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How to Be Creative

Most of us think that creativity is a quality belonging only to artists, writers, or dancers, rather than ourselves. . The following tips are a great beginning for developing our creativity.

Get out of your comfort zone

We eagerly accept the familiar and fear the unknown. Break out of your usual patterns and welcome creativity into your life. As stated earlier, the human brain was designed to recognize patterns. . In fact, our comfort zone is nothing more than a collection of patterns. As we become more efficient at recognizing and using patterns, we rely less on creativity to find new paths. We should force ourselves out of our comfort zone and open up new possibilities.

Try different things

We are used to habits and routines, and creativity hates routines. If you usually drive to work, take the subway for a few days. . Interrupt your routine, experiment and try something new. New things are often creative, but the same old thing never is.

Having a great idea is not enough; you must work to make it a reality. Have you ever seen a new product and realized that you thought of the same thing long ago? Yet someone else is making money with "your" idea. . The difference between a dreamer and a doer is action. Do whatever it takes to bring your ideas to life. If you can put them into practice, you are well on your way to improving your creativity in all areas of your life.

A. Take action 

B. Seek several choices 

C. Think from the other person's point of view

D. So we can create patterns for almost everything we do 

E. If you usually eat in the office, have lunch under a tree 

F. The truth is that we are all born with the ability to be creative 

G. We all have great ideas sometimes, but only a few people turn their ideas into realities

Cars could soon be communicating with each other using 5G to make drivers aware of upcoming hazards (危险), scientists say. The extremely fast mobile internet would allow for rapid information transmission and could make drivers aware of black ice, pot holes or other dangers up ahead.

Several car manufacturers (制造商) are already using 5G in their vehicles, including as a tool to help serve in the generation of self-driving vehicles.

Experts at Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) believe the high-speed connection will also improve the reliability and capability of automated vehicles to the point where they will be safer than the manual cars being driven today. They predict the number of road traffic accidents, which according to the World Health Organization account for more than 1.3 million deaths and up to 50 million people injured worldwide every year, will drop really as a result.

Dr Dimitrios Liarokapis, a member of the research group, said, "To have a better idea of what the future will look like, think of having such cars that not only use sensors to scan what's around them, they can also talk to each other and exchange safety-related information about their surroundings over an area that covers several square miles. With the help of 5G, a vehicle-generated early warning system that reminds drivers is possible within the next few years. Cars that are close enough to the danger area will transmit warning messages to other cars around them using short-range communication technologies, but also to cars further away using 5G, fast and reliably."

A few manufacturers are already working on connected cars. Of them, Ford told its intention to fit 80 percent of its future vehicles with technology that warns drivers about upcoming road accidents, bad weather and traffic jams.

A simple gesture can be formed into a child's memory so quickly that it will cause the child to give a false answer to a question along with that gesture. A new finding suggests that parents, social workers, psychologists and lawyers should be careful with their hands as well as their words.

While memories of both adults and children are easy to react to suggestion, those of children are known to be particularly influenced, said lead researcher Sara Broaders of Northwestern University. Kids are used to looking to adults to tell events for them and can be misled even if not intentionally.

Previous research, for example, has shown that detail-loaded questions often cause false answers; when asked, say "Did you drink juice at the picnic?" the child is likely to say "yes" even if no juice had been available. It is not that the child is consciously lying, but rather the detail is quickly formed into his or her memory.

To avoid this problem, social workers have long been advised to ask children only open-ended questions, such as "What did you have at the picnic?" But an open-ended question paired with a gesture, briefly meaning a juice box, is treated like a detailed question. That is, children become likely to answer falsely.

And it isn't just a few kids: 77% of children gave at least one piece of false information when a detail was suggested by an ordinary gesture. Gestures may also become more popular when talking with non-fluent language users, such as little kids, Broaders said as hand movements can impart meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases. "It certainly seems reasonable that adults would gesture more with children."

In general, Broaders advises parents and other adults to "try to be aware of your hands when questioning a child about an event. Otherwise, you might be getting answers that don't reflect what actually happened."

There is a famous story about how Walt Disney was inspired to build Disneyland. The story goes that during an afternoon visit to Griffith Park located near the Burbank Studios, Walt took a seat while his two young daughters rode the merry-go-round (旋转木马). Walt thought there should be a place where both children and their parents could enjoy spending some time together in an environment that would be both entertaining and pleasing to the eye, so with this thought came the idea for Disneyland.

Walt's original plan was to build an eight-acre park located near the Burbank Studios that would be a place for his employees and their families. Those plans were put on hold because of the start of World War II. By 1952, Walt had created a special department that was devoted to planning his dream.

