N H C E 课文自测 To be continued Scanning and Predicting Scanning a passage before you read it is a very useful way to improve your comprehension if you keep your mind active as you scan. To scan the content of a passage, you should very carefully read the subject, the paragraph headings, the first sentence of a paragraph, or sometimes just part of the first sentence to get enough information for your thinking. 随笔 Practice

N H C E 课文自测 To be continued Although you may not be able to understand every detail from the subject or the first sentence —and although a writer may surprise you with unexpected ideas—you can often see the general direction in which the writer is going. This reading skill can help you understand the text better when you go back for a closer reading, or give you a good idea of where in the reading passage to look for answers to specific questions. 随笔 Practice

N H C E 课文自测 Example Try to read ONLY the yellow-colored part and make your predictions. All of us have experienced this sudden arrival of a new idea, but it is easiest to examine it in the great creative personalities, many of whom experienced it in an intensified form and have written it down in their life stories and letters. One can draw examples from genius in any field,…(Para.3 Passage A) Possible prediction? Some big ideas come by themselves all of a sudden. 随笔 Practice

N H C E 课文自测 Practice Directions: Before you read Passage B, have a quick look at the title and subtitles of the passage. This is to help you get a general idea of its content. 随笔 Introduction

N H C E 课文自测 Title:Ways of Increasing Creativity Subtitles:Capture the fleeting Daydream Seek challenges Expand your world 随笔 Introduction

N H C E 课文自测 Directions: Judging from the title and subtitles, what kind of content do you expect to find under each of them? Choose the answer that seems most likely to you. 随笔 Introduction

N H C E 课文自测 1. Capture the fleeting A. Seize the passing ideas. B. Capture the big boat. C. Catch the passing boat. 2. Daydream A. You should stay away from daydreaming. B. You will get big ideas while daydreaming. C. Daydreaming would destroy your big ideas. 随笔 Introduction

N H C E 课文自测 3. Seek challenges A. Be ready to fight against anyone. B. Try to find anyone who holds a different idea from yours. C. Actively try to answer new questions. 随笔 Introduction

N H C E 课文自测 4. Expand your world A. Enlarge your room to contain more things. B. Try to travel and learn more. C. Try to do things outside of your usual interests. 随笔 Introduction

N H C E 课文自测 5. Ways of Increasing Creativity A. Different ways of enhancing a creative mind. B. How to become a great man. C. What increasing creativity means 随笔 Introduction

