What enables some people to get big creative breakthroughs while others only get small and non-creative breakdowns, blaming them

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问题     What enables some people to get big creative breakthroughs while others only get small and non-creative breakdowns, blaming themselves and society? Are some people "gifted"? Are there other factors 【C1】______ work—factors that we have more control over than we think?
    While nobody can deny the 【C2】______ that some people seem to be blessed with particular creativity, research shows that anyone can 【C3】______ their chances of coming up with new and original ideas 【C4】______ they would only engage themselves more in the process of 【C5】______. It’s the old Thomas Edison thing about "discovery 【C6】______ 99 percent perspiration (汗水) and I percent inspiration." 【C7】______, the studies prove this: great creative breakthroughs usually happen only 【C8】______ intense periods of struggle. It is sustained effort towards a specific goal 【C9】______ eventually prepares for great creative insights.
    This kind of sustained effort does not always 【C10】______ immediate results, a fact that not only separates the innovators (革新者) from non-innovators, but 【C11】______ leads some people to conclude that it is just not 【C12】______ for them. "Maybe I should have gone to medical school like my mother wanted," they wonder when the breakthrough is 【C13】______ to be found. Alas, one forgets during their inevitable encounters 【C14】______ self-doubt, that the big surprise is never 【C15】______. Indeed, it can happen at any time and place.
【C7】

选项 A、Sooner or later
B、Some day or other
C、Every now and then
D、Time and again

答案D

解析 根据空格后的great creative breakthroughs、intense periods of struggle可知,此处表示的观点与前文一致,即研究一次又一次证明创造力离不开艰苦奋斗。time and again意为“屡次,再三”,符合题意。sooner or later迟早;some day or other总有一天;every now and then不时地,常常。
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