Without any hesitation, he said, “I’d be better off dead.” Hearing those words come out of my best friend’s mouth tore my heart apart. He has repeated that phrase more than once, and my mind continually plays it over like a voice recording.
I met him about three years ago. After knowing me for six months, he told me about his struggles with depression. Sadness was not the only emotion that came over me; I was shocked. He seemed so outgoing and happy all the time. I soon learned that he was physically and emotionally abused as a young child, causing him to have suicidal thoughts.
He refuses to talk to others about his depression because he now distrusts adults, especially those in his family. Nevertheless, he feels as if I understand him and that I know the right words to speak. Therefore, when it comes to helping him, convenience is not in my vocabulary. It does not matter where I am or what I am doing, for he always comes first.
Many students at his school laugh at him when they notice scars on his arms from cutting. As he sees it, other kids have every right to make fun of him. But no one holds such a right, so I encourage him to ignore the heartless kids who treat him badly. When he feels the weight of judging eyes or hateful voices, I always remind him that I care about him unconditionally. Just hearing me say I will always be his best friend seems to give him the security he needs to keep on going.
My best friend once told me that if he had not had me, he would not be alive. He said that my encouraging words convinced him not to take his life. Our friendship has taught me that a single kind word can influence someone’s life. With the fragility of life as it is, I believe in the necessity of encouragement.
【小题1】According to the first paragraph, what the author’s friend said made the author feel ______.

A.puzzledB.heartbroken.C.frightenedD.hopeless
【小题2】By saying “convenience is not in my vocabulary”, the author means ______.
A.he is always ready to help his friend.
B.he hardly spares time to help his friend.
C.he has no good excuse for refusing his friend.
D.he is not good at communicating with his friend.
【小题3】From the passage we learn that the author’s friend ________.
A.had a happy childhood but everything changed later
B.wanted to share his story but no one listened.
C.took it for granted that he was made fun of
D.was always of sad appearance
【小题4】What does the author learn from his experiences?
A.How to make a big difference to others.
B.The importance of encouragement.
C.How to get rid of depression
D.The necessity of security

Without any hesitation, he said, “I’d be better off dead.” Hearing those words come out of my best friend’s mouth tore my heart apart. He has repeated that phrase more than once, and my mind continually plays it over like a voice recording.
I met him about three years ago. After knowing me for six months, he told me about his struggles with depression. Sadness was not the only emotion that came over me; I was shocked. He seemed so outgoing and happy all the time. I soon learned that he was physically and emotionally abused as a young child, causing him to have suicidal thoughts.
He refuses to talk to others about his depression because he now distrusts adults, especially those in his family. Nevertheless, he feels as if I understand him and that I know the right words to speak. Therefore, when it comes to helping him, convenience is not in my vocabulary. It does not matter where I am or what I am doing, for he always comes first.
Many students at his school laugh at him when they notice scars on his arms from cutting. As he sees it, other kids have every right to make fun of him. But no one holds such a right, so I encourage him to ignore the heartless kids who treat him badly. When he feels the weight of judging eyes or hateful voices, I always remind him that I care about him unconditionally. Just hearing me say I will always be his best friend seems to give him the security he needs to keep on going.
My best friend once told me that if he had not had me, he would not be alive. He said that my encouraging words convinced him not to take his life. Our friendship has taught me that a single kind word can influence someone’s life. With the fragility of life as it is, I believe in the necessity of encouragement.
【小题1】According to the first paragraph, what the author’s friend said made the author feel ______.

A.puzzledB.heart broken.C.frightenedD.hopeless
【小题2】By saying “convenience is not in my vocabulary”, the author means ______.
A.he is always ready to help his friend.
B.he hardly spares time to help his friend.
C.he has no good excuse for refusing his friend.
D.he is not good at communicating with his friend.
【小题3】From the passage we learn that the author’s friend ________.
A.had a happy childhood but everything changed later
B.wanted to share his story but no one listened.
C.took it for granted that he was made fun of
D.was always of sad appearance
【小题4】What does the author learn from his experiences?
A.How to make a big difference to others.
B.The importance of encouragement.
C.How to get rid of depression
D.The necessity of security

Now, there is a growing movement to pay the students in American schools---in some cases, even just for coming to class.

Students at one school in New Mexico can earn up to three hundred dollars a year for good attendance. In Baltimore, Maryland, high scores in state graduation tests can be worth more than one hundred dollars. And a New Jersey school system plans to pay students fifty dollars a week to attend after---school tutoring programs.

Schools that pay students can be found in more than one---fourth of the fifty states. Other schools pay students with food or other rewards.

Robert Schaefer is a public education director. He says paying students may improve performance in the short term, but students develop false expectations for the future. He sees a lack of long term planning in these programs because of the pressure on schools to raise test scores.

Public schools need to show improvement under the education reform law. Low---performing schools may lose their federal money; teachers and administrators(行政人员) may lose their jobs. Often these schools are in poor neighborhoods where getting students to go to school can be a continual problem.

Critics(评论家) say paying students sends a message that money is the only valuable reward. But some students say it makes school more exciting. And some teachers have reported getting more requests for extra help.

In two thousand four, the city schools in Coshocton, Ohio, launched a program. They wanted to see if paying elementary school students as much as one hundred dollars would help in passing the state exams.

Now, Eric Bettinger of Case Western Reserve University (EUCWRU) has reported mixed results. Math scores increased, but only white students were able to get paid. And there was no evidence of higher scores in reading, social studies and science. Official will decide later this year whether to continue the program.

1.Paying students who show improvement in tests __________.

A.has been done in most American schools

B.is becoming a growing practice in the USA

C.is not very popular with teachers

D.only aims at high scores at school

2.According to the text, Robert Schaefer _____________.

A.is a very excellent teacher

B.thinks highly of paying students

C.thinks students will show improvement in study in the future

D.thinks people should make a careful plan for the paying program

3.From the last paragraph we can see __________.

A.EBCWRU has got great success in its paying program

B.not all the students in EUCWRU have made progress in all subjects

C.only students who study math can get paid

D.EBCWRU will go on with the paying program

4.The text is mainly written to _____________.

A.persuade teachers to give students more prizes

B.tell people how to become an excellent student

C.introduce something about American paying students program

D.explain the advantages of American paying students program

 

Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street comer and tell you what they see. Chances are you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each perceives(察觉) something different about it. 

Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a motorist a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush-hour traffic jam at the intersection. The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children in tow. For perception(感知) is the minds’ interpretation of what the senses — in this case our eyes — tell us.

Many psychologists(心理学家)today are working to try to determine just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific approach, these psychologists set up experiments in which they can control all of the factors. By measuring and charting the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.

1.Perceiving is an action that takes place ______.

A.in our eyes

B.only when we think very hard about something

C.only under the direction of a psychologist

D.in every person’s mind

2.People perceive different things about the same scene because ______.

A.they see different things

B.they can not agree about things

C.some have better eyesight

D.none of these

3. Psychologists study perception by ______.

A.setting up many experiments

B.asking each other what they see

C.looking out of windows

D.studying people’s eyes

4.The best title for this article is ______.

A.How We See

B.Learning About Our Minds Through Science

C.What Psychologists Perceive

D.How To Become An Experimental Psychologist

 

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