Question

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从短文生各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

At the present time, more and more people love travelling. It’s a very good     of getting to know new people and cultures and acquiring (获得) experiences. It helps travelers     a lot. Travel can make our minds become     .

But travel does more than all that. It can also make us more creative. In recent years, some professors have been doing research on what many people have already learned from travel experiences. They believe that spending time abroad has the        to affect (影响) people’s mind. For example, they found that the students who lived abroad for a longer period were better at       problems creatively than those who did not. If you stay in the same place, you can’t experience new sights, new smells, new sounds and new cultures. All these can     your mind and make it more active.

      , that doesn’t mean the more places you’ve been, the more creative you’ll become. Another group of professors have been doing     research. They found the people who often travelled from one place to another didn’t have enough     to immerse（使……沉浸）themselves in a new place and a new culture. They weren’t as creative as the people who spent the time     getting to know a place. You have to interact（相互影响）with the places you go to and then you can benefit（得益）from it.

If you go travelling. which do you prefer, staying in a place for a certain period or rushing all the way ?

1.A. way                B. area                C. sign            D. state

2.A. present            B. produce             C. get            D. check

3.A. thicker           B. smoother            C. wider          D. healthier

4.A. ability           B. possibility         C. personality    D. difficulty

5.A. solving           B. causing             C. controlling     D. spreading

6.A. set up            B. wake up             C. turn up         D. clean up

7.A. Instead           B. Otherwise           C. Moreover        D. However

8.A. secret            B. rapid             C. common        D. similar

9.A. interest          B. money              C. time            D. quality

10.A. nearly            B. probably          C. hardly          D. really

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.C

4.B

5.A

6.B

7.D

8.D

9.C

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：现在，越来越多的人酷爱旅行，这是一种认识新人、了解不同文化并感受不同经历的好方式，旅游使我们思维宽广。本文讲述了旅游的好处，特别是讲了旅游与增强人的创造性的关系：旅游使人更有创造性，但不是去过的地方越多，越有创造性。人们要与自己去的地方互相影响，然后就可以从中受益，而更有创造力。

1.A 考查名词及语境理解。句意：它是很好的认识新人、了解新文化及获得体验的方式。A. way方式，方法；B. area地区，区域；C. sign标志；D. state地区，州。旅游是达成这些目的的方法。故选A。

2.C考查动词及语境理解。句意：它帮助旅游者得到很多。A. present现在的，礼物；B. produce产生，生产，制造；C. get得到，获得；D. check检查。在旅游中，人们可以获得新的文化，新的人生体验。故选C。

3.C考查形容词及语境理解。句意：旅游可以使我们的思维就得更加宽广。A. thicker更厚；B. smoother更平滑，更悦耳；C. wider更宽广；D. healthier更健康。旅游使人见识增长，思维宽广。故选C。

4.B考查名词及语境理解。句意：他们认为在国外度过时间有影响人的思维的可能。A. ability能力；B. possibility可能；C. personality人，人格；D. difficulty困难。根据下文内容，在国外呆一段时间的学生更有创造性，因此到国外有影响人的思维的可能。故选B。

5.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：他们发现在国外住一段时间的学生比未在国外居住的学生更善于创造性地解决问题。A. solving解决；B. causing制造；C. controlling控制；D. spreading传播。具有创造性，指创造性地思考问题、解决问题。故选A。

6.B考查动词短语及语境理解。句意：所有这些可能唤醒你的思维并使它更加活跃。A. set up成立，建立；B. wake up叫醒；C. turn up开大；D. clean up清楚。使思维活跃，叫醒沉睡的思维。故选B。

7.D考查副词及语境理解。句意：然而，这不意味着你去过的地方越多，你就会变得越有创造性。A. Instead代替，而不；B. Otherwise否则；C. Moreover而且，再者； D. However然而。本句表示语义转折，用副词however。故选D。

8.D考查形容词及语境理解。句意：另一组教授做了相似的研究。A. secret秘密地；B. rapid快速的；C. common普通的；D. similar相似的。两组教授都是研究人们是否旅游对大脑创造性思维的影响。是相似的研究。故选D。

9.C考查名词及语境理解。句意：他们发现经常从一个地方到另一个地方旅游的人们没有足够的时间去享受新的地点和新的文化。A. interest兴趣；B. money金钱；C. time时间；D. quality品质，质量。经常旅游不同的地点，走马观花，没有时间去深入了解这些地方。故选C。

10.考查副词及语境理解。句意：他们不像那些真正花时间了解一个地方的人们那样有创造性。A. nearly几乎，差不多；B. probably可能，大概；C. hardly几乎不；D. really真正地，确实。根据本段大意，慢慢地了解一个地方及其文化的旅游者比不断地换地方的旅游者更有创造性。因此选真正地了解一个地方。故选D。

【考点定位】 考查健康生活类短文阅读。