。有意識(shí)地穿戴另一個(gè)自我的行為173。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。心理角色扮演：遇見更有創(chuàng)造力的自己。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。pretend to be someone elseB.focus on a specific taskD.people are in a state of lazinessB.. A.your creativity is determined by yourself（3）According to Dr. Pillay, Halloweenism works because ordinary objects can improve creativityB.creativity is an individual characteristicTo ask a favor.（2）The study led by Denis Dumas and Kevin Dunbar proves To state an opinion.B.s the function of the questions in paragraph 1? A.re giving yourself permission to do something you39。 Imagining yourself in a new situation, or an entirely new identity, never felt so productive. You39。t make us lazy。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。 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. He points to a study showing the impact of stereotype on one39。m very rightbrained.t, without much of a middle ground. I39。 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 Bill Gates. A scuba diver. A medieval knight. You still have the pants. What alternative uses e to mind? 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。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，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。 （4）考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第四段中的“Japan ranks 49th among countries where English is not the first language.” 在英語(yǔ)不是第一語(yǔ)言的國(guó)家中，日本排名第49位。故選A。s not too late. We will teach you one word a day39。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。D.The early bird catches the worm.B.Japanese people bee open to the rest of the world.（4）What is the main idea of the passage? A.The level of English spoken in Japan is relatively low.C.Natsuko teaches Takamizawa English mainly by talking with her.（3）What does the underlined phrase This situation in Paragraph 4 refer to? A.Natsuko is Takamizawa39。Takamizawa39。Because she was unwilling to learn English.（2）What can we know from the third paragraph? A.Because she was too young to learn English.C.Because English was useless. The EF English Proficiency Index is a measure of the level of English spoken in a country. Japan ranks 49th among countries where English is not the first language. This situation is slowly changing as younger generations wele English. However, Takamizawa believes real change will not happen unless Japanese people bee more open to the rest of the world. With around 500 days to go until the games begin, the whole Takamizawa family is ready to wele the world to Tokyo.（1）Why couldn39。s phone every day. They also often work together directly on phrases that Takamizawa will need for the Olympics. Wele to Tokyo, this is the Olympic stadium, how can I help you? Takamizawa answers when asked to say an English phrase she has learned. Natsuko explains that she wanted to give her grandmother something to enjoy. I can clearly see her English is getting better. It39。 . Natsuko is Takamizawa39。It39。 But Takamizawa had not been able to learn the language when she was young. Takamizawa said that she was in high school when World War Two started. She said, In my second year there, English was banned because it was the enemy language.s Olympic Games in Tokyo. Takamizawa was one of the more than 200, 00 people who requested to volunteer for Tokyo39。6．閱讀理解 故選D。故選A。根據(jù)最后一段中的“When I returned home , inspired by the visit to my mother , I sorted out my own accumulated piles of papers , sold or gave away half of my possessions…”可知，作者受母親清理餐桌行為動(dòng)作的影響，回家之后也對(duì)自己的物品進(jìn)行了歸類清理。故選D。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第三段中的“help me go through these …When we had succeeded in separating wheat from chaff”從麥殼中分離出麥子即：挑出有用的，扔掉無(wú)用的，可知，母親要求孩子們查看郵件并從這些郵件中挑出重要的郵件。受母親清理餐桌的啟示，作者回到家之后也對(duì)自己的東西進(jìn)行歸類清理，自此作者覺得生活更加簡(jiǎn)易了。D.A visit to my motherC.The precious mailD.C.B.s cleaning up the dining table? A.s the author39。D.impatientB.angryD.To collect them together.B.To burn them.s where the older stuff is. Finally, we threw 95 percent of the stuff into paper shopping bags. Then I asked what she wanted us to do with them, she surprised us all by sayin