大学英语2 Reading comprehension3

大学英语2 Reading comprehension3
Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage:
Psychologists have found that only about two percent of adults use their creativity compared with ten percent of seven-year-old children.When five-year-olds were tested,the results soared to ninety percent!Curiosity and originality are daily occurrences for the small child but somehow most of us lose the freedom and flexibility of the child as we grow older.The need to “follow directions” and many social constraints we put on ourselves prevent us from using our creative potentials!
It is never too late to tap our creative potentials.Some of us,however,find it difficult to think in imaginative and flexible ways because of our set patterns of approaching problems.When we are inflexible in our approach to situations,we close our minds to creative possibilities.
Being creative doesn’t necessarily mean being a genius.It means looking at situations in a new way or putting something together in a new form that makes sense.Spontaneity(自发性) is one of the key elements of creativity.
If you were to ask someone “what’s half of eight?” and received the answer “Zero”,you might laugh and say,“That’s wrong!” But the figure 8 can be visualized as two zeros,one on top of the other; it can also be seen as to 3s standing face to face.
The ability to visualize our environment in new ways opens our perspective and allows us to make all kinds of discoveries.If each of us asked the question “Why?” more often and investigated “other” alternatives to problem solving,our lives would be more interesting and exciting.
41.According to the essay,_______
B)\x05we tend to be more creative as we grow old
C)\x05adults do not use their creativity so often as children do
D)\x05we don’t lose our creativity as we grow old
E)\x05people are born with different creative potentials
42.“Half of 8 is zero” is used as an example to show that ______.
A)\x05very often we are wrong\x05\x05\x05\x05\x05\x05
B)\x05there are different ways of looking at the same thing
C)\x05our mind is often closed to new ways of looking at things
D)\x05both B and C
43.Being creative means being _______.
A)\x05able to approach problems in new ways
B)\x05able to solve problems
C)\x05inclined to ask why
D)\x05a genius
44.Which of the following does NOT go with creativity?
A) Curiosity.\x05\x05B) Spontaneity.\x05C) Inflexibility.\x05\x05\x05D) Imagination.
45.We are less creative than we can be because _______.
A) we often think it too late to tap our creative potentials\x05\x05\x05
B) set patterns of doing things close our minds to new possibilities\x05\x05
C) creativity is not encouraged by society
D) education kills creativity

41.E
42.D
43.A
44.C
45.A
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