题目
When it comes to difficult puzzles，we're often told to take our time and think the problem through carefully，as any impulsive （凭借冲动的） response we come up with stands a good chance of being wrong．But a new study suggests it might be better to trust your gut （魄力） after all．Researchers in the US say that"aha!"moments-when all the pieces of a puzzle suddenly fall into place so we can produce the solution to a difficult problem-are real，and that sudden insight （领悟） is actually more reliable than finding an answer through the drawn-out process of methodical thought．"Conscious （理性的），analytic thinking can sometimes be rushed or careless，leading to mistakes while solving a problem，"said John Kounios from Drexel University．"However，insight is unconscious and automatic-it can't be rushed．"To test their idea that"aha!"moments could deliver more accurate responses than analytical thinking，Kounios and his team challenged participants to do a range of puzzles．Some were linguistic puzzles，some visual-based （以视觉为基础的），and others combined both．In the linguistic puzzles，the participants had to perform tasks such as finding the right word given a number of related word clues （线索）．In visual puzzles，an image might be scrambled （弄乱），and they'd have to say what they thought the unscrambled image originally showed．In either case，each experiment consisted of 50to 180puzzles，with each puzzle being limited to about 15seconds．Once participants gave their response，they reported whether they came to the solution through a moment of insight or via a process of analytical thinking．The findings，reported in Thinking & Reasoning，suggest that insight-or at least the extent （程度） to which participants chalked up their success to insight-wins out over analytical thought．In the linguistic puzzles，94percent of insight responses were correct，against 78percent for analytic thinking．In visual puzzles the contrast was even more obvious：78percent vs 42percent．Of course，research like this is only as reliable as the participants'self-reporting-and in experiments like this，their awareness of how they arrived at the solutions is a concept too blurry （模糊不清的） to accurately measure-but even so，the observable gap between insight and analytic thinking is interesting to note．According to the researchers，one of the reasons analytic responses fared poorly against insight is that the puzzles were timed-leading to rushed，late responses with just seconds to spare，often the result of guessing based on analytical but incomplete deduction （推理）．"Deadlines create a feeling of anxiety，"said Kounios．"Anxiety changes one's thinking from insightful to analytical．Deadlines are helpful in keeping people on task，but if creative ideas are needed，it's better to have a soft target date．A drop-dead deadline will get results，but they are less likely to be creative results．"It does not mean that sudden moments of insight will necessarily help you to solve any kind of problem．As the researchers point out，complex prblems that have known strategic solutions-such as arithmetic （算术），for example-are often best solved through analytical thinking．But for puzzles where a set path hasn't already been well established，waiting for your insight to surface might just be the better approach．"This means that in all kinds of personal and professional situations，when a person has a real sudden insight，then the idea has to be taken seriously，"said Kounios．"It may not always be correct，but it can have a higher probability of being right than an idea that is methodically worked out．"65．According to Paragraph 2，an"aha!"moment means the time when people___．A．spend a long time solving a problem properlyB．get the answer to a problem throug insightC．find a reliable approach to creative thinkingD．try their best to avoid mistakes in arithmetic66．The underlined"linguistic puzzles"in paragraph 4refer to the puzzles that___．A．are connected with language or wordsB．are too hard for people to work outC．have to be done during a limited period of timeD．people can only solve with the help of experience67．According to the author，which of the following is probably a reason for doubting the conclusion drawn from the experiment led by John Kounios？___A．The purpose of the experiment was impractical．B．There were not enough participants in the experiment．C．It's hard to ensure the accuracy of the participants'reports．D．The experiment is too simple to cover all the cases in real life．