【推荐1】Ways to improve Innovation Skills

In your professional life, innovation skills play a vital role. Here are steps and tips to improve them.

Improve reasoning (推理) skills. Reasoning skills form the ability to think about a particular way to work in a sensible and result-oriented manner. You can implement reasoning for innovative ideas and enhance them further.     1     You will also be able to come up with the ideas that have higher chances to become result-driven.

Be a good listener. You should listen to others and try to think about their ideas and concepts.     2     Also, adaptability increases innovation. It would help if you tried adopting newer versions of solutions for the betterment of your company.

Actively participate in team activities. A team is a body that functions the best in togetherness. Team activities like brainstorming sessions are conducted to enhance the team spirit and develop the thinking skills of the team members.     3     Such activities will improve the innovation skills.

Make decisions based on judgments. From the inferences of team activities or other tasks, you can make judgments about the current situations.     4     These will help with innovation. Innovative ideas must be useful, and decisions based on judgments help in ensuring this.

    5     Problems are faced at every point, and every problem has a solution. So, if you develop the desire to solve every problem by a strategic plan, you will aim to find a best solution that is new and innovative. With problem-solving skills, you will always long for new and effective ways to solve a problem in lesser time.

A．Develop problem-solving skills.

B．Be open to absorbing other points of view.

C．But if some ideas do turn true, they can be miraculous.

D．Decisions based on these judgments should be realistic.

E．You will get to know about different other forms. of ideas and possibilities.

F．If you successfully create an efficient design, that will stand as your innovation.

G．These skills are instrumental in enabling you to be more productive with your decision making.

【推荐2】For many people, memory improvement is possible. The extent to which memory can improve, however, will be different from person to person.     1     .

Timing activities strategically

How you order your daily tasks can impact your ability to remember them and get them done smoothly.

Difficult or cognitively taxing activities should be completed at the beginning of the day when fatigue is low and attention is at a high level.     2     . Meanwhile, take frequent breaks when engaged in a long task.

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A clean living and working environment with minimal distractions may help you focus on your tasks and remember what you need to do.

Writing down your personal experiences

    4    . Memory research has established that when people write about their personal experiences, they tend to recall those occurrences much better.

Avoiding multitasking

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One study found that people between the ages of 60 and 80 have significantly more trouble remembering tasks after they’ve experienced a brief interruption than do people in their 30s and 40s.

Research has shown that switching your attention from a laptop to a cellphone or texting while watching TV decreases the gray matter in our brains that helps us with sensory perceptions including decision-making and memory.

A．Minimizing distractions

B．Cleaning up your environment

C．Record the time each task takes

D．Here are some tips that will offer you some help

E．Large projects should be broken down into smaller tasks

F．The best way to remember personal experiences is to write about them

G．Doing multiple things at once could affect your short-term memory, particularly as you get older

【推荐3】Americans love their pets. They consider them part of the family. Sometimes people spend hundreds of dollars buying animals from pet stores. Many of these dogs and cats are fine, but some are not healthy.

The best way to find a healthy pet is to visit the Humane Society in your area. There are millions of wonderful animals looking for homes, and most have been checked over by vets. The people at the Humane Society will ask some questions to make sure their animal is going to a home that is safe, healthy and loving. They may ask if you have children or other animals, and how those animals might relate to a new friend. They may also ask if you will keep the animal inside or outside.

When adopting, don’t forget that in future there will be vet bills. Kittens and puppies need their shots and check-ups, just like children. Of course, as your pet ages, it may have medical problems.

As far as visiting the vet, your pet probably won’t enjoy the trip, so make it as stress-free as possible. Pick a vet who is gentle and caring. Ask your friends for suggestions. Ask your vet how much money each procedure will cost so you won't get an unwelcome surprise when you see the bill. And decide how far you are willing to go to save your pet if it gets really sick. When you get home from the vet’s, be sure to give your pet a little treat to show it how well it behaved and how proud you ae of it.

Having a pet is one of life's greatest pleasures. The way to spend the most quality time with them is to make sure they are healthy and happy at the start. Enjoy!

1. Why does the author advise people to adopt a pet from the Humane Society?

A．People are more caring there.	B．It costs nothing to get a pet there.
C．There are many species of pets.	D．There are many nice and healthy animals

2. In what way are kittens and puppies like children?

A．They need enough care.	B．They are cute and smart.
C．They bring people great joy.	D．They have mental problems.

3. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A．Reasons for having a pet.	B．Advice on visiting the vet.
C．Ways to find a healthy pet.	D．Difficulties of picking a vet.

4. What’s the author's purpose of writing this text?

A．To advertise the Humane Society.

B．To show the pleasure in keeping a pet.

C．To give suggestions for adopting a pet.

D．To stress the importance of protecting animals.