五、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文完整通顺。
Maybe you are more interested in sports than in history. You maybe think you will never be a t 1 student. In fact, anyone can b 2 a better student if he or she wants to. If you can use your time well, you may improve your study w 3 much work.
Here's how: Plan your time c 4. When you plan your week time, you should make a list of things that you have to do. First write down the time for eating, sleeping, dressing and so on. Then decide on a good time for studying. Of course, studying shouldn't take all of your time. Don't forget to leave y 5 enough time for hobbies.
Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study place. Keep this space, which may be a desk o 6 just a corner of your room. No games, radio, or television! When you sit down to work, think o 7 about the subject!
Make good use of your time in class. Listen carefully to w 8 the teacher says. Careful listening in class m 9 less work later. You also need to take notes in class, because it can make it easier for you to learn well.
There are only a few ways mentioned here to h 10 you with your studying. I believe you can find many other ways besides these.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. top 2. become/be 3. without 4. carefully 5. yourself 6. or 7. only 8. what 9. means 10. help

【分析】
本题是英语首字母填空题，解题思路为：先通读短文把握主旨（介绍成为好学生的方法），再结合每个空的首字母提示、上下文语境及语法规则，逐一确定所缺单词。需注意固定搭配、词性变化和语境逻辑，比如第1空结合“top student（尖子生）”的固定搭配，第4空用副词修饰动词plan等。
【解析】
1. top：结合语境“你可能觉得永远成不了好学生”，固定搭配top student表示尖子生，符合首字母t；
2. become/be：根据“任何人能成为更好的学生”，首字母b对应become或be，符合语法；
3. without：语境为“不用太多努力就能提高学习”，介词without表示“没有”，符合首字母w；
4. carefully：修饰动词plan需用副词，首字母c对应carefully（仔细地），符合要求；
5. yourself：语境为“给自己留爱好的时间”，首字母y对应反身代词yourself；
6. or：表示选择关系，“桌子或者房间角落”，首字母o对应or；
7. only：强调“只想着科目”，首字母o对应only，符合语境；
8. what：引导宾语从句作says的宾语，首字母w对应what，符合语法；
9. means：主语为单数，一般现在时，意为“意味着”，首字母m对应means；
10. help：固定搭配help sb with sth（帮助某人某事），首字母h对应help。
【答案】
1. top 2. become/be 3. without 4. carefully 5. yourself 6. or 7. only 8. what 9. means 10. help
【知识点】
英语首字母填空、固定搭配、语境词义推测
【点评】
本题考查学生对短文语境的理解、基础词汇掌握及固定搭配运用，需结合首字母提示和上下文逻辑填写，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5

六、阅读理解。
Creativity is hard to describe. On the one hand, we know people make creative breakthroughs(突破) when they have persistence(坚持). On the other hand, most of us give up when we get stuck(陷入困境) on a problem, believing that our creativity gets weaker over time.
In fact, research shows that the longer we stick to a single problem or task, the more creative we get. One key reason for this is the “series order effect(效应)”. That is to say, each later creative idea is always better than the previous(之前的) one.
Some business companies fail to understand this point. Silicon Valley(硅谷) prizes youth over experience, believing that “people under 35 are those who make changes happen”
while “people over 45 cannot create new ideas”. But many businessmen succeed in their 40s and beyond because they have repeatedly failed. The creators of the top highest-growth new companies are, in fact, around 45 years old.
Scientific talents show a similar feature. Scientists usually do their best work near age 40. Nobel Prize winners and inventors also do much of their best work from their late 30s to mid-40s. Early success is great because it’s unusual, but the best way to achieve a breakthrough is to get stuck and get unstuck over and over again.
The “series order effect” works not just at the personal level but also at the level of companies and markets. Different from the belief in business that you have to be first, many of the most successful companies are those that have gone through early failures. For example, Google succeeded after twenty-two failures. Success can come when you have tried two, three, or even twenty-two times. Novelty(原创能力) is overvalued.
Persistence, however, is undervalued(低估). So, the next time you’re stuck, remember: “You’re more creative than you think you are.”
()1. Which of the examples goes against the writer’s point of view(观点)?
A. Silicon Valley.
B. The creators of the top highest-growth new companies.
C. Scientific talents like Nobel Prize winners.
D. Google.
()2. What can we know about the “series order effect” from the 5th paragraph?
A. It doesn’t work for big businesses.
B. It proves novelty is unnecessary.
C. It shows the importance of a good beginning.
D. It explains why failure is common and acceptable.
()3. What is the main idea of this article?
A. Creativity is hard to describe.
B. Creativity becomes weaker as time goes.
C. Creativity is undervalued.
D. Creativity comes from persistence.

1. A 2. D 3. D

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，需结合原文细节与作者核心观点逐一分析题目：
1. 第1题要求找出与作者观点相悖的例子，需定位原文中作者关于“创造力源于坚持、年龄不是创新限制”的核心论述，对比选项中的例子；
2. 第2题考查对“series order effect（系列效应）”在第5段的理解，需结合第5、6段内容分析选项；
3. 第3题考查文章主旨，需梳理全文围绕“坚持对创造力的重要性”的核心论述。
【解析】
1. 第1题：作者在第3段指出硅谷推崇“35岁以下创造改变，45岁以上无创新”，但第4段提到顶级高增长新公司创始人约45岁成功，第5段说明科学家在30末至40中出最佳成果，可见硅谷的观点与作者“坚持能带来创造力，年龄不是限制”相悖，故选A。
2. 第2题：第5段提到科学家的最佳成果期，第6段指出系列效应在公司层面适用，如谷歌经历22次失败后成功，说明系列效应解释了失败是常见且可接受的，故选D。
3. 第3题：全文围绕“创造力源于坚持”展开，反驳“创造力随时间变弱”的错误观点，强调坚持的重要性，故主旨为创造力来自坚持，选D。
【答案】
1. A 2. D 3. D
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解题、主旨大意题
【点评】
本题为议论文类阅读理解，侧重考查学生对原文细节的定位能力和文章主旨的归纳能力，需准确区分作者观点与文中反面例子，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6