Creativity is one of the features of language. （)

A.creative

B.creation

C.created

D.creativity

day. To create means”to bring into being, to cause to exist”---something each of us does daily.

We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way. First this involves an awareness of our surroundings. It means using all of our sense to become aware of our world. This nmay be as simple as being aware of colour and texture, as well as taste, when we plan a meal. Above all, it is the ability to notice things that others might miss.

A second part of creativity is an ability to see realationships among things. If we believe the expression,” There is nothing new under the sun, ” the creativity is remaking or recombining the old in new ways. For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way is the camera lenses and filters to create an unusual photograph. A third part of creativity is the courage and drive to make use of our new ideas, to apply them to achieve some new results,.To think up a new concept is one thing; to put idea to work is another.

1. Which of th following activities is NOT a creativre one according to the passage？

A. To prepare a meal.

B. To arrange the furniture in a peculiar way.

C. To buy some books from a bookstore.

D. To”write” a letter with the computer.

2. The auther holds that_____.

A. creativity is of highly demanded.

B. creativity is connected with a deep insight to some extent.

C. creativity is to create something new and concrete.

D. to practise and practice is the only way to cultivate one’s creativity.

3. ‘’There is nothing new under the sun.” (par.3)really implies that____.

A. we can seldom create new things

B. a new thing is only a tale.

C. a new thing can only be created at the basis of original things.

D. we can scarcely see really new things in the world.

4. What does the auther think about the relationship between a new thought and its being put into practice？

A. It’s more difficult to create a new thought than to apply it in practice.

B. To find a new thought will definitely lead to the production of a new thing.

C. One may come up with a new thought, but can not put it into practice.

D. A man with an excellent ability of practice can easily become an inventor.

5. The best title for this passage is_____.

A. Hoe to Cultivate One’s Creativity

B. What is Creativity

C. The Importance of Creativity

D. Creativity—a Not Farway Thing

Which are goals of Scrum？ (More than one answer)

A.To manage complex product development

B.To optimize flexibility, creativity, and productivity

C.To address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value

D.To provide a process or a technique for building products

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage:

According to the dictionary definition of “create”, ordinary people are creative every day. To create means “to bring into being, to cause to exist”—something each of us does daily.

We are creative whenever we look at or think about something in a new way. First this involves an awareness of our surroundings. It means using all of our sese to become aware of our world. This may be as simple as being aware of color and texture, as well as taste, when we plan a meal. Above all, it is the ability to notice things that others might miss.

A second part of creativity is an ability to see relationships among things. I f we believe the expression, “There is nothing new under the sun,” the creativ ity is remaking or recombining the old in new ways. For example, we might do this by finding a more effective way to study or a better way to arrange our furniture, or we might make a new combination of camera lenses and filters to cr eate an unusual photograph.

A third part of creativity is the courage and drive to make use of our new ide as, to apply them to achieve some new results. To think up a new concept is one thing; to put the idea to work is another.

These three parts of creativity are involved in all the great works of genius, but they are also involved in many of our day to day activities.

26.Which of the following activities is NOT a creative one according to t he passage？

A.To prepare a meal.

B.To arrange the furniture in a peculiar way.

C.To buy some books from a bookstore.

D.To “write” a letter with the computer.

27.The author holds that ____.

A.creativity is of highly demand

B.creativity is connected with a deep insight to some extent

C.creativity is to create something new and concrete

D.to practise and practise is the only way to cultivate one’s creativity

28.“There is nothing new under the sun.” (Par.3) really implies that ____.

A.we can seldom create new things

B.a new thing is only a tale

C.a new thing can only be created at the basis of original things

D.we can scarcely see really new things in the world

29.What does the author think about the relationship between a new though t and its being put into practice？

A.It’s more difficult to create a new thought than to apply it in practice.

B.To find a new thought will definitely lead to the production of a new thing.

C.One may come up with a new thought, but can not put it into practice.

D.A man with an excellent ability of practice can easily become an inventor.

30.The best title for this passage is ____.

