I recently heard a story about a famous resea...

I recently heard a story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical achievements. A newspaper reporter interviewed him why he was able to be so much more creative than the average person. What set him so far apart from others?

He responded that it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about two years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he dropped the slippery bottle, spilling its contents all over the kitchen floor-a real sea of milk!

When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of shouting at him, giving him a lecture or punishing him, she said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge pool of milk. Well,the damage has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes before we clean it up?”

Indeed, the boy did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “You know, Robert, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. How would you like to do that? We could use a sponge (海绵), a towel or a mop. Which do you prefer?” He chose the sponge and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.

His mother then said, “You know, what we have here is a failed experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let’s go out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can find a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could make it. What a wonderful lesson!

This famous scientist then said that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to make mistakes.

1.When the mother found the kitchen floor covered with milk, she ______ .

A.gave the boy a lecture instead of shouting at him

B.praised the boy instead of punishing him

C.felt satisfied with the boy’s trying to help himself

D.calmed down the boy and helped him find a way to clean the floor

2.The child’s experience resulted in the following BUT ______ .

A.offering the boy a chance to grasp the bottle

B.benefiting the boy all his life

C.helping the boy be more creative

D.making the boy realize the mistake is of value

3.According to the passage, the way the scientist’s mother used is ______ .

A.instructive

B.strict

C.formal

D.strange

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I recently heard a story about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. What set him so far apart from others?

He1.that, in his opinion, it all came from an2.from his mother that happened when he was about 2 years old. He had been trying to3.a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his 4.on the slippery(光滑的) bottle and it 5., making its contents pouring all over the kitchen floor.

When his mother came into the kitchen, instead of6.at him, giving him a lecture, or punishing him, she said: “Robert, what an(a)7.and wonderful mess you have made! I have8.seen such a huge pool of milk. Well, the damage has already been done. Would you like to9.down and play in the milk for a few10.before we clean it up?”

Indeed, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said: “You know, Robert,11.you make a mess like this, you have to clean it up at last and restore everything to its proper12.. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge, a towel, or a mop. Which do you13.?” He chose the sponge and together they14.up the milk.

His mother then said: “You know, what happened just now is a15.experiment in how effectively to carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let’s16.out in the back yard and fill the bottle with water and see if you can17.a way to carry it without dropping it.” The little boy18.that if he held the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.

This scientist then19.that it was at that moment that he knew he didn’t need to be afraid to make20..

Wouldn’t it be great if all parents would respond the way Robert’s mother responded to him?

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You may have heard about the many benefits of yoga, but a recent New York Times story, has stirred up more than a little controversy in the yoga community.

"How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body," by science writer William J. Broad, quotes a long-time yoga teacher who "...has come to believe that 'the vast majority of people' should give up yoga altogether. It's simply too likely to cause harm." He goes on to describe a number of cases where people have been injured doing yoga, including himself.

The research in the article isn't groundbreaking: doing any form of exercise you could potentially hurt yourself. If you look at the injury rates of other physical activities, the number of injuries sustained from yoga would pale in comparison.

Practicing yoga is just like anything in life: You have to push yourself in order to grow. But you also have to know your limits and when you're breaking them. If you stick to your comfort zone, you'll never be able to increase your flexibility. If you push to the point where you're not only uncomfortable, but in real pain, you'll likely injure yourself.

The reasons that yoga causes "serious injury”, according to the Times story, range from students' physical weaknesses to inexperienced teachers pushing too hard to the growing number of inflexible "urbanites who sit in chairs all day" trying hard to twist themselves into difficult postures.

Yoga is called a "practice" for a reason. You don't have to be perfect. You don't have to tackle every pose. It doesn't matter if you can touch the floor with your palms during your first forward bend or your thousandth, or if you never get there.

We go to the mat to learn to better listen to what our bodies are telling us, and to better hear that quiet inner voice drowned out by the noise of our busy lives. It's a shame to discourage the majority of people from practicing yoga and missing out on all of the mind-body benefits that going to the mat has to offer.

1.The underlined word is best replaced by __.

A. Injure    B. Benefit    C. Push   D. Shape

2.What does author mainly want to tell us in the 3rd paragraph?

A. All physical activities are equally harmful.

B. Yoga causes much less injuries than other physical activities.

C. Similar researches have been done before.

D. Yoga, like any other form of exercise, can hurt people.

3.Which is not mentioned among the reasons for yoga being likely to cause injury?

A. Teachers lack the knowledge of students’ limits.

B. Modern lifestyle decreases our flexibility.

C. The body doesn’t tell when you are in real pain.

D. Students themselves might not be in good physical condition.

4.What is the author’s attitude towards practicing yoga?