68．The researchers think the experiment fails to show the advantage of analytic thinking partly because of___．A．the participants'personalitiesB．the large number of the puzzlesC．the limited time for the puzzlesD．the difference in the participants'habit69．According to the passage，when people do arithmetic，it's better for them to use___．A．insightB．analytical thinkingC．both insight and analytical thinkingD．either insight or analytical thinking70．John Kounios is most likely to agree that___．A．the more time one spends in solving a problem，the fewer mistakes they makeB．anxiety can make people choose analysis rather than turn to insightC．a drop-dead deadline is often considered to encourage people's creativityD．it is often the case that a sudden insight is more reliable than analytical thought．
When it comes to difficult puzzles，we're often told to take our time and think the problem through carefully，as any impulsive （凭借冲动的） response we come up with stands a good chance of being wrong．But a new study suggests it might be better to trust your gut （魄力） after all．
Researchers in the US say that"aha!"moments-when all the pieces of a puzzle suddenly fall into place so we can produce the solution to a difficult problem-are real，and that sudden insight （领悟） is actually more reliable than finding an answer through the drawn-out process of methodical thought．
"Conscious （理性的），analytic thinking can sometimes be rushed or careless，leading to mistakes while solving a problem，"said John Kounios from Drexel University．"However，insight is unconscious and automatic-it can't be rushed．"
To test their idea that"aha!"moments could deliver more accurate responses than analytical thinking，Kounios and his team challenged participants to do a range of puzzles．Some were linguistic puzzles，some visual-based （以视觉为基础的），and others combined both．
In the linguistic puzzles，the participants had to perform tasks such as finding the right word given a number of related word clues （线索）．In visual puzzles，an image might be scrambled （弄乱），and they'd have to say what they thought the unscrambled image originally showed．
In either case，each experiment consisted of 50to 180puzzles，with each puzzle being limited to about 15seconds．Once participants gave their response，they reported whether they came to the solution through a moment of insight or via a process of analytical thinking．
The findings，reported in Thinking & Reasoning，suggest that insight-or at least the extent （程度） to which participants chalked up their success to insight-wins out over analytical thought．
In the linguistic puzzles，94percent of insight responses were correct，against 78percent for analytic thinking．In visual puzzles the contrast was even more obvious：78percent vs 42percent．
Of course，research like this is only as reliable as the participants'self-reporting-and in experiments like this，their awareness of how they arrived at the solutions is a concept too blurry （模糊不清的） to accurately measure-but even so，the observable gap between insight and analytic thinking is interesting to note．
According to the researchers，one of the reasons analytic responses fared poorly against insight is that the puzzles were timed-leading to rushed，late responses with just seconds to spare，often the result of guessing based on analytical but incomplete deduction （推理）．
"Deadlines create a feeling of anxiety，"said Kounios．"Anxiety changes one's thinking from insightful to analytical．Deadlines are helpful in keeping people on task，but if creative ideas are needed，it's better to have a soft target date．A drop-dead deadline will get results，but they are less likely to be creative results．"
It does not mean that sudden moments of insight will necessarily help you to solve any kind of problem．As the researchers point out，complex prblems that have known strategic solutions-such as arithmetic （算术），for example-are often best solved through analytical thinking．But for puzzles where a set path hasn't already been well established，waiting for your insight to surface might just be the better approach．
"This means that in all kinds of personal and professional situations，when a person has a real sudden insight，then the idea has to be taken seriously，"said Kounios．"It may not always be correct，but it can have a higher probability of being right than an idea that is methodically worked out．"
