2. 请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。

1. It's a good idea but I don't think it will be cost-effective to make so we all need to _________ and come up with a new plan.

thinking blue-sky       think outside the box       lateral thinking       tunnel vision

2. You have 30 minutes to ______ the answer. You may begin your exam, now.

innovation       concept       overlook       come up with

3. Abstract ______ such as family, freedom and duty vary from culture to culture.

concepts       inventions       innovations       problem-solver

4. It was only once we had implemented the solution that it ______ we hadn't anticipated.

spurred innovation       threw up issues       conceived       overlooked

5. It was only once we had implemented the solution that raised difficulties we had ______.

invented       overlooked       solved       conceived

答案 1. 阅读课文并回答问题。

1. What is the basic idea behind a challenge prize?

You offer a problem up to everyone who believes they can solve it and present the first to do so with a prize.

2. According to Marcus Shingles, what can be the problem with 'experts'?

The experts are usually the ones who say that there is no solution to a problem or that it can't be done.

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