第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31—50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Most people believe they don’t have much imagination. They are  36  . Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to  37 it. Creativity isn’t always  38  with great works of art or ideas. People at work and in their free time  39  think of creative ways to solve problems. Maybe you have a goal to achieve. 40  you just want to expand your mind! Here are three techniques to help you.
Making connections. This technique involves taking  41  ideas and trying to find links between them. First, think about the problem you have to solve or the job you need to do.  42  find an image, word, idea or object; for example, a candle. Write down all the ideas/words  43  with candles: light, fire, matches, wax, night, silence, etc. Think of as  44  as you can. The next stage is to relate the  45  to the job you have to do. So imagine you want to buy a friend an original  46 ; you could buy him tickets to a match or take him out for the night.
No limits! Imagine that normal limitations don’t  47 . You have as much time/space/money, etc. as you want. Think about your goal and the new  48 . If your goal is to learn to ski,  49 , you can now practice skiing every day of your life （because you have the time and the money）. Now  50  this to reality. Maybe you can practice skiing every day in December, or every Monday in January.
Be  51  else! Look at the situation from a  52  point of view . Good businessmen use this technique in trade, and so do writers. Fiction writers often imagine they are the  53  in their books. They ask questions: What does this character want? Why can’t she get it? What changes must she make to get what she wants? If your goal  54  other people, put yourself in their  55 . The best fishermen think like fish!
36. A. wrong           B. unbelievable     C. reasonable   D. realistic
37. A. put up with     B. catch up with    C. make use of D. keep track of
38. A. equipped        B. compared         C. covered      D. connected
39. A. skillfully       B. routinely        C. vividly      D. deeply
40. A. and             B. but              C. or           D. so
41. A. familiar         B. unrelated        C. creative     D. imaginary
42. A. Then            B. Also             C. Still        D. Even
43. A. combined        B. marked           C. lit          D. associated
44. A. clear            B. many             C. easy         D. long
45. A. ideas            B. ambitions        C. achievement  D. technique
46. A. experience       B. service          C. present      D. object
47. A. work            B. last             C. exist        D. change
48. A. possibilities    B. limitations      C. tendency     D. practice
49. A. in fact          B. in particular    C. as a whole   D. for example
50. A. devote           B. adapt            C. lead         D. keep
51. A. anyone           B. everyone         C. no one       D. someone
52. A. private          B. global           C. different    D. serious
53. A. features         B. themes           C. creatures    D. characters
54. A. avoids           B. involves         C. follows      D. offends
55. A. shoes            B. dreams           C. images       D. directions