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When I got there, it looked like she had been overcome by weep than that she had fallen; she was a young woman who looked exhausted with dark circles under her eyes. She dropped something as I helped her up, and I picked it up and gave it to her. It was a coin. At that moment, everything came into focus(变得清晰)for me: the crying woman, the ancient Suburban(雪佛兰汽车) packed full of stuff and three kids in the back, and the gas pump(汽油泵)reading $4.95. I asked her if she was okay and if she needed help, and she just kept saying “I don’t want my kids to see me crying,” so we stood at the other side of the pump from her car. She said she was driving to California for Christmas and that things were very hard for her right now. I took out my credit card and swiped(刷磁卡)it through the card reader on the pump so that she could fill up her car completely, and I bought two big bags of food for her kids in the car who attacked it like wolves. While it was fueling, she asked, “So, are you an angel or something?” I said, “At this time of year, angels are really busy, so sometimes God uses common people.” It was unbelievable to be part of someone else’s miracle. And of course, you guessed it, when I got in my car it started right away and got me home with no problem. Sometimes, angels fly close enough to you that you can hear the flutter(摆动)of their wings. 66. Caught in traffic, the author still felt happy because __________. A. she could fill up her car to get home in time B. she could find a warm place to wait C. the woman who needed help was waiting there D. she could do something for others in the gas station 67. The underlined word in Paragraph 2 probably means __________. A. hungry B. poor C. tired out D. painful 68. The young woman cried because __________. A. her kids wouldn’t listen to herB. she fell down and got injured C. she was too tired D. her situation was very terrible 69. It can be inferred from the passage that __________. A. the author was driving carelessly on the way home B. the kids were extremely hungry at that time C. the young woman didn’t want to see her kids crying D. the young woman was interested in long driving 70. According to the passage, we can say that the author __________. A. was a kind personB. liked to deal with others’ business C. had no thought for othersD. was a real angel D Creativity is the key to a brighter future, say education and business experts. Here is how schools and parents can encourage this important skill in children. If Dick Drew had listened to his boss in 1925, we might not have a product that we now think of as of great importance: a new type of tape. Drew worked for the Minnesota Mining company. At work he developed a kind of material strong enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Finally, using his own time, Drew improved the tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his former company learned from its mistake. Now it encourages people to spend 15 percent of their work time just thinking about and developing new ideas. Creativity is not something one is just born with, nor is it necessarily a character(特征)of high intelligence. The fact that a person is highly intelligent does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of using the resources one has to produce new ideas that are good for something. Unfortunately, schools have not tried to encourage creativity. With strong attention to test results and the development of reading, writing and mathematical skills, many educators give up creativity for correct answers. The result is that children can give back information but cannot recognize ways to use it in new situations. They may know the rules correctly, but they are unable to use them to work out practical problems. It is important to give children choices. From the earliest age, children should be allowed to make decisions and understand their results. Even if it’s choosing between two food items for lunch, decision-making helps thinking skills. As children grow older, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money, but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision. The child may have a hard time, but that is all right. This is because the most important character of creative people is a very strong desire to find a way out of trouble. 71. What did the company where Drew once worked learn from its mistake? __________ A. They encouraged people to work a longer time. B. They encouraged people to spend some of their work time considering and improving new ideas. C. They asked people to spend all their work time developing new ideas. D. They discouraged people to think freely. 72. Creativity is something __________. A. that is a way of using what one has learned to work out new problems B. that depends on intelligence C. that people are born with D. that is not important at all 73. Why don’t schools try to encourage creativity? A. They don’t understand the importance of education. B. They don’t want their students to make mistakes. C. They think it more important to remember some information. D. They pay too much attention to examination marks, language and mathematical skills. 74. What should the parents do when their children decide how to spend their money? A. Try to help them as much as possible. B. Take no notice of whatever they do. C. Help them if their decision is wrong but not too much. D. Leave them as they are. 75. This passage mainly deals with the question “__________”. A. What is the key to a brighter future (责任编辑：admin) |