Brrriiinnng．The alarm clock announces the start of another busy weekday in the morning．You jump out of bed, rush into the shower, into your clothes and out the door with hardly a moment to think．A stressful journey to work gets your blood pressure climbing．Once at the office, you glance through the newspaper with depressing stories or reports of disasters．In that sort of mood, who can get down to work, particularly some creative, original problem-solving work?

The way most of us spend our mornings is exactly opposite to the conditions that promote flexible, open-minded thinking．Imaginative ideas are most likely to come to us when we’re unfocused．If you are one of those energetic morning people, your most inventive time comes in the early evening when you are relaxed．Sleepy people’s lack of focus leads to an increase in creative problem solving．By not giving yourself time to tune into your wandering mind, you’re missing out on the surprising solutions it may offer．

The trip you take to work doesn’t help, either．The stress slows down the speed with which signals travel between neurons(神經(jīng)細(xì)胞), making inspirations less likely to occur．And while we all should read a lot about what’s going on in the world, it would not make you feel good for sure, so put that news website or newspaper aside until after the day’s work is done．

So what would our mornings look like if we wanted to start them with a full capacity for creative problem solving? We’d set the alarm a few minutes early and lie awake in bed, following our thoughts where they lead．We’d stand a little longer under the warm water of the shower, stopping thinking about tasks in favor of a few more minutes of relaxation．We’d take some deep breaths on our way to work, instead of complaining about heavy traffic．And once in the office—after we get a cup of coffee—we’d click on links not to the news of the day but to the funniest videos the web has to offer．

1.According to the author, we are ore creative when we are________?

A. focused． B. relaxed

C. awake． D. busy．

2. What does the author imply about newspapers?

A. They are normally full of bad news．

B. They are solution providers．

C. They are a source of inspiration．

D. They are more educational than websites．

3. By“tune into your wandering mind”in Para．2, the author means “_______”．

A. wander into the wild

B. listen to a beautiful tune

C. stop concentrating on anything

D. switch to the traffic channel

4.The author writes the last paragraph in order to _______．

A. establish a routine for the future

B. summarize past experiences

C. advocate diverse ways of life

D. offer practical suggestions

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇科普說明文。研究表明，放松心情更有利于提高工作效率，更有利于解決創(chuàng)造性的解決問題；壓力阻滯了神經(jīng)細(xì)胞信號(hào)的傳輸，只會(huì)導(dǎo)致工作效率下降。

1.】B根據(jù)第二段第三句中“…your most inventive time comes in the early evening when you are relaxed.”以及下文對(duì)壓力阻滯了神經(jīng)細(xì)胞信號(hào)的傳輸可知，放松使我們更具有創(chuàng)造性，故B項(xiàng)正確。

2.】A 根據(jù)第一段倒數(shù)第二句中“…the newspaper with depressing stories or reports of disaters.”，可知報(bào)紙上總是充滿了負(fù)面新聞，故C項(xiàng)正確。

3.】C 根據(jù)語(yǔ)境可知，若一味集中注意力而無(wú)暇放松，將錯(cuò)失有創(chuàng)造性的解決問題的方法。C項(xiàng)意為“不將注意力故放在某事物上”，符合語(yǔ)境，故C項(xiàng)正確。

4.】D 通讀最后一段可知，該段主要講述對(duì)如何放松心情提出一些建議，如

提早起身、洗熱水澡、做深呼吸等等，故D項(xiàng)正確。

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