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Were you constantly bored as a child? Maybe that helped you to develop your ability to be creative. Boredom can be a good th

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问题     Were you constantly bored as a child? Maybe that helped you to develop your ability to be creative.
    Boredom can be a good thing for children, according to Dr Teresa Belton, researcher at the University of East Anglia’s School of Education and Lifelong Learning. After interviewing authors, artists and scientists in Britain, she’s reached the conclusion that cultural expectations that children should be constantly active could block the development of their imagination.
    British actress and writer Meera Syal grew up in a small mining village with few distractions. The researcher said:" Lack of things to do urged her to talk to people she wouldn’t otherwise have engaged with and try activities she wouldn’t, under other circumstances, have experienced, such as talking to elderly neighbors and learning to bake cakes. "
    Belton added: "Boredom made her write. Meera Syal kept a diary from a young age, filling it with observations, short stories, poems.
    The researcher didn’t ignore the old saying the devil finds work for idle hands, though. Belton pointed out that young people who don’t have the interior resources to deal with boredom creatively may end up smashing up bus shelters or taking cars out for a joyride.
    How about watching TV and videos on the computer? The researcher believes that nothing replaces standing and staring at things and observing your surroundings.
    It’s the sort of thing that stimulates the imagination, she said, while the screen " tends to short circuit that process and the development of creative capacity.
    Dr Belton concluded:" For the sake of creativity, perhaps we need to slow down and stay offline from time to time.
The expression "the devil finds work for idle hands" probably means that people are more likely to______?
选项 A、do what they should not do if they meet devils.
B、achieve nothing if they work with devils
C、do more work if they didn’t work hard when they were young.
D、get involved in trouble if they have nothing to do with their time.
答案D
解析 句子语义题。判断一句较为抽象的话是何意思，往往须要特别注意紧跟其后的那句话，这一句往往会通俗易懂，用以复述阐释前面那句高度抽象概括的话，只要把握此句就非常容易选择正确答案。第五段紧跟“the devil finds work for idle hands”的是“…youngpeople who don’t have the interior resources to deal with boredom creatively may end up smashingup bus shelters or taking cars out for a joyride．”这一句，大意是说，“若没有创造性的心理途径打发无聊的时光，年轻人往往会打砸公交候车亭或偷车去兜风”。选项D“不知如何打发时间的人往往会惹是生非”能很好地概括原文这一句的意思。
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