A.How to Cultivate One’s Creativity B.What is Creativity

C.The Importance of Creativity D.Creativity—a Not Farway Thing

People nowadays can no longer achieve IQ scores as high as vos Savant's because

[A] the scores are obtained through different computational procedures.

[B] creativity rather than analytical skills is emphasized now.

[C] vos Savant's case is an extreme one that will not repeat.

[D] the defining characteristic of IQ tests has changed.

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A．William Maddux and Adam Galinsky have carefully designed the test．

B．the experience of living abroad can give people a creative edge

C．American business students are less creative than those oversea students．

D．one’s creativity is associated with the length one has spent abroa

D．

as the interpersonal and the interpersonal process by means of which original, high quality, and genuinely significant products are developed. In dealing with young children, the focus should be on the process, which is seen as the basis of creative potential. When trying to understand this process, it is helpful to consider Guilford's differentiation between convergent and divergent thought. Problems associated with divergent thought often have one correct solution. But problems associated with divergent thought require the problem-solver to generate many solutions, a few of which will be novel, of high quality, and workable -- hence creative.

For a proper understanding of children's creativity, one must distinguish creativity from intelligence and talent. Ward expressed concern about whether creativity in young children could be differentiated from other cognitive abilities. More recent studies have shown that components of creative potential can indeed be distinguished from intelligence. The term "gifted" is often used to imply high intelligence. But Wallach has argued that intelligence and creativity are independent of each other, and a highly creative child may or may not be highly intelligent.

Creativity goes beyond possession and use of artistic talent. In this context, talent refers to the possession of a high degree of technical skill in a specialized area. Thus an artist may have wonderful technical skills, but may not succeed in evoking the emotional response that makes the viewer feel that a painting, for example, is unique. It is important to keep in mind that children's creativity is evidenced not only in music, art, or writing, but also in science, social studies and other areas.

Most measures of children's creativity have focused on ideational fluency. Ideational fluency tasks require children to generate as many responses as they can to a particular stimulus, as is done in brainstorming. Ideational fluency is generally considered to be a critical feature of the creative process. Children's response may be either popular or original, with the latter considered evidence of creative potential. Thus when we ask four-year-olds to tell us "all the things they can think of red," we find that children not only list wagons, apples, and cardinals, but also children pox and cold hands.

For young children, the focus of creativity should remain on process: the generation of ideas. Adult acceptance of multiple ideas in a non-evaluative atmosphere will help children generate more ideas or move to the next stage, which is self-evaluation. As children develop the ability for self-evaluation, issues of quality and the generation of products become more important. The emphasis at this stage should be on self-evaluation rather than evaluation by others, for these children are exploiting their abilities to generate and evaluate hypothesis and to revise their ideas based on that evaluation. Evaluation by others and criteria for genuinely significant products should be used only with older adolescents or adults.

The passage suggests that creativity in children is mostly closely related ______.

A．talent

B．intelligence

C．a higher degree of technical skills

D．the process of developing original ideas

Creativity

Creativity is neither something learned by applying a formula nor is it the unfettered, chaotic product of a genius. Instead, creativity should be viewed as an individualized process that helps the creator find order within chaos (or vice versa).

Creativity seems to emerge from multiple experiences, coupled with a well-supported development of personal resources, including a sense of freedom to venture beyond the known. To create is to "bring into or cause to come into existence; make; originate".

I find most often that my creative product IS my scholarship. Whether I compile a script, enact a performance art installation, or construct a fragmented review of a performance, I take a leap and then look around to see what I've gotten myself into. Although my scholarship takes many forms (screenplays; non-linear narratives; and combinations of video, sound, and movement pieces), initially my research resembles a puzzle, a collage of images and texts that do not seem to go together. I appear to have gotten into a mess, which is exactly where I had hoped to be. For me, creativity is a messy process that leads to the creation of "messy texts".

I will provide you with my working definition of creativity. Next, I will discuss the concept of "messy texts," including a brief historical overview of how such expressive forms of scholarship developed. Third, I will explain how and why I wrote a messy text. Finally, I will challenge you to write a messy text of your own.

