六級閱讀專項練習題原文

　　Randomly pick something and compare it with your problem. Open a dictionary and randomly,without looking.pick a word. Force yourself to make a comparison between the problem andthe word. Suppose you are having a problem with a manager and you randomly pick theword"pencil". You might list the characteristics of thepencil and determine how thosecharacteristics are like your problem.

　　Imagine you have a magic wand (魔杖). Consider what changes or actions you will use the wandto create, especially those that wouldn't normally be possible. After letting your imaginationrun, ask yourself what specific features ofthose wishes particularly appeal to you. Think ofsome feasible changes of actions thatembody some of those specific features.

　　Think outrageously. The more incredible and divergent from conventional thinking an ideais, the greater the possibilities for news. A frozen-fish processor used this technique. A line ofhls frozen fish tasted bland and boring. He tried everything to improve the taste, includingkeeping the fish alive in holding fanks until he put a predator(食肉動物) in the holding tankwith fish. The fish kept moving to escape the predator and they retained their vitality andflavor.

　　Challenge assumptions. Reserve the assumptions you make about problems.List theassumptions and write the opposite. Henry Ford challenged the practice of having workers go towhere building materials were kept inorder to build cars, by creating a system that brought thematerials to workers instead. With this reversal, the assembly line was born.

　　Be an artist. Write a poem about your job. Poetry helps give a voice to your wildest imagination,which may lead to new ideas.

　　Try the above methods and test if your creativity might be somewhat improved.

　　六級閱讀專項練習題

　　1.According to psychologists, what can help to distinguish creative people fromothers?

　　2.To look for ideas, you are suggested to draw a comparison between the problemand_____________.

　　3.Feasible changes of actions that embody some specific features you desire can befound by__________.

　　4.It was found by the frozen-fish processor that the flavor of fish was retained whenthe fish regained their__________________.

　　5.By bringing the building materials to workers, Henry Ford created______________.

　　六級閱讀專項練習題答案解析

　　1.[Belief.]

　　[定位]根據psychologists查找到全文首句。

　　解析：題干中的distinguish對應原文中的differentiates，首句提到心理學家說區分有創造力的人和沒有創造力的人的一個因索就是信念，因此本題答案為Belief。

　　2.[the word randomly picked in a dictionary]

　　[定位]根據comparison between the problem查找到第4段前三句。

　　解析：第4段提出尋找點子的第2個技巧是在字典里隨手挑出一個詞，強迫自己拿這個問題和這個詞進行比較。因此本題答案為the word randomly picked in a dictionary。

　　3.[letting your imagination run/stretching your imagination]

　　[定位]根據Feasible changes of actions和specific features查找到第5段最后兩句。

　　解析：第5段末句講到，想出一些具有此類具體特征的可行的行動的改變。而由上句的“在放飛你的想象力之后”可知中這些行動的改變正是通過“放飛想象”而想出來的，因此本題答案為letting your imaginationrun/stretching your imagination。

　　4.[vitality]

　　[定位]根據frozen-fish processor查找到第6段。

　　解析：第6段末句提到，為了躲開肉食魚，其他的魚不停地游動，這樣就保持了活力和新鮮的味道。也就是說，當魚恢復活力的時候，新鮮的味道就被保留了，所以答案為vitality。

　　5.[the assembly line]

　　[定位]根據Henry Ford查找到第7段倒數第2句。

　　解析：原文該句提到，Henry Ford創造的體系可以把裝配材料送到工人面前，接著下一句提到，裝配線就這樣誕生了，因此本題答案為末句中的the assembly line。