65．According to Paragraph 2，an"aha!"moment means the time when people___．
A．spend a long time solving a problem properly
B．get the answer to a problem throug insight
C．find a reliable approach to creative thinking
D．try their best to avoid mistakes in arithmetic
66．The underlined"linguistic puzzles"in paragraph 4refer to the puzzles that___．
A．are connected with language or words
B．are too hard for people to work out
C．have to be done during a limited period of time
D．people can only solve with the help of experience
67．According to the author，which of the following is probably a reason for doubting the conclusion drawn from the experiment led by John Kounios？___
A．The purpose of the experiment was impractical．
B．There were not enough participants in the experiment．
C．It's hard to ensure the accuracy of the participants'reports．
D．The experiment is too simple to cover all the cases in real life．
68．The researchers think the experiment fails to show the advantage of analytic thinking partly because of___．
A．the participants'personalities
B．the large number of the puzzles
C．the limited time for the puzzles
D．the difference in the participants'habit
69．According to the passage，when people do arithmetic，it's better for them to use___．
A．insight
B．analytical thinking
C．both insight and analytical thinking
D．either insight or analytical thinking
70．John Kounios is most likely to agree that___．
A．the more time one spends in solving a problem，the fewer mistakes they make
B．anxiety can make people choose analysis rather than turn to insight
C．a drop-dead deadline is often considered to encourage people's creativity
D．it is often the case that a sudden insight is more reliable than analytical thought．
Researchers in the US say that"aha!"moments-when all the pieces of a puzzle suddenly fall into place so we can produce the solution to a difficult problem-are real，and that sudden insight （领悟） is actually more reliable than finding an answer through the drawn-out process of methodical thought．
"Conscious （理性的），analytic thinking can sometimes be rushed or careless，leading to mistakes while solving a problem，"said John Kounios from Drexel University．"However，insight is unconscious and automatic-it can't be rushed．"
To test their idea that"aha!"moments could deliver more accurate responses than analytical thinking，Kounios and his team challenged participants to do a range of puzzles．Some were linguistic puzzles，some visual-based （以视觉为基础的），and others combined both．
In the linguistic puzzles，the participants had to perform tasks such as finding the right word given a number of related word clues （线索）．In visual puzzles，an image might be scrambled （弄乱），and they'd have to say what they thought the unscrambled image originally showed．
In either case，each experiment consisted of 50to 180puzzles，with each puzzle being limited to about 15seconds．Once participants gave their response，they reported whether they came to the solution through a moment of insight or via a process of analytical thinking．
The findings，reported in Thinking & Reasoning，suggest that insight-or at least the extent （程度） to which participants chalked up their success to insight-wins out over analytical thought．
In the linguistic puzzles，94percent of insight responses were correct，against 78percent for analytic thinking．In visual puzzles the contrast was even more obvious：78percent vs 42percent．
Of course，research like this is only as reliable as the participants'self-reporting-and in experiments like this，their awareness of how they arrived at the solutions is a concept too blurry （模糊不清的） to accurately measure-but even so，the observable gap between insight and analytic thinking is interesting to note．
According to the researchers，one of the reasons analytic responses fared poorly against insight is that the puzzles were timed-leading to rushed，late responses with just seconds to spare，often the result of guessing based on analytical but incomplete deduction （推理）．
"Deadlines create a feeling of anxiety，"said Kounios．"Anxiety changes one's thinking from insightful to analytical．Deadlines are helpful in keeping people on task，but if creative ideas are needed，it's better to have a soft target date．A drop-dead deadline will get results，but they are less likely to be creative results．"
