A．discovered or found something new and important

　　B．made a way through using force

　　C．(of the sun or the moon) appeared from behind(clouds)

　　D．suddenly changed (from a slower to a faster pace)

　　A　[词义猜测题。由上一段可知科学家只是知道精神疾病和创造力有一定的关系，但不能解释这一现象；而Dr. Ruth Richards通过实验解释了此现象，故这里指取得了突破。]

　　3．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　A. Among the 5, 000 creative people in Germany, more people suffer from mental diseases than the general population.

　　B．There is a strong link between mental problems and creativity.

　　C．Psychiatric patients make greater contributions than common people.

　　D．The key to the link between creativity and mental illness is in our genes.

　　C　[细节理解题。由第二段可知A项正确；由第三段可知B项正确；由第五段可知D项正确。C项文中没有提及。]

　　4．What is the writer's attitude towards madness?

　　A．Madness is harmful to the whole society.

　　B．A little creative madness is good for us all.

　　C．All the talented people are mad.

　　D．Only the people with mental illness have more creativity.

　　B　[观点态度题。根据最后一段的最后一句话可知B项正确。]

　　IV.完形填空

　　On a Friday night, a poor young artist stood at the gate of the subway station, playing his violin. Many people put some money into the 1 of the young man.

　　The next day, the young artist came again, and put his hat on the ground gracefully. 2 from the day before, he took out a large piece of 3 and laid it on the ground. Then he began 4 ．

Before long, the young violinist was 5 with people, who were all attracted by the 6 on that paper, which said，"Last night, a gentleman named George Sang put