A. It’s a shame not to practice yoga.

B. One should push the limits in order to be perfect.

C. The majority should give up yoga for it may cause harm.

D. One should enjoy the physical and mental benefit that yoga brings.

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Research on the human brain has been attracting more and more scientists in recent years, just like the booming hi-tech industry. One of the latest research topics is how to change the human brain or combine the computer and the human brain, i.e. to transplant a chip into a human brain. This idea may make everyone’s dream come true. If we compare a human brain to a hard disc, what the scientists are doing is to enlarge the capacity of the hard disc. For the time being, there are some difficulties in such transplant experiments, but scientists never give up.

Experiments have started on animals. In 1996, a transplant experiment performed at the Defense and Military Physiology Research Institute in the U.S. turned a bear into a dolphin.

The dolphin was named Ted, and the bear was named Tallin. Using the most advanced technology available, deep and detailed images were made of the memory area in Ted’s brain containing information about swimming by the scientists. They obtained a series of useful information, the signals transferred by the nervous system. Such information was saved into a button-sized chip, which was then transplanted into the action memory area in Tallin’s brain. The information saved on the chip was released by means of electric power.

Recently, another comprehensive memory transplant was performed at the Motor Nerve Research Institute of the University of California. The comprehensive memory transplanted in the experiment included actions, moods, logic, words, images, etc. The experiment involved an entire transplant of the memory area. This was the largest such experiment done so far.

The transplant was performed making a transfer from a dog named “Genius” to a dog named “Idiot”. “Genius” could understand and follow up to 100 gestures and orders made by its master. It was a real genius in memorizing. “Idiot” was the younger brother of “Genius”. It had no contact with people at all since its birth. It became an animal with nothing in its brain, without any memory.

The operation was a complete success. When the two dogs woke up, “Idiot” had grasped all the abilities “Genius” possessed; it was good at memorizing and sensible. It could follow every gesture and any command given by its master. But “Genius” gave no response to its master, and in fact did not recognize him at all.

1.The purpose of the experiment is ________.

A. to combine the computer and the human brain

B. to make bear swim

C. to make some stupid dog turn clever

D. to enlarge the capacity of human brain

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The scientists transferred a button-sized chip with useful information in Tallin’s brain.

B. The first comprehensive memory transplant was performed at the Motor Nerve Research University.

C. The second experiment wasn’t an entire transplant of the memory area.

D. The Idiot was an animal with memory before brain experiment

3.What does the underlined word “success” refer to?

A. The two dogs woke up.

B. They were both good at memorizing.

C. The Idiot grasped all the abilities of Genius.

D. The Genius grasped all the abilities of Idiot.

4.According to the text, we can infer ________.

A. a person can know more after the experiment

B. a bear can swim after being transferred a chip with related useful information

C. a dog can become clever after entire transplant of the memory area

D. it is really good for animals to have been involved in the transplant experiment

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Stephen Glenn is a famous American research scientist. He has made several very important medical_______. When a newspaper journalist asked him why he was able to be so much more_______ than the average person, he responded that it all came from a(n)_______ with his mother that occurred when he was a child.

Stephen had been trying to _______ a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he _______ his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell，spilling(泼出) its contents all over the kitchen floor-a real sea of milk! When his mother came into the kitchen，instead of _______ at him，giving him a lecture or chastising him，she said, “what a great and wonderful _______ you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge pond of milk. Well，the _______ has already been done. Would you like to get down and play in the milk for a few minutes _______ we clean it up？"

Indeed，he did. After a few minutes，his mother said，" Stephen，whenever you make a mess like this，________ you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper ________.”And together they cleaned up the spilled milk. His mother then said，"You know，what we have here is a ________ experiment in how to effectively carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands. Let's go out in the back yard and ________ the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without ________ it “The little boy learned that if he grasped the bottle at the top near the lip with both hands，he could ________ it without dropping it. What a good ________ to him!

This famous scientist then remarked that it was at that moment that he knew he didn't need to be afraid to make ________.Instead，he learned that mistakes were just ________ for learning something new，which is，after all，what scientific ________ are all about. Even if the experiment doesn't work, we usually learn something ________ from it.

1.A. impressions B. breakthroughs C. promises D. intentions

2.A. outgoing B. responsible C. warm-hearted D. creative

3.A. experience B. word C. argument D. adventure

4.A. recycle B. purchase C. remove D. freeze

5.A. lost B. tightened C. adjusted D. caught

6.A. looking B. yelling C. smiling D. glancing

7.A. discovery B. mess C. change D. joke

8.A. injury B. research C. assignment D. damage

9.A. when B. as C. after D. before

10.A. gradually B. initially C. eventually D. constantly

11.A. order B. situation C. form D. use

12.A. successful B. failed C. completed D. useless

13.A. fill B. wash C. polish D. cover

14.A. shaking B. dropping C. lifting D. touching

15.A. make up B. make off C. make it D. make sense

16.A. attitude B. apology C. project D. lesson

17.A. efforts B. plans C. mistakes D. decisions

18.A. requirements B. routines C. chances D. goals

19.A. achievements B. approaches C. seminars D. experiments

20.A. valuable B. ambiguous C. familiar D. abstract

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190. The famous scientist began the research which       his new discoveries.