It does not mean that sudden moments of insight will necessarily help you to solve any kind of problem．As the researchers point out，complex prblems that have known strategic solutions-such as arithmetic （算术），for example-are often best solved through analytical thinking．But for puzzles where a set path hasn't already been well established，waiting for your insight to surface might just be the better approach．
"This means that in all kinds of personal and professional situations，when a person has a real sudden insight，then the idea has to be taken seriously，"said Kounios．"It may not always be correct，but it can have a higher probability of being right than an idea that is methodically worked out．"
65．According to Paragraph 2，an"aha!"moment means the time when people___．
A．spend a long time solving a problem properly
B．get the answer to a problem throug insight
C．find a reliable approach to creative thinking
D．try their best to avoid mistakes in arithmetic
66．The underlined"linguistic puzzles"in paragraph 4refer to the puzzles that___．
A．are connected with language or words
B．are too hard for people to work out
C．have to be done during a limited period of time
D．people can only solve with the help of experience
67．According to the author，which of the following is probably a reason for doubting the conclusion drawn from the experiment led by John Kounios？___
A．The purpose of the experiment was impractical．
B．There were not enough participants in the experiment．
C．It's hard to ensure the accuracy of the participants'reports．
D．The experiment is too simple to cover all the cases in real life．
68．The researchers think the experiment fails to show the advantage of analytic thinking partly because of___．
A．the participants'personalities
B．the large number of the puzzles
C．the limited time for the puzzles
D．the difference in the participants'habit
69．According to the passage，when people do arithmetic，it's better for them to use___．
A．insight
B．analytical thinking
C．both insight and analytical thinking
D．either insight or analytical thinking
70．John Kounios is most likely to agree that___．
A．the more time one spends in solving a problem，the fewer mistakes they make
B．anxiety can make people choose analysis rather than turn to insight
C．a drop-dead deadline is often considered to encourage people's creativity
D．it is often the case that a sudden insight is more reliable than analytical thought．
题目解答
答案
65题答案：B 考查细节理解，根据句子when all the pieces of a puzzle suddenly fall into place so we can produce the solution to a difficult problem-are real，and that sudden insight（当难题的所有部分都变得有条不紊，因此我们可以得到解决困难问题的解决方法--是真的，而且这种突然的领悟…） 可知，"aha!"时刻是人们通过突然的领悟获得的答案，故答案为B．
66题答案：A 考查细节推理，根据文章中的"In the linguistic puzzles，the participants had to perform tasks such as finding the right word given a number of related word clues （线索）．"（在"linguistic"难题中，参与者必须完成诸如通过给出一些相关单词的线索来找出正确的单词）可知本题答案为A选项．
67题答案：C 考查细节推理，根据后面的"their awareness of how they arrived at the solutions is a concept too blurry （模糊不清的） to accurately measure"（他们是如何得到解决方法的意识是个太过于模糊不清而无法准确衡量的概念）可知本题答案为C选项．
68题答案：C 考查细节推理，根据文章中的"According to the researchers，one of the reasons analytic responses fared poorly against insight is that the puzzles were timed"（根据研究者，分析解答与领悟相比遭遇很惨的原因之一是这些困难是限时的）可知本题答案为C选项．
69题答案：B 考查细节推理，根据文章中的"such as arithmetic （算术），for example-are often best solved through analytical thinking"（例如算术，通常通过分析思考能得到最好的解决）可知本题答案为B选项．
70题答案：D 考查细节推理，根据最后一段的"It may not always be correct，but it can have a higher probability of being right than an idea that is methodically worked out．"（这（领悟）并不总是对的，但是它对的可能性相比于经过条理计算得出的结果的可能性更高）可知本题答案为D选项．
66题答案：A 考查细节推理，根据文章中的"In the linguistic puzzles，the participants had to perform tasks such as finding the right word given a number of related word clues （线索）．"（在"linguistic"难题中，参与者必须完成诸如通过给出一些相关单词的线索来找出正确的单词）可知本题答案为A选项．
67题答案：C 考查细节推理，根据后面的"their awareness of how they arrived at the solutions is a concept too blurry （模糊不清的） to accurately measure"（他们是如何得到解决方法的意识是个太过于模糊不清而无法准确衡量的概念）可知本题答案为C选项．
68题答案：C 考查细节推理，根据文章中的"According to the researchers，one of the reasons analytic responses fared poorly against insight is that the puzzles were timed"（根据研究者，分析解答与领悟相比遭遇很惨的原因之一是这些困难是限时的）可知本题答案为C选项．
69题答案：B 考查细节推理，根据文章中的"such as arithmetic （算术），for example-are often best solved through analytical thinking"（例如算术，通常通过分析思考能得到最好的解决）可知本题答案为B选项．
70题答案：D 考查细节推理，根据最后一段的"It may not always be correct，but it can have a higher probability of being right than an idea that is methodically worked out．"（这（领悟）并不总是对的，但是它对的可能性相比于经过条理计算得出的结果的可能性更高）可知本题答案为D选项．