《2026年薪火金卷高考仿真模拟卷英语》

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Your Brain Was Made for Walking
If a president, a legendary philosopher, and one of the best-selling authors of all time
credited the same secret for their success, would you try to follow it too? What if the secret was
something you already knew to do? 36
Get walking! It’s not just some people who made a case for it as a prime creativity booster.
37 A Stanford University study found that participants were 81 percent more creative when
walking as opposed to sitting. According to the study, walking outside—versus on a treadmill—
produces the most novel and highest quality analogies in participants who walked and then sat
down to do creative work.
The movement aspect of walking is obviously key. You’ve probably heard the phrase.
Exercise your creativity, which refers to the brain as muscle. Our creative mindset is stimulated
by physical movement. 38
But the scenery is almost as important as the sweat. The National Human Activity Pattern
Survey reveals that Americans spend 87 percent of their time indoors. Being inside, you’re more
likely to be in a state of stagnation, the antithesis of energy. Without energy, you can’t wonder or
create. 39 Just by going outside, you are stepping out of your habitual surroundings and your
comfort zone, which is necessary if you want to open your mind to new possibilities.
40 Engage more closely with your surroundings for the next four weeks. Turn off your
phone and give yourself the chance to be present in the world, to hear conversations and natural
sounds, to notice the way people move. Walk not just for exercise. Walk for wonder.

A.Physical movement is unintentional.
B.In fact, you probably do it every day.
C.So why not set a creativity goal that starts with walking?
D.That is why walking—with a friend, or alone—feeds creative thinking.
E.Interrupting your routine with a walk can produce fresh ideas for problems.
F.Researchers have traced connections between walking and generating ideas.
G. Disconnecting from multimedia increases performance on all problem-solving tasks.

答案： 36.B 37.F 38.D 39.E 40.C