Do you have trouble trying to create the next big idea? Sometimes the answer isn’t to just force an idea out of your mind. Instead, you might want to try sitting back, relaxing and letting your mind wander. Yes, you heard that correctly. If you are in need of a new idea, try daydreaming.
Researchers from the university of California, Santa Barbara, found an association between daydreaming and creative problem-solving. Their study includes having participants first do an “unusual-use task”. They had to try to come up with as many different ways to use an object as they could.
Then, the participants chose to do one of the following four things before doing the “unusual-use task” again: complete a difficult task; complete an easy task; take a 12-minute break; or skip the 12-minute break and move right on to the task exercise again.
Surprisingly, the group that performed best was the one that completed the easy task. Many participants reported that they were daydreaming while performing the easy task. So the researchers believed that this daydreaming might have helped unlock their creativity.
But how could daydreaming help the brain come up with creative ways? The answer is something known as “unconscious thought”. Even when you are not actively working to solve a problem, it is still in the back of your mind. Your brain is still thinking about the problem, but in a much more subtle (不易察觉的) way.
When you daydream, your mind is allowed to think in ways it normally would not. Because it is free of control, it can create completely new and out-of-the-box ideas.
Great ideas never come easily, but that does not mean you always have to work hard to get them. Feel free to do what you want and let your mind wander.
1.The “unusual-use task” in Paragraph 2 means that participants ______.
A. complete an easy task B. complete a very difficult task
C. take a 12-minute break D. think of various ways to use an object
2.What does the underlined phrase “unconscious thought” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Your brain wander in a subtle way within your control.
B. Your brain knows clearly what you’re thinking and doing.
C. Your brain is thinking about a problem outside of your awareness.
D. Your brain refuses to receive any information from the outside world.
3.The passage mainly wants to tell us that ______.
A. brainstorming is important to creative ideas
B. daydreaming is a way to improve creativity
C. problem-solving skills are important in our lives
D. the more we exercise brains, the more ideas we’ll get
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C. It has had branches in every city of China for over 20 years.
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October 31st, 2017 was not just another Halloween for me. While heading back from my break, a vehicle twisted suddenly and ________ my brand new car before I could brake hard. The blow sent my car ________ into the busy crossroads. The same car bumped into me three more times and then I lost ________.
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After three months in the ICU, I spent another three months at a neuro（神经）________ hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, where I saw a glimpse of ________ and was inspired by other patients. At first, I didn’t see much ________ in the process of recovery. My head felt like a bowling ball and I couldn’t ________ it up. Any idea of walking or even standing was possible only when the devil（魔鬼）was ________, but we sure did try. Before long, I could ________ move a toe. The little things we ________ for granted so often mater the most. Small victories are huge and important leaps. I was determined to ________ again. Giving up was no longer a(n)________. I’m now making ________ achievements in a gym, swimming and even yoga. All of this is proving doctors wrong and turning the ________ from the impossible to the possible.
1.A. struck B. damaged C. overtook D. approached
2.A. sliding B. splitting C. spinning D. springing
3.A. direction B. heart C. control D. consciousness
4.A. informed B. reminded C. warned D. persuaded
5.A. reuniting B. hanging C. choking D. pulling
6.A. sleep B. dream C. operation D. pain
7.A. of B. on C. in D. out
8.A. concluded B. urged C. recommended D. approved
9.A. And B. Therefore C. However D. Though
10.A. emergency B. recovery C. treatment D. reform
11.A. dawn B. reward C. comfort D. hope
12.A. increase B. sign C. progress D. sense
13.A. pick B. hold C. make D. look
14.A. blind B. dizzy C. foolish D. merciful
15.A. swiftly B. stably C. eventually D. deliberately
16.A. make B. take C. value D. lose
17.A. walk B. jump C. speak D. practice
18.A. preference B. necessity C. opportunity D. alternative
19.A. academic B. athletic C. medical D. scientific
20.A. chance B. direction C. page D. recovery
The England pound was then worth ______ it is worth today; so you can see how rich he was then.
A. than many times B. many times than
C. many times what D. as many times as
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A. opportunity B. credit
C. admission D. drill
Although we produce carbon when we breathe, the carbon we produce is much less than________ produced by a car.
A. It B. one which
C. the one D. that
