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Stephen Glenn is a famous American research scientist who has made several very important medical breakthroughs. Many people were dying to know the secrets to his fantastic achievements.  To unveil the mystery, a newspaper reporter interviewed him asking why he was able to be so much more creative than the average person. What set him so far apart from others? 

Having assumed to hear wordings like innate curiosity for science or hard work, the reporter was surprised to have him respond that, in his opinion, it all came from an experience with his mother that occurred when he was about four years old. He had been trying to remove a bottle of milk from the refrigerator when he lost his grip on the slippery bottle and it fell, 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 chastising him, she said, "Steve, what a great and wonderful mess you have made! I have rarely seen such a huge pond 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, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, "You know, Steve, whenever you make a mess like this, eventually you have to clean it up and restore everything to its proper order. So, how would you like to do that? We could use a sponge, 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 discover 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 carry it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson!

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

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

66. According to the passage, a newspaper interviewed Stephen Glenn in order to ______.

   A. persuade him to treat some dying patients            

   B. find out his differences with ordinary people

   C. hear about his opinions about medical science

   D. know about why he was so successful

67. According to the passage, the underlined word ‘chastise’ is closest in meaning to ______.

   A. pursuing        B. punishing       C. praising        D. educating

68. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

   A. Steve spilled the milk bottle to make a milk sea on purpose.

   B. Steve’s mother allowed him to play some time with the spilled milk.

   C. Steve’s mother let him choose the tool himself to clean up the milk

   D. Steve’s mother led him to try out ways to tightly hold the milk bottle.

69. What ordinary mothers can learn from Steve’s mother is that ______.

   A. never put milk bottle where little kids can get hold of

   B. appreciation of kids’ behaviours is important to their growth

   C. mothers should teach kids to learn from their own mistakes

   D. kids should learn to become scientists from childhood.

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