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______himself to his lab research, the famous scientist missed ________from the liver cancer.

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The scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters ______ to her own research.

A. relevant                B. Instant                              C. resistant                         D. important

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Until recently, scientists had mapped only about 20 percent of the sea floor. But our knowledge of the deep seas is changing because of information from satellites. Scientists have produced a new map that provides a detailed picture of the oceans. The map is expected to help oceanographers (海洋学家), industry and governments.

The new map is twice as detailed as the map made 20 years ago. David Sandwell is a geophysics professor at the University of California. He and other scientists worked on the mapping project. He says they turned to space to look deeper into the ocean.

The scientists collected and studied information from two satellites. Some of the data came from the European Space Agency’s Cryo-2 satellite. It was placed in Earth's orbit to watch sea ice. The other satellite is the American space agency's Jason-1. It is studying the surface of the oceans. Scientists combined the satellite data with images gathered by sonar (声波定位仪) equipment on ships. Sonar works by sending sound waves through the water. When the sound waves hit an object, its presence is confirmed.

The new map shows the sea floor as it has never been seen before. It shows thousands of underwater mountains and places where continents pulled apart. It shows where earthquakes were active many years ago. They all are buried deep underneath the ocean floor.

David Sandwell says the map is a powerful tool for fisheries, those interested in protecting the environment and for oil exploration.

“The petrol exploration industry is interested in how to reconnect the continents, bring them back together tectonically so you can map the basins on one continental edge—say, Africa—and use that to establish where the similar basin would be on the other continental edge in South America.”

If scientists know that information, they may be able to find oil fields. The new data also will help scientists improve their estimates of ocean depths. This information can help ships travel safely and improve military operations and scientific projects worldwide.

Mr. Sandwell thinks scientists will make many more discoveries as they examine the new map and the information it provides.

1.Which one is not mentioned about the benefits brought by the new map?

A. Fisheries.　　 B. Scientific projects.

C. Ship manufacture.　　 D. Oil exploration.

2.What can we know about the new map?

A. It shows where earthquakes will happen.

B. It will be helpful to industry and governments.

C. It is three times as detailed as the old one years ago.

D. It shows the sea floor as it has ever been seen before.

3.The text is likely to appear in _________.

A. a newspaper　　 B. an advertisement

C. a science magazine　　 D. a finance report

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. The detailed picture of the oceans

B. Underwater mountains and places

C. More discoveries about the oceans

D. Scientists create new maps of ocean floor

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Early in the twentieth century, two famous scientists developed different ideas about dreams. Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud published a book called The Interpretation of Dreams in 1900. Freud believed people often dream about things they want but cannot have. These dreams are often linked to sex and aggression.

For Freud, dreams were full of hidden meaning. He tried to understand dreams as a way to understand people and why they acted or thought in certain ways. Freud believed that every thought and every action started deep in our brains. He thought dreams could be an important way to understand what is happening in our brains.

Freud told people what their dreams meant as a way of helping them solve problems or understand their worries. For example, Freud said when people dream of flying or swinging, they want to be free of their childhood. When a person dreams that a brother or sister or parent has died, the dreamer is really hiding feelings of hatred for that person. Or a desire to have what the other person has.

Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung worked closely with Freud for several years. But he developed very different ideas about dreams. Jung believed dreams could help people grow and understand themselves. He believed dreams provide solutions to problems we face when we are awake.

He also believed dreams tell us something about ourselves and our relations with other people. He did not believe dreams hide our feelings about sex or aggression.

68.According to the passage, Sigmund Freud held that ________________.

A.dreams can help understand people’s action

B.when people dream that they fly in the sky, they are actually desire something

C.if a person dreams that a brother has died, he or she must hates the brother

D.if people want to better understand themselves, they will dream

69. What is Carl Jung’s opinion of dreams?

A. His dreams are different from those of Sigmund Freud.

B. Whenever we face problems, we can find solutions to them in our dreams.

C. Dreams help understand people’s thoughts.

D. Dreams at times show our relations with other people.

70. From the passage, we learn that ______________________.

A. The Interpretation of Dreams was written by Freud as well as Jung

B. Freud helped people solve problems by telling what their dreams meant

C. Freud and Jung always worked together

D. both of them told us clearly why we dream

The author seems to be ___________.

A. in favor of Freud           B. in favor of Jung    C. objective D. critical

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