As we all know, most children don’t like eating vegetables, no matter how the vegetables are prepared. But if they were frozen, and made 36 ice cream, what would happen? Two mothers and restaurant owners have made the first vegetable ice cream.

　 But do you know how the two mothers 37 the idea? At first, they created the vegetables ice cream to help their daughters 38 from illness. Last year, the girls spent months in the London Children’s Hospital because of malnutrition(营养不良). The doctors 39 they both eat more fresh vegetables. 40 , the girls didn’t like eating vegetables. The two mothers tried all kinds of ways to 41 their daughters to eat vegetables, but in vain(徒劳). The girls’ 42 food is ice cream, not vegetables, so the mothers thought “ Why not put the vegetables into ice cream?”

　 Seeing their daughters 43 eat up all the vegetable ice cream, they made up their minds to get more children to change their bad eating 44 , and set up an ice cream restaurant to sell these 45 ice creams.

　 They also planned to publish a recipe book telling mothers 46 to cook vegetables in different ways. The two mothers, Deborah Kershaw and Rachel Peck, 47 famous in London for their vegetable ice cream.

36. A. into　　　　　 B. from　　 　　　 C. up　　　　　　 D. out

37. A. thought over　　 B. thought of　　　 C. looked for　　 D. looked into

38. A. recover　　　　 B. separate　　　　 C. benefit　　　　 D. remove

39. A. realised　　　　 B. hoped　　　　　 C. suggested　　 D. showed

40. A. However　　　 B. Otherwise　　　 C. Moreover　　　 D. Therefore

41. A. allow　　　　　 B. frighten　　　　 C. forbid　　　　 D. persuade

42. A. favorite　　　 B. healthy　　　　　 C. delicious　　　 D. worthy

43. A. seriously　　　 B. happily　　　　　 C. slowly　　　　 D. simply

44. A. habits　　　　 B. ideas　　　　　　 C. manners　　　 D. decisions

45. A. especial　　　　 B. special　　　　　 C. ordinary　　　 D. common

46. A. what　　　　　 B. when　　　　　　 C. how　　　　　 D. which

47. A. become　　　　 B. had become　　　 C. have become　 D. has become

    The famous Dr. Edward Jenner was busy trying to solve the problems of smallpox. After studying case after case，he still found no possible cure. He had reached an impasse in his thinking. At this point，he changed his tactics (策略). Instead of focusing (集中注意力)on people who had smallpox，he switched his attention to people who did not have smallpox. It turned out that dairymaids(挤奶女工)apparently never got the disease. From the discovery that harmless cowpox gave protection against deadly smallpox came vaccination(种痘)and the end of smallpox as a scourge(灾祸)in the Western world.

    We often reach an impasse in our thinking. We are looking at a problem and trying to solve it and it seems there is a dead-end, and “aporia” (the technical term in logical meaning “no opening”). It is on these occasions that we become tense. we feel pressured, overwhelmed(压倒；不知所措)，in a state of stress(紧张). We struggle vainly(徒劳的), fighting to solve the problem.

    Dr. Jenner, however, did something about this situation. He stopped fighting the problem and simply changed his point of view-from patients to dairymaids, picture the process going something like this：Suppose the brain is a computer. This computer has absorbed into its memory bank all your history, your experiences，your training, your information received，through life, and it is programmed according to all this data. To change your point of view，yon must reprogram your computer，thus freeing yourself to take in new ideas and develop new ways of looking at things. Dr. Jenner，in effect，by reprogramming his computer，erased (清除；忘掉) the old way of looking at his smallpox problem and was free to receive new alternatives (选择的办法).

  1. What does “impasse” (in the second sentence) probably mean?

    A. Dead-end.　　　　　　  　　  B. Depression (压力).

    C. Solution.　　　　　　 　　　　  D. Peak.

  2. How did Dr. Edward Jenner solve the problem of smallpox?

    A. He kept on focusing on people who had smallpox.

    B. He changed his way of thinking by turning to people without smallpox.

    C. Dairymaids advised that he use cowpox to experiment.

    D. He happened to discover cowpox and he experimented with it on dairymaids.

3. What does “reprogramming his computer” mean in the last sentence of the passage?

    A. Change the program of his personal computer.

    B. Fox his personal computer.

    C. look at his problem in a new way.

    D. Wash his brain of old ideas.

  4. We can conclude from the passage that fighting a problem is　　   .

    A. always sensible (明智的；合情理的)　　  B. something useless

    C. annoying　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. rewarding

  5. This passage mainly tells us　　　　 .

    A. the definition of an impasses in thinking

    B. the discovery of vaccination

    C. how to fight a problem

    D. how to change our point of view

 

    The famous Dr. Edward Jenner was busy trying to solve the problems of smallpox. After studying case after case，he still found no possible cure. He had reached an impasse in his thinking. At this point，he changed his tactics (策略). Instead of focusing (集中注意力)on people who had smallpox，he switched his attention to people who did not have smallpox. It turned out that dairymaids(挤奶女工)apparently never got the disease. From the discovery that harmless cowpox gave protection against deadly smallpox came vaccination(种痘)and the end of smallpox as a scourge(灾祸)in the Western world.

