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 the de Bono was so famous，Casspar’s parents worried that any time he would say something bright at school，his teachers might ask，“Where do you get that idea from？”
“We had to be careful and not overdo it.”Edward admits.Now Caspar 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 Bone decided to write his latest book，“Teach Your Child 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.

  1. 1.

    What is TRUE about Caspar？

    1. A.
      He is Edward’s son.  
    2. B.
      He is an adventurous thinker.
    3. C.
      He first described lateral thinking.     
    4. D.
      He is often scolded by his teacher.
  2. 2.

    It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that Edward        .

    1. A.
      was likely to improve children’s logic with his book
    2. B.
      gave a description of lateral thinking several years after his son was born
    3. C.
      was prompted to study lateral thinking because his son was slightly dyslexic
    4. D.
      once taught businessmen how to think before he wrote for parents and chikdren
  3. 3.

    According to Paragraph 3，which of the following statements expresses Edward de Bone’s view？

    1. A.
      Everybody knows that children aren’t very logical.
    2. B.
      It is an uphill battle trying to teach children to think.
    3. C.
      We often think ineffectively because we take too limited a view.
    4. D.
      Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence.
  4. 4.

    Lateral thinking refers to the following EXCEPT        .

    1. A.
      improving one’s logic in thinking
    2. B.
      improving one’s perception in thinking
    3. C.
      seeing the implications of what you are saying
    4. D.
      exploring the alternatives for what you are saying
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    2. B.
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  1. 1.

    The increasing number of flights leads to the fact that ________.

    1. A.
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    1. A.
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    The underlined word “collisions” probably means ________.

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    1. A.
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    4. D.
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    The underlined word “them” (in Paragraph 1) refers to ________.

    1. A.
      the overdressed people    
    2. B.
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    3. C.
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    4. D.
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    b. The couple walks out of the church.
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    1. A.
      f, d, a, c, b, e                
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    3. C.
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A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper for a boy to work in his office. Out of the nearly fifty men who come to apply, the man selected one and dismissed the others.
“I should like to know,” said a friend, “the reason you preferred that boy, who brought not a single letter—not a recommendation (介紹信)，”
“You are wrong” said the gentleman. He had a great man. He wiped his feet at the door and closed the door after him, indicating that he was careful. He gave his seat immediately to that old man, showing that he was kind and thoughtful. He took off his cap when he came in and answered my questions, showing that he was polite and gentlemanly.
“ All the rest stepped over the book which I had purposely put on the floor.” He picked it up and placed it on the table; and he waited quietly for his turn instead of pushing and crowding.
When I asked to him, I noticed his tidy clothing, his neatly brushed hair, and his clean fingernails. “ Can’t you see that these things are excellent recommendations? I consider them more significant than letters.”

  1. 1.

    A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper___________

    1. A.
      in order to hire an office boy
    2. B.
      so as to dismiss the others
    3. C.
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    4. D.
      so as to select one and dismiss the others
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    The underlined word “indicating” probably means ________.

    1. A.
      that is
    2. B.
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    3. C.
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    4. D.
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    ___________ was the very person the gentleman preferred.

    1. A.
      He who has a great many letters
    2. B.
      He who had no letters
    3. C.
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    4. D.
      he who was careful, kind , polite and thoughtful
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    The gentleman dismissed the other boys because_________.

    1. A.
      they didn’t pick up the book lying on the floor
    2. B.
      they pushed and crowded
    3. C.
      they were impolite
    4. D.
      all the above
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    According to the passage, we know that the gentleman hired the boy______.

    1. A.
      not by his letters but by his good manners
    2. B.
      by the relationship between them
    3. C.
      by the feelings
    4. D.
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