Finally in 1953, the first steps in building the park happened when Walt employed the Stanford Research Institute to make a survey to determine the best possible location of the future park. Considering population growth and the future freeway construction, they finally found a location in Anaheim and 160 acres of land was bought for the site of the new park. 

The building of the park was very expensive and to collect money for the project, Walt developed the idea of the "WaltDisney's Disneyland" television show. It turned out to be a wonderful idea—not only gaining the money to build the park but also presenting the park to the American public.

Construction officially began on July 21, 1954, and it was an ambitious (有雄心的) building schedule of less than one year to complete the new park for the projected opening day. Walt watched over the park's construction and progress continued with just a few minor hold-ups. Finally, the park was ready for the opening day on July 17, 1955.

Donna Strickland was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Arthur Ashkin and Gerard Mourou. It was the first time in 55 years that a woman had won this famous prize, but why did it take so long? We look at five other pioneering female physicists—past and present—who actually deserve the prize.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell

Perhaps the most famous snub (冷落): then—student Bell discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967, when she was a PhD student at Cambridge. The Nobel Prize that recognized this landmark discovery in 1974, however, went to her male supervisor, Antony Hewish. Recently awarded a £2.3 million Breakthrough Prize, which she gave away to help under-represented students, she joked to The Guardian, "I feel I've done very well out of not getting a Nobel Prize."

Lene Hau

Hau is best-known for leading the research team at Harvard University in 1999 that managed to slow a beam of light, before managing to stop it completely in 2001. Often topping Nobel Prize prediction lists, could 2023 be Hau's year?

Vera Rubin

Rubin discovered dark matter in the 1980s, opening up a new field of astronomy. She died in 2016, without recognition from the committee.

Chien-Shiung Wu

Wu's "Wu experiment" helped disprove the "law of conservation of parity". Her experimental work was helpful but never honored, and instead, her male colleagues won the 1957 Nobel Prize behind the study.

Lise Meitner

Meitner led groundbreaking work on the discovery of nuclear fission. However, the discovery was acknowledged by the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which was won by her male co-worker, Otto Hahn.

One morning in spring four students were walking to school. 

There had been a rain, and the ground was very soft. Water was dropping from the trees, and the grass was wet. 

The four students walked along, one behind another, because the pathway was narrow and the mud（泥）on either side of it was deep. They walked, talked and laughed. 

As they were passing through some small trees, they heard a great fluttering（拍翅膀）over their heads and a weak chirping（鸣叫）in the grass by the roadside. 

" Tweet! Tweet! Tweet!"came from the leafy branches above them.

" Cheep! Cheep! Cheep!"came from the wet grass.

" What is the matter here？"asked the first student, whose name was Speed. " Oh, there are two young birds. Maybe the storm has blown two of the little ones out of the nest. They are too young to fly, "said the second student, whose name was Hardin.

"What a pity! They'll die down there in the grass, "said the third student Martin.

"Oh, well! We still need to hurry to school. We're going to be late, "said Speed. " Why should we bother？"

After Speed's words, the first three students walked on, talking and laughing as before.

注意：1. 续写词数应为150个左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

But the fourth student, whose name was David, stopped. 

……

All were surprised to find that David was not with them when the roll call（点名）was made. 

注意：1. 写作词数应为80个左右；2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Dear classmates,

" Hello", always makes a point about the importance of how we greet（问候）others, is a very common word in our daily life. The word we choose sets the （begin）for the whole communication, and in turn, shapes the future of （we）relationship with others. At times we may use something like a formal "good day" in certain situations, and a more informal"hey"or"hi"in others. Knowing how （say）hello in different languages is always the first step when it （come）to becoming more communicative with the rest of the world. " Hello" is （important）than any other word for you to remember when you're learning a new language. Now let's learn some different （form ) of "hello"in different languages around the world: in English— Hello; in Chinese—Ninhdo; in French—Bonjour；in Spanish— Hola. Isn ' t it （interest）to get you ready for some situations？There are even more ways to say hello in every language. The way of greeting someone can change depending the time of the day, or your relationship with the person you ' re saying hello to. Beyond the words, people also use a mixture of body language and physical（身体的）touch to greet each other, from handshakes to hugs or cheek kisses. Learning to greet someone is all about making a connection, so have try and do your best.

My mother was a nurse and often took me along to visit the families she was caring for. Among them was a woman who had a 1  disease and was always lying on the bed. 