N H C E 技巧自测 New Words QuestionsPreviewing Choice Making PassageReading Text B

技巧自测 N H C E creativity n. [U]创造力 chill v./ n. (使) 变冷;[sing.]寒冷/寒意 dip vt. 蘸,浸 applaud v. 拍手,喝彩;称赞 remark vt./n. 评论;谈论;[C]评论;谈论 decade n. [C]十年 convince vt. 使确信,使信服 capacity n. [C, U]才能/能力;[sing.]容量 impulse n. [C]冲动;刺激 potential n./a. [U]潜力,潜能;潜在的随笔 Questions Text Study Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E reservoir n. [C] 贮藏,蓄积;[C] 水库 concrete a. 具体的 capture vt. 捕获,捕捉;夺得;占领 fleeting a. 飞逝的;短暂的 carriage n. [C] 四轮马车 scarcely ad. 仅仅;才;几乎不 awake v. (使)醒来;唤醒 recall v. 回想,回忆起 fortunately ad. 幸运地随笔 Questions Text Study Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E sketch v. 勾画,绘草图 fertile a. 丰富的;肥沃的,富饶的 advantage n. [C, U] 优势;有利条件 productive a. 有收益的;多产的 disturb vt. 打扰;妨碍;使烦恼 undisturbed a. 未受打扰(或妨碍)的 associate n. [C] 合作人;同事 invent vt. 发明,创造 inventor n. [C] 发明者,发明家 claim vt. 声称;自称随笔 Questions Text Study Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E engineering n. [U] 工程 string n. [C, U] 细绳 pliers n. (pl.)钳子 motion n. [U] 运动 pendulum n. [C] 钟摆 swing v. 摇摆,摆动 context n. [C, U] 环境,背景;上下文 transfer v. 转移;调动 principle n. [C] 原则;原理 enhance vt. 提高,增强随笔 Questions Text Study Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E n. vitamin [C] 维生素 [C, U] 治疗 therapy n. novel a./n. 新颖/新奇的;[C]长篇小说 potentially ad. 可能地;潜在地 fascinating a. 迷人的;有吸引力的 right away 立刻 act on/upon 依照······行动 come one’s way 发生在某人身上 fall asleep 睡着 take advantage of 利用;(不公正地)利用某人 bring sb. together 使聚在一起;使联合随笔 Questions Text Study Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E lead to 引发,导致 at once 同时 set (sth.) in motion 使······运转起来;启动 back and forth 来回,前后 take up 开始从事;对······产生兴趣 Edison 爱迪生(美国发明家) Picasso 毕加索(西班牙画家) Shakespeare 莎士比亚(英国戏剧家和诗人) Ludwig van Beethoven 路德维格•范•贝多芬(德国作曲家) Salvador Dali 萨尔瓦多•达利(西班牙画家) 随笔 Questions Text Study Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E Edwin Land 埃德温•兰德(美国发明家) Polaroid 宝丽来相机 Santa Fe 圣菲(美国新墨西哥州首府) 随笔 Questions Text Study Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E Introduction For you to be better conditioned for reading as fast as 100 words per minute, as required in the new type of examination “Fast Reading”, Text B can serve to be your fast-reading material. But, for this purpose, the best course of action is to know what to scan for in your skimming. Thus, the trick is to keep in your mind the key words of each question before you start off. That is where the “Questions Previewing” comes in. 随笔 New Words Text Study Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E Q1. The guests applauded because __________. Q2. Compared to a genius, what the average person lacks is __________. Q3. The word “fortunately” (Paragraph 7) suggests that __________. Q4. When you have a good idea, you should __________. 随笔 New Words Text Study Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E Q5. As long as you can be with your thoughts undisturbed, you will __________. Q6. In Paragraph 13, the expression “expand your world” means __________. Q7. By giving the college student’s example, the writer intends to say that __________. Q8. The writer’s advice on the enhancement of creativity is ___________. 随笔 New Words Text Study Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E Ways of Increasing Creativity Chinese Question 1 1.My guests had arrived, but once again, I’d forgotten to put the wine in the fridge. “Don’ worry,” a friend said, “I canchill it for you right away. ”2.Five minutes later she emerged from the kitchen with the wine perfectly cooled. Asked to reveal her secret, she said, “I poured it in a plastic bag anddipped it in ice water.” 3.My guests applauded. “How wonderful if we could all be that clever,” one remarked. 随笔 New Words Questions Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E Chinese Question 2 4.A decade of enquiry has convinced me we can. What separates the average person from Edison, Picasso or even Shakespeare isn’t creative capacity. It’s the ability to use that capacity by encouraging creative impulsesand then acting uponthem. Most of us seldom achieve our creative potential, but the reservoirof ideas hiding within every one of us can be unlocked. 随笔 New Words Questions Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E Chinese 5.The following techniques suggest concrete ways of increasing creativity: 6.Capture the fleeting. A good idea is like a rabbit. It runs by so fast, sometimes you see only its ears or tail. To capture it, you must be ready. Creative people are always ready to act—possibly the only difference between us and them. 随笔 New Words Questions Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E Chinese Question 3 7.In a letter to a friend in 1821, Ludwig van Beethoven wrote about thinking of a beautiful tune while half asleep in a carriage: “Butscarcely did I awakewhenaway flew the tune and I could not recall any part of it.” Fortunately, for Beethoven and for us, the next day in the same carriage, the tune returned to him and he captured it in writing. 随笔 New Words Questions Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E Chinese Question 4 8. When a good idea comes your way, write it down—on your arm if necessary. Not every idea will have value but capture it first and evaluate later. 9.Daydream. Painter Salvador Dali used to lie on a sofa, holding a spoon. As he began to fall asleep, Dali would drop the spoon onto a plate on the floor. Shocked by the sound, he would awaken and immediately sketch the images seen in his mind in that fertile world of semi-sleep. 随笔 New Words Questions Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E Chinese Question 5 10. Everyone experiences this strange state and can take advantageof it. Try Dali’s trick, or just allow yourself to daydream. Often, the “three b’s” —bed, bath and bus—are productive. Anywhere you can be with your thoughts undisturbed, you’ll find ideas emerge freely. 11.Seek challenges. Try inviting friends and business associates from different areas of your life to a party. Bringing people of different ages and social status together may help you think in new ways. 随笔 New Words Questions Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E Chinese 12. Edwin Land, one of America’s most productive inventors, claimed the idea leading to his invention of the Polaroid camera came from his three-year-old daughter. On a visit to Santa Fe in 1943, she asked why she couldn’t see the picture he had just taken. During the next hour, as Land walked around Santa Fe, all he had learned about chemistry came together, “The camera and the film became clear to me. In my mind they were so real that I spent several hours describing them.” 随笔 New Words Questions Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E Chinese Question 6 13.Expand your world. Many discoveries in science, engineering and the arts mix ideas from different fields. Consider “The Two-String Problem.” Two widely separated strings hang from a ceiling. Even though you can’t reach bothat once, is it possible to tie their ends together, using only a pair of pliers? 随笔 New Words Questions Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E Chinese Question 7 14. One college student tied the pliers to one string and set it in motionlike a pendulum. As it swung back and forth, he walked quickly to the other string and drew it as far forward as it would reach. Then he caught the swinging string when it passed near him and tied the two ends. 15. Asked how he succeeded, the student explained he had just come from a physics class on pendulum motion. What he had learned in one context transferred to a completely different one. 随笔 New Words Questions Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E Chinese Question 8 16.This principle works elsewhere as well. To enhance your creativity, learn something new. If you’re a banker, take uptap dancing; if you’re a nurse, try a course in vitamin therapy. Read a book on a new subject. Change your daily newspaper. The new will combine with the old in novel and potentially fascinating ways. Becoming more creative means paying attention to that endless flow of ideas you produce, and learning to capture and act upon the new that’s within you. 随笔 New Words Questions Choice Making

