《2025年启东中学作业本九年级英语上册译林版徐州专版》

Should Children Be Allowed to Get Bored?
Children need time to stand and stare(凝视). They should be allowed to get bored so that they can develop their ability to be creative.
Children are expected by their parents to be reading a textbook all the time. However, research shows that it may hamper the development of their imagination, while boredom can give them opportunities(机会) to develop creativity.
Boredom is often linked(联系) with loneliness, but a writer named Meera Syal said boredom had helped her in developing her mind. She told researchers about her childhood. Having few things to do, Syal often talked with her neighbours. She also tried to do things like learning to bake cakes.
“But importantly, I thought and wrote a lot, because I was bored,” Syal said. She kept a diary, filling her time with short stories and poems she made up.
Grayson Perry, an artist, grew up in a family with little money. He enjoyed himself by making up stories, drawing pictures for his stories and reading many books in the library. Bored but free, he spent hours looking out of the window, watching the changing clouds and seasons. Perry filled up his free time with what he liked. He became creative, because he could think freely. Dr Belton is an expert(专家) on the effects of emotions(情绪) on learning. “Boredom could be an uncomfortable feeling,” she said. “But some young people cannot deal with that boredom creatively. So sometimes they may break a classroom window, or drive a car out for a mad race.” Usually, when children have nothing to do, they would turn on the TV, the computer, or the phone. Their time on these things has increased(增加), yet they need to have time to think about their experiences through play or just watching the world around them.
It is this kind of thinking that can inspire(激发) the imagination. On the other hand, the TV or phone may cut short the thinking process(过程). That can be harmful to the development of creativity. “For developing the ability to be creative,” Dr Belton advised, “Perhaps we need to stand and stare, and stay off-line from time to time.”
( A )3. What does the word “hamper” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. slow down B. keep up with
C. go beyond D. give rise to
( D )4. The writer talks about Syal and Perry to ______.
A. stress the great differences between them
B. introduce a popular writer and a famous artist
C. suggest good ways of going through boredom
D. show effects of boredom on developing creativity
( C )5. The underlined phrase in the last paragraph “stay off-line” probably refers to ______.
A. not wait in line
B. not want to stand in line
C. think freely
D. a kind of a transportation system
( A )6. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Boredom provides children with space to think freely.
B. It's much better for children to be busy than be bored.
C. Boredom helps children deal with difficulties properly.
D. It's boring for children to think about their experiences.

答案： 3. A
【点拨】根据第二段中“However，research shows that it may hamper the development of their imagination，while boredom can give them opportunities(机会) to develop creativity.”可知，无聊可以给孩子们培养创造力的机会，while 表示形成对比，因此此处是指研究表明保持忙碌这种做法是对孩子想象力的培养有阻碍作用的，因此 hamper 与“slow down”意思相近。故选 A。
4. D
【点拨】根据第三段和第四段内容可知，Syal 和 Perry 的共同点是无聊时做自己喜欢的事情，这有助于开发他们的智力和创造力，因此作者谈论他们是为了表明无聊对开发创造力的影响。故选 D。
5. C
【点拨】根据最后一段可知，贝尔顿博士建议说：“为了发展创造力，我们可能需要站着凝视，并不时地保持离线状态。由此可推测出，画线部分 stay off-line 指的是“自由思考”。故选 C。
6. A
【点拨】根据第一段中“They should be allowed to get bored so that they can develop their ability to be creative.”可知，无聊给孩子提供了自由思考的空间。故选 A。