Cloze test.
Most people believe they don't have much imagination. They are
1 . Everyone has imagination, but most
of us, once we become adults, forget how to
2 it. Creativity isn't always
3 with great works of art or ideas.
People at work and in their free time
4 think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to
achieve, a tricky question to answer or you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help
you.
Making connectionsThis technique involves taking
5 ideas and trying to find links between them. First,
think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do. Then find an image, word, idea or object,
for example, a candle. Write down all the idea/words
6 with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence,
etc. Think of as many as you can. The next stage is to relate the
7 to the job you have to do. So imagine you
want to but a friend an original
8 ; you could buy him tickets to match or take him out for the night.
NO limits!Imagine that normal limitations don't
9 . You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you
want. Think about your goal and the new
10 . If your goal is to learn to ski,
11 , you can now practise skiing
every day of your life (because you have the time and the money). Now
12 this to reality. Maybe you can
practise skiing ever day in December, or every Monday in January.
Be someone else!Look at the situation from a
13 point of view. Good businessmen use this technique in
trade, and so do writes. Fiction writers often imagine they are the
14 in their books. They ask question: What
does this character want? Why can't she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? If your
goal involves other people, put yourself in their
15 . The best fishermen think like fish!
( )1. A. wrong
( )2. A. put up with
( )3. A. equipped
( )4. A. skillfully
( )5. A. familiar
( )6. A. presented
( )7. A. ideas
( )8. A. experience
( )9. A. work
( )10. A. possibilities
( )11. A. in fact
( )12. A. devote
( )13. A. private
( )14. A. positions
( )15. A. positions |
B. unbelievable
B. catch up with
B. compared
B. routinely
B. unrelated
B. marked
B. ambitions
B. service
B. last
B. limitations
B. in particular
B. adapt
B. global
B. dreams
B. dreams |
C. reasonable
C. make use of
C. covered
C. vividly
C. creative
C. lit
C. achievement
C. present
C. exist
C. tendency
C. as a whole
C. lead
C. different
C. images
C. images |
D. realistic
D. keep track of
D. connected
D. deeply
D. imaginary
D. associated
D. technique
D. object
D. change
D. practice
D. for example
D. keep
D. practical
D. directions
D. directions |