Directions: In this section, you are going to read a passage with ten statements attached to it. Each statement contains information given in one of the paragraphs. Identify the paragraph from which the information is derived. You may choose a paragraph more than once. Each paragraph is marked with a letter.Inside the BoxA. In the United States we are raised to appreciate the accomplishments of inventors and thinkers—creative people whose ideas have transformed our world. We celebrate the famously imaginative, the greatest artists and innovators from Van Gogh to Steve Jobs. Viewing the world creatively is supposed to be an asset, even a virtue. We are taught that our own creativity will be celebrated as well, and that if we have good ideas, we will succeed.B. It’s all a lie. This is the thing about creativity that is rarely acknowledged: Most people don’t actually like it. Studies confirm what many creative people have suspected all along: people are biased against creative thinking, despite all of their insistence otherwise.C. “We think of creative people in a heroic manner, and we celebrate them, but the thing we celebrate is the after-effect,” says Barry Staw, a researcher from Berkeley business school who specializes in creativity. Staw says most people are satisfiers. “As much as we celebrate independence in Western cultures, there is an awful lot of pressure to agree,” he says. Satisfiers avoid stirring things up, even if it means giving up the truth or rejecting a good idea.D. Even people who say they are looking for creativity react negatively to creative ideas, as demonstrated in a 2011 study from the University of Pennsylvania. Uncertainty is an inherent part of new ideas, and it is also something that most people would do almost anything to avoid. People’s preference toward certainty biases them against creative ideas and can interfere with their ability to even recognize creative ideas.E. A close friend of mine works for a tech startup. She is an intensely creative and intelligent person who falls on the risk-taker side of the spectrum. Though her company initially hired her for her problem-solving skills, she is regularly unable to fix actual problems because nobody will listen to her ideas. “I even say, ‘I’ll do the work. Just give me the go-ahead and I’ll do it myself,’” she says. “But they won’t, and so the system stays less efficient.”F. This is a common and often annoying experience for a creative person. Even in supposedly creative environments, in the creative departments of advertising agencies and editorial meetings at magazines, I’ve watched people with creative ideas be ignored or ridiculed in favor of those who repeat an established solution. “Everybody hates it when something is really great,” says essayist and art critic Dave Hickey. He is famous for his sharp criticism against art world, particularly against education, which he thinks is going through what he calls a “stupid phase”. In fact, everyone I spoke with agreed on one thing—unexceptional ideas are far more likely to be accepted than wonderful ones.G. Staw was asked to contribute to a 1995 book about creativity in the corporate world. He criticized the way our culture deals with new ideas and creative people: In terms of decision style, most people fall short of the creative ideal... unless they are held accountable for their decision-making strategies, they tend to find the easy way out—either by not engaging in very careful thinking or by modeling the choices on the preference of those who will be evaluating them.H. Unfortunately, the place where our first creative ideas go to die is the place that should be most open to them—school. Studies show that teachers overwhelmingly discriminate against creative students, favoring their satisfier classmates who more readily follow directions and do what they are told.I. Even if children are lucky enough to have a teacher receptive to their ideas, standardized testing and other programs make sure children’s minds are not on the “wrong” path, even though adults’ accomplishments are linked far more strongly to their creativity than their IQ. It is ironic that even as children are taught the accomplishments of the world’s most innovative minds, their own creativity is being suppressed.J. All of this negativity isn’t easy to digest, and social rejection can be painful in some of the same ways physical pain hurts. But there is a glimmer of hope in all of this rejection. A Cornell study makes the case that social rejection is not actually bad for the creative process—and can even facilitate it. The study shows that if you have a little suspicion you might not belong, the act of being rejected confirms your interpretation. The effect can liberate creative people from the need to fit in and allow them to pursue their interests.K. Perhaps for some people, the pain of rejection is like the pain of training for a marathon— training the mind for endurance. Research shows you’ll need it. Truly creative ideas take a very long time to be accepted. The better the ideas, the longer it might take. Even the work of Nobel Prize winners was commonly rejected by their peers for an extended period of time. Most people agree that what distinguishes those who become famously creative is their persistence.L. To live creatively is a choice. You must make a commitment to your own mind and the possibility that you will not be accepted. You have to let go of satisfying people, often even yourself.________ 1. A successful creative person is someone with great persistence.________ 2. Being creative is a choice to commit to your own ideas and not to satisfy others.________ 3.In his contribution to a 1995 book, Staw criticized the American way to deal with creativity.________ 4.Standardized testing and other programs at school suppress children’s creativity.________ 5. People’s preference toward certainty prevents them from recognizing creative ideas.________ 6.Creative students are usually discriminated by teachers at school.________ 7. It seems to be universally agreed that creative ideas are not received well.________ 8. A Cornell study shows that social rejection can actually promote creative progress.________ 9. Americans are taught to appreciate creativity from childhood.________ 10. In Staw’s words, most Americans are satisfiers who avoid the risk of being creative.