A.unreasonable   B. practically    C. frequently   D. conducted   E.maintain   F. evaluate   G. activate        H. increased      I. connection   J.outstanding  K. description

Developing an original and creative idea requires that two completely different networks in the brain work at the same time: the associative network alongside the more “conservative (保守的)” network, according to new research ___41___ at the University of Haifa.
  The researchers  ___42___ that “creative thinking apparently requires ‘checks and balances’. According to the researchers, creativity is our ability to think in new ways to solve problems. But not every original solution is considered a creative one. If the idea is not fully applicable, it is not considered creative, but simply one which is ___43___.
  The researchers assumed that for a creative idea to be produced, the brain must ___44___ a number of different and perhaps even contradictory (矛盾的) networks. In the first part of the research, respondents were given half a minute to come up with a new, original and unexpected idea for the use of different objects. Answers provided with low frequency received a high score for originality, while those given ___45___ received a low score. In the second part, respondents were asked to give, within half a minute, their best characteristic ___46___ of the objects. During the tests, all subjects were scanned using an FMRI device to examine their brain activity while providing the answer.
  The researchers found ___47___ brain activity in an “associative” region among participants whose originality was high. This region, which includes the medial brain areas, mainly works in the background when a person is not concentrating, similar to daydreaming.
 But the researchers found that this region did not operate alone when an original answer was given. For the answer to be original, an additional region worked in cooperation with the associative region--the administrative control region, a more “conservation” region related to social norms and rules. The researchers also found that the stronger the ___48___, the better these regions work together in parallel, the greater the level of originality of the answer.
  “On the one hand, there is surely a need for a region that produces innovative ideas, but on the other hand there is also the need for one that will know to ___49___ how applicable and reasonable these ideas are. The ability of the brain to operate these two regions in parallel is what results in creativity. It is possible that the most ___50___ creations of humanity were produced by people who had an especially strong connection between the two regions, ” the researchers concluded

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本次11选10难度一般，文章讨论了创造性与大脑活动的关系。属于科普类文章，内容对于考生来说平时接触的不多，可能略显生涩，但挖空可以根据上下文语境以及词性判断出来，所以又适度降低了难度。综合考量，难度一般。

41. 考查非谓语动词。过去分词conducted作后置定语修饰限定前边的research。

42. 考查动词词义。此句缺谓语动词，maintain表示坚称。

43. 考查表语。形容词可以充当表语，根据上下文语境，此处要使用一个否定意义的形容词，故用unreasonable。

44. 考查动词词义。谓语动词activate表示激活，和network构成固定搭配。

45. 考查频度副词。frequently表示常常如此。

46. 考查名词。参与实验的对象被要求给与各种物体的典型描述。

47. 考查非谓语动词。过去分词increased作定语修饰brain activity。

48. 考查名词。此句省略谓语动词is，表示联系越紧密，答案的原创性越高。

49. 考查非谓语动词。evaluate表示评估，评价。

50. 考查形容词。用outstanding这个积极词义的词来表示人性的最佳作品。