One day,when I was working as a psychologist in England,an回,《回adolescent boy showed up in my office. It was David. He kept walk- JjHJJ&jf^, ing up and down restlessly,his face pale,and his hands shaking jgjv^jjgT slightly. His head teacher had referred him to me. "This boy has lost his family," he wrote. "He is understandably very sad and refuses to talk to oth?ers,and I'm very worried about him. Can you help?"

  I looked at David and showed him to a chair. How could I help him? There are problems psychology doesn't have the answer to,and which no words can de?scribe. Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathetically.

  The first two times we met,David didn't say a word. He sat there,only looking up to look at the children's drawings on the wall behind me. I suggested we play a game of chess. He nodded. After that he played chess with me every Wednesday after?noon—in complete silence and without looking at me. It's not easy to cheat in chess,but I admit I made sure David won once or twice.

  Usually,he arrived earlier than agreed,took the chess board and pieces from the shelf and began setting them up before I even got a chance to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my company. But why did he never look at me?

  "Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with," I thought. "Per?haps he senses that I respect his suffering."Some months later,when we were pla?ying chess,he looked up at me suddenly. 

  "It's your turn," he said.

  After that day,David started talking. He got friends in school and joined a bi?cycle club. He wrote to me a few times,about his biking with some friends,and about his plan to get into university. Now he had really started to live his own life.

Maybe I gave David something. But I also learned that one―without any words―can reach out to another person. All it takes is a hug,a shoulder to cry on,a friendly touch,and an ear that listens.

5. When he first met the author,David       .

   A. felt a little excited   B. walked energetically

   C. looked a little nervous   D. showed up with his teacher

6. As a psychologist,the author       .

   A. was ready to listen to David

   B. was skeptical about psychology

   C. was able to describe David's problem

   D. was sure of handling David's problem

7. David enjoyed being with the author because he       .

   A. wanted to ask the author for advice

   B. needed to share sorrow with the author

   C. liked the children's drawings in the office

   D. beat the author many times in the chess game

8. What can be inferred about David?

   A. He recovered after months of treatment.

   B. He liked biking before he lost his family.

   C. He went into university soon after starting to talk.

   D. He got friends in school before he met the author.

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