One afternoon, my mom told me that we needed to visit the woman at her home, and that we needed to be there to 2  treatment, and we would stop at a store on the way. I thought we would stop at a  3  store, where we can buy some pills, but we pulled up to a4 . My mom headed to the make-up area and bought the most expensive bottle of perfume they 5 . To my surprise, she also bought a 6   nightdress. When I asked my mom who these things were for, she said they were for her patient. My mom further explained that although this woman was older and unable to 7  her bed, she was still a lady, and she still 8  dignity(尊严)and beauty. She 9  to me that when we care for someone, we should look past the 10   or the illness and we look into the soul of the human so we can connect with them with sympathy. 

I 11 realized that my mother's great strengths and abilities were12 the very young and the very old, those who can not 13 out their needs and hope for themselves, and need trustworthy and loving care providers. Under the influence of my mother, I knew in the 9th grade I would become a 14 . Today, my dream has come true. I work as a clinical psychologist, working hard and remembering what my mom taught me, and I'm not 15 that I find my work filled with patients who are very and very old.

Christmas can easily become an expensive time of a year. From gifts to decorating, the money spent on the celebration adds up quickly. But there's no reason to completely break the bank.  

Make a budget(预算). Set the amount you're willing to spend for the holiday, including gift giving, decorating and travel.   And if you can keep to your budget, you'll lead an easy life in the following weeks and months. 

Start shopping for Christmas decorations early. Stores have sales for decorations between Halloween and Thanksgiving. Better yet, go shopping for next year's decorations the day after Christmas. You can buy many things at very low prices right after Christmas.

Shop for gifts all year round. Whenever you are out shopping, keep an eye out for great Christmas presents. Shopping early can prevent you from spending more money than you can afford. And if you spend little here and there throughout the year, Christmas will have a much smaller influence on your wallet in December. 

Scale down(减) your gift giving. Sometimes you just can't afford to get something for everyone. Remove the people from your list whom you rarely speak with. The people you do choose to buy for don't need something expensive. Keep in mind that it's the thought that is more important.

A. Once you have a budget set, keep to it. 

B. This budget is perfect for many people. 

C. Christmas is known as the season of giving, sharing and receiving. 

D. And it's after Thanksgiving that the prices begin to go up. 

E. Send them simple cards instead. 

F. There are ways to celebrate well and spend wisely at the same time. 

G. It doesn't matter when you get the gift, whether it's January or June.

There are two kinds of people: those who like to pack up leftovers as soon as dinner is over, and those who let leftovers sit out for a few hours so they can cool down. 

However, both leaving leftovers out for a long period of time and adding hot items to the fridge can cause problems. 

Whether you should immediately put food in the fridge or let it sit out to cool depends on its temperature. Dangerous bacterial（细菌的）growth happens between 41 and 135 degrees F potentially harmful bacteria grows most rapidly at these temperatures. 

Placing lots of hot food in the fridge can raise the temperature of the fridge into this danger zone. Fridge temperatures should always be set below 40 degrees F. This may help the food get out of the danger zone as soon as possible. 

However, there's no harm in putting hot food directly into the fridge if you need to. If you are a forgetful person, or if you won' t be around to store the food after it has cooled enough, go ahead and put it in the fridge. Your fridge can handle the heat and get the food cooled quickly.

Food should never stay out at room temperature for more than two hours. Leftovers can become breeding dangerous bacteria if they're left out too long and can make people sick.

"It is OK to leave the food cooling outside before you hit the two-hour mark," says Serena Poon, nutritionist of Le Cordon Bleus' Grand Diploma training program. " In fact, the sooner you can get your leftovers in the fridge, the better. "

Soccer, basketball, baseball, and the like are popular all around the world. However, do you look for something a bit different? There maybe some new sports that you want to try out!

One of the new sports is regball. It is a Russian sport, adding basketball, wrestling（摔跤）and rugby. As in basketball, the players have a ball that they try to shoot through a hoop（篮筐). But nobody will be calling " that's a travel" while watching this sport, because there is no need to dribble(运球). Players also wrestle with each other during the game.

Another kind of sport you don't see everyday is soapbox racing. Handmade vehicles are pushed down a hill, and competitors have to drive their vehicles through a course with different kinds of things in their way. Not all competitors are engineers, so the vehicles are easy to break apart. Competitors are judged for their soapbox's creativity. Therefore, speed is not everything, and creativity plays the most important role. Competitors often design their vehicles based on themes from pop culture or history. Of course, the competitors dress up to play the role, too.

Cheese rolling race is not seen very often, but it is exciting. This is a game that is extremely funny for audience, but painful for competitors. During the game, competitors race down a very steep（陡峭的）hill, chasing after around of Double Gloucester cheese that can weigh up to nine pounds and can travel some 70 miles per hour. Whoever gets to the bottom first wins the cheese.