2009年12月英语四级阅读考试训练(十五)

　　此类题涉及的单词往往是比较简单的词，多数是构成一些惯用搭配，表示某种特殊的比喻义。这些单词或词组不能按其字面的意义去理解，要结合上下文确保所理解的意思可以使语义通顺。考生平时要注意积累惯用搭配。
　　练习：
　　I’ve been writing for most of my life. The book Writing without Teachers introduced me to one distinction and one practice that has helped my writing processes tremendously. The distinction is between the creative mind and the critical mind. While you need to employ both to get to a finished result, they cannot work in parallel no matter how much we might like to think so…..
　　When the author says the creative mind and the critical mind “cannot work in parallel” in the writing process, he means _______
　　A. no one can be both creative and critical
　　B. they cannot be regarded as equally important
　　C. they are in constant conflict with each other.
　　D. one cannot use them at the same time
　　正确答案：D
　　作者说 creative thinking和critical thinking两个阶段，可以推断they cannot work in parallel..指的是两个阶段是有先后次序的，不可能同时进行。所以选D。