Question

     At the present time,more and more people love travelling. It's a very good 16 of getting to know new people and cultures and acquiring (获得) experiences. It helps travellers 17   a lot. Travel can make our minds become 18 

     But travel does more than all that. It can also make US more creative. In recent years,some professors have been doing research on what many people have already learned from travel experiences. They believe that spending time abroad has the 19  to affect (影响) people's mind. For example,they found that the students who lived abroad for a longer pe-riod were better at 20  problems creatively than those who did not. If you stay in the same place,you canH experience new sights,new smells,new sounds and new cultures. All these can 21  your mind and make it more active.

   22  , that doesn’t mean the more places you have  been,the more creative you become. Another group of professors have been doing 23  research. They found the people who often travelled from one place to another didn't have enough 24  to immerse (使 沉浸) themselves in a new place and a new culture. They weren’t as creative as the people who spent the time 25  getting to know a place. You have to interact (相互影响) with the places you go to and then you can benefit (得益) from it.

     If you go travelling,which do you prefer,staying in a place for a certain period or rushing all the way?

16. A. way   B. area C.sign   D. state

17. A. present   B. produce C.get   D. check

18. A. thicker   B. smoother C.wider   D. healthier

19. A. ability   B. possibility C.personality   D. difficulty

20. A. solving   B. causing C.controlling   D. spreading

21. A. set up   B. wake up  C.turn up   D. clean up

22. A. Instead   B. Otherwise    C. Moreover   D. However

23. A. secret   B. rapid C. common   D. similar

24. A. interest   B. money C.time   D. quality

25. A. nearly   B. probably C. hardly   D. really

Answer 1

16. A 17. C 18. C 19. B 20. A 21. B 22. D 23. D 24. C 25. D

16. A way方法，方式;area区域，地区;sign标记;state状态。 联系设空处后的内容可知，旅游是结新人C了解新的文 化和获得经历的一种好方式，故选A.

17. C present 呈现，提出；produce 生产;get 获得;check 检查。 联系前文可知，旅游帮旅游者获得很多，故选C.

18. C本句句意游可以使我们的思维变得更开阔。

thicker 更厚;smoother更滑;wider更广阔;healthier更健康。故选 C.

19. B ability 能力;possibility 可能性;personality 个性;difficulty 闲难。结合知他?m为i外国度过二段日有可能影响人们的思维。故选 B.

20. A根据语境可知，Jtt处表示在国外生活较长时间的人更善 于创造性地解决问题D solve解决;cause导致;control控制; spread传播。故选A.

21. B “唤醒你的头脑”用wake up your mind。故选B.

22. D句意:然而，那并不意味着去过的地方越多，你就变得 越有创造力。instead代替;otherwise否则;moreover而且，此 外;however然而。故选 D.

23. D联系j文可知是“另i组教授一;在做相似的研究”。

secret秘密的;rapid快速的;common共同的;similar类似的故选 D.

24. C他们发现经常从一个地方旅行到另一个地方的人没有 足够的时间使他们自己沉浸在一个新的地方和一种新的文 化里。故选  C.

25. D结合上下文可知本句是“他们不如那些真正花时间了解一个地方的人有创造力”。nearly几乎，将近;probably很可 能;hardly几乎不;really真正地。故选D.