【推荐1】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once.

Do you ever draw? Most of us don’t, and the reason we usually leave drawing to the artists is because we’re not very good at it. Who wants to do something they’re bad at? But maybe we should rethink this     1    , especially since drawing has so many benefits, whether you are an artist or not.

We should     2     this idea: What if drawing was just a low-stakes thing we did because we enjoyed it and it helped us see the world better?

“We have missed the significance of drawing because we see it as a     3     skill instead of a personal capacity,” writes design historian D. B. Dowd in his book, “Stick Figures: Drawing as a Human Practice.” “This essential confusion has     4     our understanding of drawing and kept it from being seen as a tool for learning above all else.”

Here’s an example: You might enjoy eating at a restaurant that boasts an     5     chef, and you may also enjoy a great pasta dish you make at home. One doesn’t     6     the other; you can appreciate a meticulously assembled meal as much as a homemade one-they’re just different. The same is true for drawing.

Sitting (or standing!) with a pad and pencil, drawing something you see or imagine requires focus and a     7     quiet mind, something many of us are looking to cultivate. The first few minutes into the     8     might be a bit frustrating and distracting, but keep going. I’ve found that once I settle into it, I get better at the actual drawing part, and it’s more enjoyable. But especially if you aren’t used to drawing, you might be itching to run away and do something-anything-else at the start. To deal with your     9    , give yourself a time limit. Set a timer for 20 minutes; that should give you enough time to put in a genuine effort and get to the point where your mind will quiet down. You can always keep going if you want, but that timer will at the very least allow you to take your mind off outside     10    .

As societies develop, their members start to see things not so much according to what they need, but according to what they want. When people have enough money, these wants become demands.

Now, it’s important for the managers in a company to     1     what their customers want if they are going to     2     effective marketing strategies. There are various ways of doing this. One way at supermarkets, for example, is to     3     customers while they're doing shopping. They can be asked what they prefer to buy and then the     4     of the research can be studied. This provides information on which to base future marketing strategies. It's also quite     5     for top managers from department stores to spend a day or two each month visiting stores and mixing     6     with the public, as if they were     7     customers, to get an idea of how customers act.

Another way to get     8     from customers is to give them something. For example, some fast food restaurants give away tickets in magazines or on the street that     9     customers to get part of their meal for nothing. As well as being a good way of attracting customers into the restaurants to spend their money, it also     10     the managers to get a feel for where to attract customers, and which age-groups to attract.