【正文】 neral public to suffer from allergies (過敏) or depression (抑郁), and they are almost six times more likely to struggle with anxiety. d even been taught basic mathematics. First, they develop skills at a very young age. Mozart began posing music when he was just five years old. 5．閱讀理解 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新的環(huán)境中，或者是一個全新的身份，你會感到從未有過的高效，你讓自己更有創(chuàng)造力。這說明心理萬圣節(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。每個人都可以有創(chuàng)造力，只要他或她覺得自己是一個有創(chuàng)造力的人。 （2）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。是一種對保持創(chuàng)造力至關(guān)重要的練習(xí)。有意識地穿戴另一個自我的行為173。根據(jù)第一段可知作者問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，一個中世紀(jì)的騎士等等思考同樣的問題；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】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇人生感悟類閱讀，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。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。 （2）考查推理判斷。I wanted her to ‘live happily ever after’. ”可知，作者希望女兒從此過上幸福的生活。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。To tell a young father39。s growth.C.B.To show the significance of love.Take charge of your life independently.（4）What is the author39。Create it by yourself in your daily life.C.s opinion? A.There are times that life goes against us.D.s meaning consists in devotion.B.Having a happy life ever after.（2）What can we know from Paragraph 2? A.Traveling around the world in her life.B.Getting a good job in the future. The truth is happiness es when you love. Love is a gift from God. It is love that mends broken hearts. It is love that heals grief. It is love that gives us joy. Choose to live happily ever after, one day at a time.（1）What is the author39。t some reward that you get at the end of your journey. Happiness isn39。t fort her. I knew there would be times when all she felt was fear, sadness, sorrow, and despair. As I stroked her hair and smiled at her I hoped that those times would be brief and that she would have joy in her life more often than not. Living happily ever after, though, seemed out of the question. Still, deep in my heart I knew that this couldn39。3．閱讀理解 是全文的主題句，結(jié)合全文內(nèi)容，可知這篇文章主要講了對于怎樣慶祝新年這個問題，作者的答案是和朋友一起度過，故選A。第三段中的“New Year39。由此推斷出，作者試圖通過他在愛爾蘭和巴塞羅那的經(jīng)歷表達(dá)和朋友呆在一起讓人有回家的感覺，故選C。 （3）考查推理判斷。t feel the need to plan for change: I live for change.”我不在乎“新年愿望”——在國外生活讓我不斷地重新考慮我想成為什么樣的人，我將如何生活，所以我覺得沒有必要為改變做計(jì)劃：我為改變而活。根據(jù)第二段中的“I do not care about‘New Year39。It指代上文提到的“家”，故選C。根據(jù)第一段中的“Home is no longer a picture of a house with a front door and some windows.”家不再是一幅有前門和一些窗戶的房子的圖畫。Change: Plan it or Make it?【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，介紹了對于怎樣慶祝新年這個問題，作者的答案是和朋友一起度過。True Friendship: What?C.New Year39。Travelling abroad enriches one39。Living abroad is a happy experience.C.s resolutions creates much pressure.（3）What does the author try to convey through his experiences in Ireland and Barcelona? A.s meaningless to make any big changes in life.D.His lifestyle makes him always ready for change.C.New Year39。t the author care about New Year39。D.HomeB.Familys kiss and resolutions create a lot of pressure for people to have a night to remember, a night that will change their lives and perhaps make the next year one worth living. I think those people are missing the point. If Christmas is about family, why can39。 A lot of people feel that New Year39。s Eve has bee my time to reconnect with the friends that makes me feel at home. Every year we try to reunite wherever we are and remember the time when we knew each other so well that we felt like