【題目】Time for a Brainstorm

A brainstorm is a session where a small group of people come together to solve a problem. People voice spontaneous ideas, sometimes just shouting, and a note-taker writes them all down.【1】By getting different ideas out there, ideas are said to bounce off each other and even can help solve the problem at hand. Brainstorming is often a group exercise but individuals can also conduct personal brainstorms.

【2】He defined it as using the brain to storm a creative problem and do so in commando (突擊隊）fashion, with each stormer attacking the same objective. According to him,, it was easier to tone down a wild idea than think up a new one. He placed importance on the collection of as many ideas as possible and dismissed scientific thinking.

Brainstorming has become one of the most popular ways to solve problems and hold discussion in schools and businesses. Many students brainstorm for a group assignment or even for a personal essay. Sarah Grace, 24, is an Australian marketing analyst and uses brainstorming during all her creative duties. She thinks brainstorming is the best way to work as a team. The sessions get everyone on the same page, everyone moving together and with a clear understanding about the foundations of an event or idea.【3】.

However, a big problem with brainstorming is creating a mess that leads people further away from a solution. 【4】If you don’t have a strong moderator or leader of the brainstorm, can go really off track, and people just start discussing something totally different. Brainstorming can sometimes confuse the human brain.【5】If you brainstorm too much and your page is filled up with all the messy links, you can paint yourself into a bit of comer and get trapped with ideas.

You need to move past brainstorming as soon as you have something workable.

A. The ideas can be smart, strange or crazy.

B. It is caused by a lack of direction from a leader.

C. Brainstorming really helps her organize her thoughts.

D. Brainstorming really is the best way to build team spirit.

E. It can open too many doors and not suggest a clear direction.

F. Brainstorms were popularized in the 1940s by American advertising boss Alex Osborn.

G. They can be words; phrases, paragraphs and anything that can help answer the question.

【答案】

【1】A

【2】F

【3】D

【4】B

【5】E

【解析】文章講述了什么是brainstorm、其創(chuàng)始人、具體應(yīng)用和缺點。

【1】A

考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。上句介紹什么是brainstorm，人們暢所欲言然后有人把這些觀點都記錄下來。圍繞ideas來寫，說出ideas記錄ideas. A項：這些想法可能是聰明的、奇怪的或瘋狂的。與上文的ideas一致，故選A.

【2】F

考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)下文的He及他的做法和it was easier to tone down a wild idea than think up a new one．可知本段在介紹使brainstorm普及的人，F項提出此人是美國廣告公司老板Alex Osborn，故選F.

【3】D

考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。本段講brainstorm在學(xué)校和生意上的運用，它是the best way to work as a team．強調(diào)其合作和團隊精神，與D項中build team spirit一致，符合本段內(nèi)容，故選D.

【4】B

考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。上句講brainstorm的一個缺點，會給人們造成混亂，遠(yuǎn)離解決方案，B項：這是由缺乏方向的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者造成的，指出了其原因，故選B.

【5】E

考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。上句講brainstorm的另一個缺點，會使大腦困惑。E項：它可能會涉及許多方面而不能給出明確的方向，是缺點的表現(xiàn)。故選E.

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