Creativity is just something that's always been a part of my life. Ever since I first drew cartoon heads in the margins of our family Bible, I have been labeled "creative". Infrequent name calling aside, I always embraced and welcomed tile label. Teachers and family members encouraged it. I felt appreciated despite my perceived "kookiness" because some people valued my creative innovations and willingness to view things from multiple perspectives.

This willingness to innovate is alluded to in self-growth guru Gail Sheehy's book Pathfinders (1981). She suggests that we should think of creativity as a four-part process: 1) Preparation, 2) Incubation, 3) Immersion & Illumination, and 4) Revision. Although interesting, Sheehy's description of the creative process does not really capture the essence of my own creative process. However, I finally found one that provided the flexibility I needed. Franklin Baer, a public health physician fascinated with the topic of creativity has created an interactive web page that can help anyone create her/his own personalized creativity process. So I went to the site and created my own process, an acronym using the letters of the word CREATE:

Collect — gather information from a variety of sources

Reflect — generate many ideas, questions, and responses to the information

Embrace — select which idea(s) to focus on and expand

Amend — work with an idea until it begins to take shape

Toil — become obsessed with a project until it is complete

Exhibit — find a venue for displaying the creative product.

These verbs come closest to describing how the creative process works for me.

According to the first paragraph, the author would most likely agree with the idea that

A．the creative process is neither chaotic nor orderly.

B．the creative process is both chaotic and orderly.

C．the creative process is either chaotic or orderly.

D．the creative process is an individualized one.

s are constantly searching for that（26）the composition or lighting that will help them snap their next masterpiece．This transfers into their everyday life， so even when they do not have their photos in

mind， they will be more than （27）point out the beauty of a particular scene they come across and change their partner"s （28）on things．A lot of people assume that photographers （29） physical beauty， but the really good ones can actually find beauty in anything and everyone ! They find beauty in the harshest places and make them look stunning! This is a（30） talent to have——to change how a person looks at the world．

Creativity （31）one artist to another， as well as from one art form. to another， but it always leaves a distinct mark on a（32）the artist develops．Photography is a good way to a distinct lifestyle， and gives you a（33） mind-set．With a few simple tips you can make your photos look great， but the originality and（34）values of the photos， are goals that you really need to be a talented and dedicated （35） to reach．It is just the general approach of documenting particular moments in time in an as beautiful way as possible．

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hat was first used in the UK in 1997.It is related to those sectors that have their origin in individual creativity, skill and talent and that have a potential for wealth and job creation through the production of intellectual property.This includes advertising, architecture, art and antiques, crafts, design, fashion, film, music, performing arts, publishing, software and computer games, television and radio.

Creative industry, one of the keys to economic transformation, enables innovation and improves productivity across other sectors within the economy.Its production includes media, live arts, design, visual arts and scientific discovery.

Internet is the driving force behind the creative economy, in which people’s ideas, skills and creativity should count for all.People from all backgrounds should be able to come up with good ideas given the right skills and opportunities.Digital technology makes it possible to cut out the “middle men” and allow artists to deal directly with their audience.And that might be the best thing to happen to artists in hundreds of years.

In the past Shanghai took for granted its strengths in many industries.Shanghai is facing a potential creativity challenge as its old industries face new sources of competition.The promotion of creative industry could be easy for Shanghai’s efforts to recast its own image.

6.Where was the term “creative industry” originated？()

A.In U.S

B.In China

C.In the United Kingdom

D.Not mentioned

7.Which sector does creative industry not relate to ()？

A.Advertising

B.Computer programming

C.Movie making

D.Clothes making

8.What role does creative industry play in the nation’s economy？()

A.It improves productivity across other sectors within the economy

B.It improves productivity of other sectors within the creative industry

C.It enables the transformation of industry innovation

D.It helps to boom the development of visual arts

9.What have artists been trying to do in the past hundreds of years？()

A.To cut out the “middle men”

B.To deal directly with their audience

C.To come up with good ideas

D.To give the right skills and opportunities

10.Why is Shanghai facing a potential creativity challenge？()

A.Its old industries are meeting with new source of competition

B.It overlooked its strength in creative industry

C.It put too much emphasis on its old industries

D.It failed to recast its own image