5.One day,when I was working as a psychologist in England,an adolescent boy showed up in my office.It was David.He kept walking up and down restlessly,his face pale,and his hands shaking 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 others,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 describe.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 afternoon-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."Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering."Some months later,when we were playing 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 bicycle 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.

36.When he first met the author,DavidC
A.felt a little excited                                                     
B.walked energetically
C.looked a little nervous                                          
D.showed up with his teacher
37.As a psychologist,the authorA
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
38.David enjoyed being with the author because heB
A.wanted to ask the author for advice                        
B.need to share sorrow with the author
C.liked the children's drawings in the office               
D.bear the author many times in the chess game
39.What can be inferred about David?A
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.
40.What made David change?D
A.His teacher's help.
B.The author's friendship.
C.His exchange of letters with the author.
D.The author's silent communication with him.
3.At thirteen,I was diagnosed(诊所) with  kind of attention disorder.It made school difficult for me.When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks,I could not.
In my first literature class,Mrs.Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it,all within 45 minutes.I raised my hand right away and said,"Mrs.Smith,you see,the doctor said I have attention problems.I might not be able to do it."
She glanced down at me through her glasses,"you are no different from your classmates,young man."
I tried,but I didn't finish the reading when the bell rang.I had to take it home.
In the quietness of my bedroom,the story suddenly all became clear to me.It was about a blind person,Louis Braille.He lived in a time when the blind couldn't get much education.But Louis didn't give up.Instead,h invented a reading system of raised dots(点),which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.
Wasn't I the"blind"in my class,being made to learn like the"sighted"students?My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance.I completed the task within 40 minutes.Indeed,I was no different from others; Ijust needed a quieter place.If Louis could find his way out of his problems,why should I ever give up?
I didn't expect anything when I handled in my paper to Mrs.Smith,so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day-with an"A"on it.At the bottom of the paper were these words:"See what you can do when you keep trying?"

36.The author didn't finish the reading in class becauseC
A.He was new to the class                         
B.He was tried of literature
C.He had an attention disorder                   
D.He wanted to take the task home
37.What do we know about Louis Braille from the passage?B
A.He had good sight                                 
B.He made a great invention.
C.He gave up reading                               
D.He learned a lot from school
38.What was Mrs.Smith‘s attitude to the author at the end of the story?D
A.Angry               
B.Impatient          
C.Sympathetic             
D.Encouraging
38.What is the main idea of the passage?C
A.The disabled should be treated with respect.
B.A teacher can open up a new world to students.
C.One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts.
D.Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges.
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