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Many years ago, a merchant in London had the misfortune to owe a huge sum to a money-lende

r who, old and ugly, fancied the merchant's beautiful daughter. He said he would cancel the merchant's debt if he could have the girl instead.

Both the merchant and his daughter were horrified. So the cunning money-lender proposed they let chance decide the matter. He told them he would put a black pebble and a white pebble into an empty money-bag and then the girl would have to pick out of the pebbles. If she chose the black pebble, she would become his wife and her father's debt would be cancelled. If she chose the white one, she would stay with her father and the debt would be cancelled. But if she refuses to pick out a pebble, her father would be thrown into jail.

Reluctantly the merchant agreed. They were standing on a pebble-strewn path as they talked and the money-lender stooped to pick up the two pebbles. The girl, sharp-eyed with fright, noticed that he picked up two black pebbles and put them into the money-bag.

What would you do if you were the unfortunate girl？ If you had to advise her what would you advise her to do？

What type of thinking would you use to solve the problem？ You may believe that careful logical analysis must solve the problem if there is a solution. This type of thinking is straight-forward vertical thinking. The other type of thinking is lateral thinking.

Vertical thinkers are not usually of much help to a girl in this situation. The way they analyze it, there are three possibilities:

1. The gift should refuse to take a pebble.

2. The girl should show that there are two black pebbles in the bag and expose the money-lender as a cheat.

3. The girl should take a black pebble and sacrifice herself to save her father from prison.

None of these suggestions is very helpful, for if the girl doesn't take a pebble her father goes to prison, and if she does take a pebble, she has to marry the money-lender.

The girl in the story put her hand into the bag and took out a pebble. Without looking she fumbled and let it fall to the path and immediately, it lost among the others. The girl apologized for her clumsiness and suggested that the money-lender look at the remaining pebble in the bag and then they could tell the color of the pebble she has chosen. And the money lender dare not admit his dishonesty. The girl had changed an impossible situation into an extremely advantageous one.

This story shows the difference between vertical thinking and lateral thinking. Vertical thinkers take very reasonable view of a situation and proceed logically and carefully worked it out. Lateral thinkers tend to explore all the different ways of looking at something, rather than accepting the most promising and proceeding from that.

The author begins this article with ______.

A．an amusing anecdote

B．a well-known fable

C．an illustrative story

D．an enlightening folk-tale

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第2题

The banks of many years ago showed interest only in ________.A) regular visitorsB)

The banks of many years ago showed interest only in ________.

A) regular visitors

B) rich customers

C) friendly businessmen

D) elderly gentlemen

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第3题

Years ago, many of the machines were operated ______ but now they are operated by computer
s.

A．manually

B．artificially

C．automatically

D．synthetically

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第4题

听力原文：W: Tell me, Peter, what makes Harold's so famous？M: Well, it's the biggest depart

听力原文：W: Tell me, Peter, what makes Harold's so famous？

M: Well, it's the biggest department store in the UK, and its food hall and Egyptian hall are very famous. People come to Harold's just to see them.

W: What is special about the food hall？

M: It sells many different kinds of food. For example, it has 250 kinds of cheese from all over the world, and more than 180 kinds of bread. Customers also love all the different kinds of chocolate. They buy 100 tons every year.

W: That's amazing, and why is the Egyptian hall so famous？

M: Well, when people see it they feel they're in another world. It looks like an Egyptian building from 4,000 years ago, and it sells beautiful objects. They are not 4,000 years old, of course.

W: Is it true that Harold's produces its own electricity？

M: Yes, it does. 70% ,enough for a small town. To light the outside of the building we use 11,500 light bulbs.

W: Really, tell me, how many customers do you have on an average day？ And how much do they spend？

M: About 30,000 people come on an average day. But during the sales, the number increases to 300,000 customers a day. How much do they spend？ Well, on average, customers spend about 1.5 million pounds a day. The record for one day is 9 million pounds.

W: 9 million pounds in one day？

M: Yes, on the first day of the January sales.

W: Harold's says it sells everything to everybody everywhere, is that really true？

M: Oh, yes, of course. Absolutely everything.

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A．Enormous size of its stores.

B．Numerous varieties of food.

C．Its appealing surroundings.

D．Its rich and colorful history.

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第5题

听力原文：25 years ago, Ray Anderson, a single parent with a one-year-old son witnessed a t

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While others looked on in horror, Andersen jumped out of his vehicle and crawled into the car through the shadowed rear window to try to free the infant. Seconds later, the car was enclosed in flames. But to everyone's amazement, Andersen was able to pull the baby to safety. While the baby was all right, Andersen was seriously injured. Two days later he died. But his heroic act was published widely in the media.

