【正文】 ight imagine that Caspar was raised to be an adventurous thinker, but the de Bone was so famous, Caspar39。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 Caspar is at Oxfordwhich 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 brainstorming 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 aren39。t very logical. So isn39。t it an uphill battle, trying to teach them to think? You know, Edward de Bone says, if you examine people39。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 exploring the alternatives. 36. What is TRUE about Caspar? A. He first described lateral thinking. B. He is often scolded by his teacher. C. He is Edward39。s son. D. He is an adventurous thinker.37. Caspar succeeded in applying to Oxford because ________. A. he used in the exam the techniques provided by his father B. he read the book Teach Your Child How to think before the exam C. he was careful and often overworked D. all of his school teachers thought he had a chance38. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that Edward _________. A. was prompted to study lateral thinking because his son was slightly dyslexic B. once taught businessmen how to think before he wrote for parents and children C. was likely to improve children39。s logic with his book D. gave a description of lateral thinking several years after his son was born39. According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements expresses Edward de Bone39。s view? A. We often think ineffectively because we take too limited a view. B. Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence. C. Everybody knows that children aren39。t very logical. D. h is an uphill battle trying to teach children to think.40. Lateral thinking refers to the following EXCEPT _______. A. seeing the implications of what you are saying B. exploring the alternatives for what you are saying C. improving one39。s logic in thinkingD. improving one39。s perception in thinkingPassage Two For millions of years before die appearance of die electric light, shift work, allnight cable TV and die Internet, earth39。s creatures evolved on a planet with predictable and reassuring 24hour rhythms. Our biological clocks are set for this daily cycle. Simply, our bodies want to sleep at night and be awake during the day. Most women and men need between eight and eight and a half hours of sleep a night to function properly throughout their lives. (Contrary to popular belief, humans don’t need less sleep as they age.) But on average, Americans sleep only about seven and a half hour per night, a marked drop from the nine hours they averaged in 1910. What39。s worse, nearly one third of all Americans get less than six hours of sleep on a typical work night. For most people, that39。s not nearly enough. Finding ways to get more and better sleep can be a challenge. Scientists have identified more than 80 different sleep disorders. Some sleeping disorders are genetic. But many problems are caused by staying up late and by traveling frequently between time zone or by working nights. Dr. James F. Jones at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver says that sleep disorders are often diagnosed as other disforts. About one third of the patients referred to him with possible chronic fatigue syndrome actually have treatable sleep disorders. “Before we do anything else, we look at their sleep,” Jones says. Sleep experts say that most people would benefit from a good look at their sleep patterns. My motto (座右銘) is 39。Sleep defensively39。, says Mary Carskadon of Brown University. She says people need to carve out sufficient time to sleep, even if it means giving up other things. Sleep routines l/ire going to bed and getting up at the same time every day are important. Prebedtime activities also make a difference. As with Eisner, who used to suffer from sleeplessness, a few life style changes—avoiding stimulants and late meals, exercising hours before bedtime, relaxing with a hot bath—yield better sleep.41. What is TRUE of human sleep? A. On average, people in the U. S. today sleep less per night than they used to. B. For most people, less than six hoers of sleep on a typical work night is enough, C. Most people need less sleep when they grow older. D. Most people need seven and a half hems of sleep every night42. For our bodies to function properly, we should _______. A. adjust our activities to the new inventions B. be able to predict the rhythms of our biological clocks C. sleep for at least eight hours per night D. believe that we need less sleep as we age43. According to the author, many sleeping disorders are caused by _______. A. improper sleep patterns B. chronic fatigue syndrome C. other diseases D. prebedtime exercises 44. Which of the following measures can help you sleep better? A. Having late meals. B. Traveling between time zones C. Staying up late. D. Taking a hot bath.45. Sleep defensively means that ~ A. people should sacrifice other things to getting enough sleep if necessaryB. people should give up going to bed and getting up at the same time every day. C. people should go to a doctor and have their proble