    We often reach an impasse in our thinking. We are looking at a problem and trying to solve it and it seems there is a dead-end, and “aporia” (the technical term in logical meaning “no opening”). It is on these occasions that we become tense. we feel pressured, overwhelmed(压倒；不知所措)，in a state of stress(紧张). We struggle vainly(徒劳的), fighting to solve the problem.

    Dr. Jenner, however, did something about this situation. He stopped fighting the problem and simply changed his point of view-from patients to dairymaids, picture the process going something like this：Suppose the brain is a computer. This computer has absorbed into its memory bank all your history, your experiences，your training, your information received，through life, and it is programmed according to all this data. To change your point of view，yon must reprogram your computer，thus freeing yourself to take in new ideas and develop new ways of looking at things. Dr. Jenner，in effect，by reprogramming his computer，erased (清除；忘掉) the old way of looking at his smallpox problem and was free to receive new alternatives (选择的办法).

  1. What does “impasse” (in the second sentence) probably mean?

    A. Dead-end.　　　　　　  　　  B. Depression (压力).

    C. Solution.　　　　　　 　　　　  D. Peak.

  2. How did Dr. Edward Jenner solve the problem of smallpox?

    A. He kept on focusing on people who had smallpox.

    B. He changed his way of thinking by turning to people without smallpox.

    C. Dairymaids advised that he use cowpox to experiment.

    D. He happened to discover cowpox and he experimented with it on dairymaids.

3. What does “reprogramming his computer” mean in the last sentence of the passage?

    A. Change the program of his personal computer.

    B. Fox his personal computer.

    C. look at his problem in a new way.

    D. Wash his brain of old ideas.

  4. We can conclude from the passage that fighting a problem is　　   .

    A. always sensible (明智的；合情理的)　　  B. something useless

    C. annoying　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. rewarding

  5. This passage mainly tells us　　　　 .

    A. the definition of an impasses in thinking

    B. the discovery of vaccination

    C. how to fight a problem

    D. how to change our point of view

 

Any housewife who went to the new supermarket wished to be the lucky customer who did not have to pay for her shopping. This was what the 　21　just inside the entrance 　22　.It said: “Remember,　23　,one of our customers gets 　24　goods. THIS MAY BE YOUR LUCKY DAY!” For quite a long time Mrs. Edwards　25, like many of her  26, to be the lucky customer. Unlike her friends, she never　27　hoping. The 　28　in the kitchen was full of things which she did not need. Her husband tried to advise her 　29　buying so many things but failed. She 　30　dreamed of the DAY when the manager of the supermarket would come up to her and say, “Madam, THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY. Everything in your 　31　doesn’t need to be paid!” One Friday afternoon Mrs. Edwards shopped  32　.But she was not the lucky customer. No sooner had she just put the things inside her 　33　than she found that she had forgotten to 　34　tea. She dashed back to the 　35　, got some tea and went towards the　36　.As she did so, she saw the 　37　came.　38　his hand he said, “I want to 　39　you. You are our LUCKY CUSTOMER this week! Everything you have in your basket　40　 !”

1.A .notice     B. report           C. board            D. newspaper

2. A. did       B. promised     C. made         D. agreed

3.A. every day  B. every month  C. twice a week D. once a week

4.A. excellent B. free             C. extra            D. unexpected

5. A. waited        B. came             C. hoped        D. went

6.A. friends        B. neighbors        C. relatives        D. customers

7. A. got rid of    B. got along with   C. gave up      D. gave out

8.A. counter    B. cushion      C. food             D . cupboard

9. A. against       B. for          C. with             D. about

10.A. often         B. always       C. usually      D. seldom

11.A. bill      B. hand         C. car          D. basket

12.A. anxiously     B. seriously        C. crazily      D. wonderfully

13.A. pockets   B. car          C. basket       D. house

14. A. buy      B. find             C. take             D. have

15.A. shop      B. counter      C. department   D. supermarket

16.A. door      B. entrance         C. cash-desk        D. shelves

17.A. secretary B. policeman        C. manager     D. salesman

18. A. Putting out B. Holding out C. Shaking      D. Waving

19.A. congratulate B .tell          C. inform          D. thank

20.A. is yours      B. means nothing    C. belongs to you  D. costs nothing