30. The experiments show that high-fat diets_______

A.the volunteers do

B.because she does not have a weight problem

C.because the life there can be very boring

D.make people overeat

E.because she was her own boss

F.after passing a high-protein test

Lateral Thinking

Lateral thinking (迂回思維), first described by Edward de Bono in 1967, is just a few years older than Edward's son. You might imagine that Caspar was raised to be an adventurous thinker, but de Bono name was so famous, Casper's parents worried that any time he would say something bright at school, his teachers might snap, “Where do you get that idea from?”

“We had to be careful and not overdo it,” Edward admits. Now Casper is at Oxford --which once looked unlikely because he is also slightly dyslexic (誦讀困難). In fact, when he was applying to Oxford, none of his school teachers thought he had a chance. “So then we did several thinking sessions,” his father says, “using my techniques and, when he went up for the exam, he did extremely well.” Soon after, Edward de Bono decided to write his latest book, “Teach Your Children How to Think”, in which he transforms the thinking skills he developed for brain-storming businessmen into informal exercises for parents and children to share.

Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence, and everybody knows that children aren't very logical. So isn't it an uphill battle, trying to teach them to think? “You know,” Edward de Bono says, “if you examine people's thinking, it is quite unusual to find faults of logic. But the faults of perception are huge! Often we think ineffectively because we take too limited a view. ”

“Teach Your Child How to Think” offers lessons in perception improvement, of clearly seeing the implications of something you are saying and of exploring the alternatives.

36What is TRUE about Casper? __________

AHe is Edward's son.

BHe is an adventurous thinker.

CHe first described lateral thinking.

DHe is often scolded by his teacher.

37Casper succeeded in applying to Oxford because __________.

Ahe was careful and often overworked

Ball of his school teachers thought he had a chance

Che used in the exam the techniques provided by his father

Dhe read the book “Teach Your Child How to Think” before the exam

38It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that Edward __________.

Awas likely to improve children's logic with his book

Bgave a description of lateral thinking several years after his son was born

Cwas prompted to study lateral thinking because his son was slightly dyslexic

Donce taught businessmen how to think before he wrote for parents and children

39According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements expresses Edward de Bono's view? __________

AEverybody knows that children aren't very logical.

BIt is an uphill battle trying to teach children to think.

CWe often think ineffectively because we take too limited a view.

DThinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence.

40Lateral thinking refers to the following EXCEPT __________.

Aimproving one's logic in thinking

Bimproving one's perception in thinking

Cseeing the implications of what you are saying

Dexploring the alternatives for what you are saying

Between 1977 and 1981, three groups of American woman, ___(1)___, between the age of 35 and 65, were given month-long tests to determine how they would respond to conditions resembling those aboard the space shuttle.

Though ___(2)___, the women were volunteers and the pay was barely above the minimum wage. They were not allowed ___(3)____ during the tests, and they were expected to tolerate each other's company at close quarters for the entire period. Among other things they had to stand pressure three times the force of gravity and carry out both physical and mental tasks __(4)__. At the end of ten days, they had to spend a further twenty days absolutely confined to bed, during which time they suffered backaches and other discomforts, and when they were finally allowed up, the more physically active women were especially subject to pains due to a slight calcium loss.

Results of the tests suggest that women will have significant advantages over men in space. They need less food and les oxygen and they stand up to radiation better. Men's advantages __(5)__, meanwhile, are virtually wiped out by the zero-gravity condition in space.

EXERCISE:

A): to smoke or drink alcohol

B) carefully selected from among many applicants

C) numbering 27 in all

D) in terms of strength and stamina

E) those who are physically stronger

F) while exhausted from strenuous physical exercise

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