技巧自测 N H C E Refer to Para. 2-3 Q1.The guests applauded because __________. A. they wanted to express their admiration for the woman’s brightness B. they found themselves as clever as the woman C. they would have perfectly cooled wine to drink D. they wondered at the rapidity with which the wine was ready 随笔 New Words Questions Text Study

技巧自测 N H C E Refer to Para. 4 Q2.Compared to a genius, what the average person lacks is __________. A. the creative capacity which he can use to encourage creative impulses and then act upon them B. the ability to use his creative capacity by encouraging creative impulses and then acting upon them C. the reservoir of ideas that hides within clever people D. the creative potential available only to the selected few 随笔 New Words Questions Text Study

技巧自测 N H C E Refer to Para. 7 Q3.The word “fortunately” (Paragraph 7) suggests that __________. A. Beethoven rode in the same carriage the next day B. Beethoven returned home on time by riding in a carriage C. Beethoven awoke in time to capture the tune in writing D. Beethoven remembered the tune that he had forgotten 随笔 New Words Questions Text Study

技巧自测 N H C E Refer to Para. 8 Q4.When you have a good idea, you should __________. A. decide cautiously whether it has any value B. go with it as far as possible C. write it down as quickly as possible D. try other good ideas 随笔 New Words Questions Text Study

技巧自测 N H C E Refer to Para. 10 Q5. As long as you can be with your thoughts undisturbed, you will __________. A. see the “three b’s”— bed, bath and bus B. be good at daydreaming C. find ideas coming your way D. fall asleep quickly 随笔 New Words Questions Text Study

