Question

    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 ______ place, you can't experience new sights, new smells, new sounds and new cultures. All these can wake up 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.different B.the same C.other D.another

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】

现在，越来越多的人酷爱旅行，这是一种认识陌生人、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.句意：它是很好的认识新人、了解新文化及获得体验的方式。

way方式，方法；area 地区，区域；sign标志；state 地区，州。根据句中信息“It's a very good___1___of getting to know new people and cultures and acquiring (获得) experiences”推测该句句意:旅游是达成这些目的的方法，故选A。

2.句意:它帮助旅游者得到很多东西。

present提出；赠送；produce产生，生产，制造；get得到，获得；check检查。根据上句信息getting to know new people and cultures and acquiring (获得)experiences可知，在旅游中，人们可以获得新的文化，新的人生体验。这里是指能够帮助旅游者得到很多东西。故选C。

3.句意：旅游可以使我们的思维变得更加宽广。

thicker更厚的；smoother更平滑的，更悦耳的；wider更宽广的；healthier更健康的。根据句中信息“Travel can make our minds…”推测该句句意:旅游使人思维更宽广。故选C。

4.句意：他们认为在国外度过时间有影响人的思维的可能。

ability能力；possibility可能；personality人格；difculty困难。根据下文内容，在国外待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.句意：他们发现住在国外时间较长的学生比那些没有住在国外的学生更善于创造性地解决问题。

solving解决；causing制造；controlling控制；spreading 传播。根据下文“All these can wake up your mind and make it more active.”可知在国外较长的学生应该是更善于创造性的解决问题。故选A.

6.句意：如果你待在同一个地方，你就无法体验新的景象、新的气味、新的声音和新的文化。

different不同的；the same相同的；other其他的；another另一个。根据“you can't experience new sights, new smells, new sounds and new cultures.”可推测前句说的是：只有待在同一个地方，才有后句描述的无法体验新的景象、新的气味、新的声音和新的文化。故选B。

7.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。

instead 代替，而不；otherwise 否则；moreover 而且，再者；however 然而，表示语义转折。根据句中信息"that doesn't mean the more places you've been, the more creative you'll become"和上句“All these can wake up your mind and make it more active.”是转折关系。However 然而，表示语义转折。故选D。

8.句意：另一组教授做了相似的研究。

secret秘密地；rapid快速的；common普通的；similar 相似的。两组教授都是研究旅游是否对大脑有创造性思维的影响，是相似的研究。故选D.

9.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。

interest兴趣；money金钱；time时间；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.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。

nearly几乎，差不多；probably可能，大概；hardly几乎不；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。因此这里指真正地了解一个地方的人。故选D。