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Where do good ideas come from? For centuries, all credit for these mysterious gifts went to faith, fortune and some fair muses. But to assume creativity is some lofty trait enjoyed by the few is both foolish and unproductive, argues Jonah Lehrer in his book Imagine: How Creativity Works. Drawing from a wide array of scientific and sociological research—and everything from the poetry of W.H. Auden to the films of Pixar—he makes a convincing case that innovation cannot only be studied and measured, but also nurtured and encouraged. 3M Company is ranked as the third-most innovative in the world, selling more than 55,000 products, from streetlights to computer touch-screens. But when Mr. Lehrer visits, he finds employees engaged in all sorts of frivolous activities, such as playing pinball and wandering about the campus. These workers are actually pushed to take regular breaks, because interrupting work with a relaxing activity lets the mind turn inward, where it can subconsciously puzzle over subtle meanings and connections (the brain is incredibly busy when daydreaming). But this is just one reason for 3M's creative output. The company also encourages its employees to take risks, not only by spending masses on research （nearly 8% of gross revenue）, but also by expecting workers to spend around 15% of their time pursuing speculative ideas. Most of these efforts will fail, but some, such as masking tape, an early 3M concept, will generate real profit for the company. The reason why this approach works is because many breakthroughs come when people venture beyond their area of expertise. Often it takes an outsider to ask the kind of dumb questions that may yield an unconventional solution. This is why young people tend to be the most innovative thinkers in nearly any field, from physics to music. The ignorance of youth “comes with creative advantages,” writes Mr. Lehrer, as the young are less jaded by custom and experience. Still, he reassures readers that anyone can stay creative as long as he works “to maintain the perspective of the outsider” by considering new problems at work (3M regularly rotates its engineers from division to division), travelling to new countries or simply spending more time staring “at things we don't fully understand”. Mr. Lehrer concludes with a call for better policy to “increase our collective creativity”. He also warns that the it demands a lot of time, sweat and grit. Or as Albert Einstein put it: “Creativity is the residue of time wasted.” 8. Why do young people tend to be the most innovative thinkers in nearly any field?

A、The ignorance of young people may yield an unconventional idea.

B、Young people always ask some dumb questions.

C、Young people are more jaded by custom and experience.

D、The ignorance of young people cannot come with creation.

W: It's a shame that you have to leave so early. But you have an early flight tomorrow.

Q: What do you learn about the man?

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A．His relation with the woman comes to an end.

B．He is going to take an air trip.

C．He is expressing his gratefulness.

D．He feels ashamed to ask for excuse.

W: It's a shame that you have to leave so early. But you have an early flight tomorrow.

Q: What do you learn about the man?

(14)

A．His relation with the woman comes to an end.

B．He is going to take an air trip.

C．He is expressing his gratefulness.

D．He feels ashamed to ask for excuse.

Your shipment of twelve thousand 'Smart' watches was received by our company this morning. However, we wish to make a number of complaints concerning the serious delay in delivery and your failure to carry out our specific instructions with regard to this order.

It was stressed from the beginning that the delivery date had to be less than six weeks from the initial order in order to meet our own customers' requirements. While we understand that delays in production are occasionally inevitable, we must point out that the major reason why the order was placed with your company was because we were assured by you of its speed of delivery, and that your existing stocks were sufficiently high to ensure immediate shipment. Late delivery of the goods has caused US to disappoint several of our most valued customers, and is bound to have a negative effect on potential future orders.

The second complaint concerns the difference in color between the watches we ordered and those delivered. It was stated clearly in the original order that watches in combinations of green/purple and orange/purple only were required. However, only half the watches in the delivery received are of the colors specified. Our Hong Kong agent assures US that she stressed to you the importance of following our instructions precisely, since we consider there to be only a limited market in this country for watches of other colors at the present time. Any watches that are not of the specified colors will, of course, be returned to you.

We are also somewhat concerned about the rather poor quality of the goods received, since it is apparent that the watches that finally arrived have been produced from inferior materials and have been manufactured to a lower standard than those in the sample. We have also found that a number of the watches do not appear to be functioning. Whether the latter problem is due to poor manufacture, damage during transportation or bad batteries is not yet clear, but we should like to point out that we feel this matter to be entirely your responsibility.

As a result of the above problems, therefore, we feel that the most suitable course of action is to return to you unpaid any of the goods considered unsatisfactory, and to subtract any resultant costs from our final settlement. We shall also, of course, be forced to reconsider whether any further orders should be placed with your company.

We look forward to your prompt reply.

Yours sincerely,

John Smith

The manufacturers of "Smart" watches were given the order because ______.

A．they produced the best watches of its kind in the world

B．the watches would be easy to make and the designs were already prepared

C．they promised they could produce enough stocks quite quickly

D．they claimed the order would be easy since the watches were already in stock

B.They prohibit the sale of foods that have gone stale.

C.They facilitate the donation of unsold foods to the needy.

D.They forbid businesses to produce more foods than needed.

All foods contain water--cabbage and other leaf vegetables contain as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80% , lean meat 75% and fish anything from 80% to 60% depending on how fatty it is. If this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria(细菌) which cause food to go bad is checked.

Nowadays most foods are dried mechanically. The conventional method of such dehydration(脱水) is to put food in chambers through which hoi air is blown at temperatures of about 110°C at entry to about 43°C at exit. This is the usual method for drying such things as vegetables, minced meat, and fish.

Liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, soups and eggs may be dried by pouring them over a heated horizontal steel cylinder or by spraying them into a chamber through which a current of hot air passes. In the first case, the dried material is scraped off the roller as a thin film which is then broken up into small, though still relatively coarse flakes. In the second process it falls to the bottom of the chamber as a fine powder.

Dried foods 'take up less room and weigh less than the same food packed in cans or frozen, and they do not need to be stored in special conditions. For these reasons they are invaluable to climbers, explorers and soldiers in battle, who have little storage space. They are also popular with housewives because it takes so little time to cook them.

The chief point of the second paragraph is about ______.

A．the comparison of lean meat and fish

B．the removal of water in food

C．the water content in food

D．the relationship between water and food