北京市东城区2014高考英语阅读理解学生联合自选（3）及答案阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。阅读理解“Creativityisthekeytoabrighterfuture，”sayseducationandbusinessexperts.Hereishowschoolsandparentscanencouragethisimportantskillinchildren.IfDickDrewhadlistenedtohisbossin1925，wemightnothaveaproductthatwenowthinkofasofgreatimportance:anewtypeoftape.DrewworkedfortheMinnesotaMiningCompany.Atworkhedevelopedakindofmaterialstrongenoughtoholdthingstogether.Buthisbosstoldhimnottothinkmoreabouttheidea.Finally，usinghisowntime，Drewimprovedthetape，whichnowisusedeverywherebymanypeople.Andhisformercompanylearnedfromitsmistake.Nowitencouragespeopletospend15percentoftheirworktimejustthinkingaboutanddevelopingnewideas.Creativityisnotsomethingoneisjustbornwith，norisitnecessarilyacharacterofhighintelligence.Thefactthatapersonishighlyintelligentdoesnotmeanthatheusesitcreatively.Creativityisthematterofusingtheresourcesonehastoproducenewideasthataregoodforsomething.Unfortunately，schoolshavenottriedtoencouragecreativity.Withstrongattentiontotestresultsandthedevelopmentofreading，writingandmathematicalskills，manyeducatorsgiveupcreativityforcorrectanswers.Theresultisthatchildrencangivebackinformationbutcan’trecognizewaystouseitinnewsituation.Theymayknowtherulescorrectlybuttheyareunabletousethemtoworkoutpracticalproblems.Itisimportanttogivechildrenchoices.Fromtheearliestage，childrenshouldbeallowedtomakedecisionsandunderstandtheirresults.Evenifit’schoosingbetweentwofooditemsforlunch，decision-makinghelpsthinkingskills.Aschildrengrowolder，parentsshouldlettheirchildrendecidehowtousetheirtimeorspendtheirmoney.Thisisbecausethemostimportantcharacterofcreativepeopleisaverystrongdesiretofindawayoutoftrouble.57.WhatdidthecompanywhereDrewonceworkedlearnfromitsmistake?A.Theyshouldencouragepeopletoworkalongertime.B.Peopleshouldbediscouragedtothinkfreely.C.Peoplewilldobetteriftheyspendmostoftheirworktimedevelopingnewideas.D.Itisnecessaryforpeopletospendsomeoftheirworktimeconsideringandimprovingnewideas.58.Creativityis______.A.somethingthatmostpeoplearebornwithB.somethingthathasnothingtodowithintelligenceatallC.awayofusingwhatonehaslearnedtoworkoutnewproblemsD.somethingthatisnotimportanttothecharacterofapersonatall59.Whydon’tschoolstrytoencouragecreativity?A.Theydon’tunderstandtheimportanceofcreativityeducation.B.Theydon’twanttheirstudentstomakemistakes.C.Theypaytoomuchattentiontoexaminationmarks，languageandmathsskills.D.Theythinkitmoreimportanttoremembersomeinformation.60.Whatshouldtheparentsdowhentheirchildrendecidehowtospendtheirmoney?A.Helpthemwhennecessary.B.Trytohelpthemasmuchaspossible.C.Takenonoticeofwhatevertheydo.D.Leavethechildrenastheyare.【答案】57-60DCAA阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AOppositionisgrowingtotheBerlinZoo’splanstofindanewhomeforKnut,themoneymakingcelebritypolarbearwhosepopularityhasbeenexploitedbyenvironmentalistsandevenCanadiantourismpromoters.Nolongercute,andjustdaysbeforehissecondbirthday,Knutwillbegivenanewhomethatisexpectedtoincludeapotentialmatingpartner.TheBerlinZoo,facingtheglobaleconomiccrisis,can’taffordtheestimated$13millionitwouldtaketoacquireafemaleandanewhomeforthemtoshare.“It’stimeforhimtogo---thesoonerhegetsanewhomethebetter,”saidsenior...