技巧自测 N H C E Refer to Para. 13 Q6.In Paragraph 13, the expression “expand your world” means __________. A. traveling around the world B. broadening your knowledge C. learning science, engineering, and the arts D. making discoveries 随笔 New Words Questions Text Study

技巧自测 N H C E Refer to Para. 15 Q7. By giving the college student’s example, the writer intends to say that __________. A. two widely separated strings can be reached at once by using a pair of pliers B. if one string is set in motion, the two string ends can be tied together C. it is advisable to attempt an impossible mission sometimes D. it is important to transfer knowledge learned in one context to a different One 随笔 New Words Questions Text Study

技巧自测 N H C E Refer to Para. 16 Q8. The writer’s advice on the enhancement of creativity is __________. A. to learn something you know little about B. to take up tap dancing C. to try a course in vitamin therapy D. to combine the new with the old in novel ways 随笔 New Words Questions Text Study

N H C E 技巧课文 Test Yourself Test Yourself Listening Comprehension ReadingComprehension

技巧课文 N H C E Short Conversations 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Directions:In this section, you will hear 10 short conversations. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause you must make your choice. Reading 随笔

技巧课文 N H C E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1.A) The man wants to attend tomorrow's show. B) There aren't any tickets left for tonight's show. C) There aren't any tickets left for tomorrow's show. D) The man doesn't want to attend tomorrow's show. M: I would like two tickets for the 9 o'clock show this evening.W: I am sorry, Sir. They are sold out. But we have a few left for tomorrow.Q: What do we learn from this conversation? Reading 随笔

技巧课文 N H C E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2.A) Detective stories. B) Stories about jail escapes. C) Love stories. D) Stories about royal families. W : I'd love to see a different type of movie for a change. I'm tired of movies about romantic stories. M : I agree. Let's go and see a new movie at the Royal Theatre. I hear it's a real story of two prison breakers. Q: What kind of movie does the woman find boring? Reading 随笔

技巧课文 N H C E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3.A) It was a long lecture, but easy to understand. B) It was not as easy as she had thought. C) It was as difficult as she had expected. D) It was interesting and easy to follow. M:What do you think of Professor Brown's lecture?W: The topic was interesting, but the lecture was much more difficult to follow than I had expected.Q: What does the woman say about the lecture? Reading 随笔

技巧课文 N H C E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 • A) To put him through to the director. • B) To have a talk with the director about his work. • C) To arrange an appointment for him with the director. • D) To go and see if the director can meet him right now. M : I'd like to have a talk with your director sometime this week. Could you arrange it for me?W : He's rather busy these days. But I'll see what I can do.Q: What is the man asking the woman to do? Reading 随笔

技巧课文 N H C E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.A) Margaret wanted to return some magazines to the woman.B) Margaret wanted to lend some magazines to the woman.C) Margaret wanted to borrow some magazines from the woman.D) Margaret wanted to get some magazines back from the woman. M : Why did Margaret call yesterday? W : She wanted to pick up some magazines she lent me. Q: What do we learn from the conversation? Reading 随笔

技巧课文 N H C E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.A) He doesn't care much about it. B) He enjoys it very much. C) He doesn't mind even though it's tedious. D) He hates working overtime. W: You seem to have a lot of work to do at your office. You're always staying late and working overtime. M: That's true. But it's no bother to me. The work is interesting. I don't mind extrahours at all. Q: How does the man feel about his job? Reading 随笔

技巧课文 N H C E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.A) The woman doesn't think it exciting to travel by air.B) They'll stay at home during the holidays.C) They are offered some plane tickets for their holidays.D) They'll be flying somewhere for their vacation. M: Well, the holidays will soon be here. W: Yes, isn't it exciting by this time next week, we'll be on the plane? Q:What do we learn from the conversation? Reading 随笔

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