【正文】 t fail？” 6．Give it a rest． Walk away from your favorite idea for a while，forget about it，let it sleep．With your conscious mind out of the way，your subconscious gets to fiddle with the concept for a while， and you just might have an unexpected insight or breakthrough． 7．Practice“yes and”in stead of“yes but”． No matter how tempted you are to say“Yes，but this will be hard because，”or“Yes，but a million other people are doing this，”shift the conjunction to“and”and see what sort of positive refinement or change emerges．“Yes，and we could concentrate on immigrants．”“Yes，and we can make it open to all ages．” 8．Get your idea into the world． This is the tough part．You might seek out the help of activists who will take a shine to your ideas．Or bee an organizer yourself．Paul Glove，a New York social inventor，counsels：“If you have an idea you believe in，write a pamphlet with your phone number on it and post it in Laundromats and bookstores．If three people call you，have lunch with them and call yourselves an organization．If five people call，meet with them and issue a press release．” Presto，you39。s book，F(xiàn)anning the Creative Spirit（Creativity Central，1999）has scores of other exercises for limbering up the inventive part of your brain． 2．Generate a zillion farfetched ideas． Concerned about the homeless in your neighborhood？Imagine a Homeless Parliament，a Homeless Circus，homeless families forming an orchestra，a homeless museum ．．．a(chǎn)nd on and on．Generate like mad with no regard for feasibility in order，as social invention pioneer Nicholas Albery advises，to“overe e worthybutdull ideas．”Eventually the two or three best ideas will begin to stand out． 3．Take your wildest idea and bring it down to earth． How about that Homeless Circus？Could it turn into a forum for homeless people to display their creative talents？A performance series about homelessness？A neighborhood carnival with the homeless as guests of honor？Your flakiest idea may have a germ of brilliance that actually makes it more attractive，and thus more feasible（and fundable），than its worthybutdull cousins． 4．Look for in venations that solve more than one problem． The Slow Food Movement，born in Italy，boosts local farmers and regional cuisine traditions and restaurateurs and the same time that it“feeds”our hunger for authentic tastes， healthy eating，and a more leisurely，saner style of life． 5．Accentuate the positive． “A very mon question that I get when I work with people in munities is‘Why doesn39。s some kind of alien abduction going on．’You39。s idea？ A．Psychometric tests are defective． B．Psychometric tests should not be the only way to recruit promising young graduates． C．Psychometric tests are invalid and cannot quantify something changeable as personality． D．Psychometric tests are golden rules． 74．The test producers make the tests very plicated to ______． A．a(chǎn)void cheating B．improve genetic screening C．find out the best ideas D．generate new concepts 75．Which of the following is not true according to the passage？ A．The American army developed the first personality test to screen out weak recruits． B．In the future，interviewers could give a mouth swab to reveal interviewees’ symptoms． C．There are possibilities for starters to cheat in the psychometric tests． D．Interviews still play an important role in evaluating interviewees．Section B Short Answer Questions（30 points） Directions：In this part there are 3 passages with 15 questions or inplete statements．Read the passages carefully．Then answer the questions in the fewest possible words（not exceeding 10 words）．Remember to rewrite the answers on the Answer Sheet．Questions 76 to 80 are based on the following passage： The 8 Steps of Social Invention1．Get ready to play． Like other types of creativity，social inventiveness flourishes when you begin thinking outside conventional boundaries．Charlie Girsch，a St．Paul，Minnesotabased creativity consultant，suggests that you start by playing with obviously absurd explanations for everyday events．“If traffic is slow，you39。s attitude towards the psychometric test is ______． A．contemptuous B．favorable C．tolerant D．confounded 72．Which of the following is one of the reasons why psychometric testing wins an advantage over interviews？ A．It doesn39。t remember either．Why？ B．Hey，are these flowers for me？ C．Who cares？Do you want to give me a surprise？ D．Are you joking？Have you really forgotten again？ Part IV Reading Comprehension（25 minutes，40 points）Section A Multiple Choice（10 points） Directions：There is one reading passage in this part．The passage is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements．For each of them there are four choices marked A，B，C and D．You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre． Questions 71 to 75 are based on the following passage： Taking a peep at what39。t take credit card． C．You can pay by eurocheque．D．Yes，we take both． 70．Husband：When is our anniversary？ Wife：________________________ Husband：No，it39。s fine．I hope you enjoyed your stay here． A．Here39。m not allowed to change anything without a receipt． A．Did you buy it here？ B．Would you want to change it？ C．Do you have the receipt？ D．Could you tell me who sold it to you？ 69．James：Could I have my bill，please？Can I pay by credit card or eurocheque？ Receptionist：____________ James：I39。m afraid not． Assistant：I39。d like to send this package，please． Clerk：____________________________________ Linda：First class．How long will that take？ Clerk：About three days． A．How would you like to send it？ B．Which class are you in？ C．Where do you want to send it to？D．Which class is it in？ 68．Assistant：Can I help you？ Colin ：Yes