①Do you have trouble trying to create the next big idea? Why not try sitting back, relaxing and letting your mind wander? Yes, you heard that correctly. If you are in need of a new idea, try daydreaming.

②Daydreams allow your mind to run freely and even increase productivity in some situations. Daydreaming develops creativity which is why you have an ah-ha moment. Daydreaming allows you to come up with thoughts and ideas you did not realize you even had.

③Researchers from the University of California found relation between daydreaming and creative problem-solving. Their study includes making participants (参与者) first do an “unusual-use task”. It makes them try to think of as many different ways to use an object as they could.

④Then, the participants chose to do one of the following four things before doing the “unusual-use task” again: finish a difficult task, finish an easy task, take a 12-minute break, or skip (跳过) a 12-minute break and move right on to the task exercise again.

⑤Surprisingly, the group that performed best was the one that finished the easy task. Many participants reported that they were daydreaming while performing the easy task. So the researchers believed that this daydreaming might have helped unlock their creativity.

⑥But how could daydreaming help the brain come up with creative ways? The answer is your “unconscious thought”. Even when you are not actively working to solve a problem, it is still in the back of your mind. Your brain is still thinking about the problem, but in a much more subtle (不易察觉的) way.

⑦When you daydream, your mind is allowed to think in ways it normally would not. Because it is free of control (控制), it can create completely new and out-of-the-box ideas. Great ideas never come easily, but that does not mean you always have to work hard to get them. Feel free to do what you want and let your mind wander.

【小题1】The writer starts the passage by ______.

A．telling a story	B．giving examples
C．asking questions	D．comparing differences

【小题2】According to the passage, the “unusual-use task” makes participants ______.

A．find different uses for an object	B．finish a very hard task
C．do a very simple task	D．have a rest every 12 minutes

【小题3】The underlined phrase “unconscious thought” in paragraph 6 means “______” in the passage.

A．stop dealing with information from the outside world

B．think about a problem without even knowing it

C．know clearly what you’re thinking and doing

D．think in a subtle way under your own control

【小题4】What’s the best structure (结构) of this passage?

A．	B．
C．	D．