His son was soon adopted by relatives. The most remarkable part of the story unfolded only last week. Karen and her boyfriend Michael were looking through some old boxes when they came across some old newspaper clippings. "This is me when I was a new born baby. I was rescued from a burning car. But my mother died in the accident," explained Karen.

Although Michael knew Karen's mother had died years earlier, he never fully understood the circumstances until he skimmed over the newspaper article. To Karen's surprise, Michael was absorbed in the details of the accident. And he began to cry uncontrollably. Then he revealed that the man that pulled Karen from the flames was the father he never knew. The two embraced and shed many tears, recounting stories told to them about their parents.

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A．Michael's parents got divorced.

B．Karen was adopted by Ray Anderson.

C．Karen's mother died in a car accident.

D．A truck driver lost his life in a collision.

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第6题

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(29)

A．Michael's parents got divorced.

B．Karen was adopted by Ray Anderson.

C．Karen's mother died in a car accident.

D．A truck driver lost his life in a collision.

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第7题

The author believes that the unfriendly atmosphere in banks many years ago was chie
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A) the outer appearance of bank buildings

B) unfriendliness of customers toward banks

C) economic pressure of the time

D) the attitude of hankers

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第8题

听力原文：Many years ago, there lived a poor man who had only one son. One day, there was n

听力原文： Many years ago, there lived a poor man who had only one son. One day, there was no more money or food left in I the house, so the man said," My son, you must go to find some work and earn some money."

The young man left home. He walked many miles until he met a rich farmer who had thousands of sheep. This farmer needed a shepherd to look after his sheep so he gave the young man the job.

There were seven mountains around the farm, and there were sheep in every field on every mountain. One day, black clouds gathered. A storm began. The wind tore off branches and blew down mighty trees. The rain poured down. Paths and bridges were washed away.

The young man rushed around and gathered the sheep from the seven hillsides to lead them to shelter in the farm. He had almost reached the farm with his enormous flock when he saw that the bridge over the last stream had been washed away. There was only a wooden plank left.

It was only safe for the sheep to walk across the plank one at a time. They did not like the look of the narrow, creaky piece of wood, but the shepherd pushed a big black sheep across and the rest started to follow, one at a time, one at a time.

What happened next？ I'll tell you when all the sheep are safely across the plank. At the moment they axe still going over, one at a time, one at a time, one at a time.

Have all the sheep crossed over the bridge yet？ Oh dear me, no. The young man saved thousands of sheep from the mountains and fields. They all have to get across that shaky plank, and they are still crossing, one at a time, one at a time. When will the last sheep have crossed？ You may well ask. The answer is, they will all have crossed when every sheep is on the other side! But just now, they are still walking over, one at a time, one at a time.

And what about the young man？ Well, he is still waiting, and watching those sheep crossing the plank, one at a time.

One at a time, one at a time.

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A．He wanted to be a shepherd.

B．His father had-no more money for food.

C．His mother wanted him to find a wife.

D．He wanted to earn much more money.

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第9题

What does "...but has made a vast number of over-35-year-olds redundant" （Line 2, Para. 5)

What does "...but has made a vast number of over-35-year-olds redundant" (Line 2, Para. 5) refer to according to the passage？

A．Globalization has caused many women who are older than 35 years old to lose their jobs.

B．Over-35-year-old working women are stuck in industries that are no longer thriving.

C．There is a great need of over-35-year-old women due to the process of globalization.

D．There was a baby boom 35 years ago and there are many over-35-year-old women working.

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第10题

听力原文：If someone had told me 20 years ago that I'd be the guest of honor at Shanghai Mo
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A．It was predicted that I would be the Guest of Honour at the Show.

B．I had to wait for 20 years before I was invited to the Show.

C．I didn't expect that I would be the Guest of Honour at the Show.

D．I suspected that I would be given a leading role in the movie.

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第11题

What does "... but has made a vast number of over-35-year-olds redundant" （Line 2, Para. 5

What does "... but has made a vast number of over-35-year-olds redundant" (Line 2, Para. 5) refer to according to the passage？

A．Globalization has caused many women who are older than 35 years old to lose their jobs.

B．Over-35-year-old working women are stuck in industries that are no longer thriving.

C．There is a great need of over-35-year-old women due to the process of globalization.

D．There was a baby boom 35 years ago and there are many over-35-year-old women working.

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