【题目】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 childrens 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.

【1When 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

【2As 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

【3David 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

【4What 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.

【5What made David change?

A. His teacher's help.

B. The author's friendship.

C. His exchange of/span> letters with the author.

D. The author's silent communication with him.

【题目】根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

I still remember my college days after I was initially given my assignments of writing different papers. I enjoyed my first week with new friends and teachers as they were quite friendly and sociable. But I didnt realize that there was a dark era in my life, which was the horrifying day after I found that my term papers with empty pages. I had no way out. I was not alone. 1

I gathered some courage and started thinking to find methods to help me write my term papers. I went to my history teacher. 2 She told me that I should act like a professional student and not take my work lightly. She also provided some encouraging tips which really improved my confidence. I was instructed to go to the library and gather books that have relevant material or topics about the term papers. 3 I did as I was ordered.

Throughout the whole process of term papers there was something quite interesting and pleasing. She didnt assist me in doing any practical thing, but gave instructions one by one. With a large pile of reference books, we left the library and she told me to review those chapters. I got a lot of information and data. I had been feeling proud and happy as I got a good idea about the topics. She told me to create a 2000-word essay in my own words. 4 She did further editing and told me to make a bibliography(参考书目), which was not a hard task.

I felt quite lucky to see the term papers had a professional appearance. 5

A. The next step was to find related chapters in those books.

B. I also felt lucky to have such a good teacher as her.

C. I had been happy that it took only two days to finish my task.

D. The new students had different feelings about it.

E. All the new students were feeling exactly the same way.

F. She became my best friend from then on.

G. She was very kind and always prepared to help new students.

【题目】More and more pupils are giving teachers presents, but the practice only creates insecurity in parents and staff.

I’ve certainly noticed some pupils being feverishly overgenerous of late. Last year, I received not one bottle of wine but four for helping a disaffected pupil through his GCSEs. By and large, my colleagues report the gifts differing along gender lines. Gentlemen get ties, mugs, booze and, if they’re really lucky, tickets to football matches. The ladies are often presented with flowers, jewels, chocolates and so on.

When my son was at private school, I noticed there was a real competitiveness between the students about giving presents to teachers, with expensive baskets from fancy stores and huge bouquets being handed out on the last days of term. Since my wife and I only let my son give thank-you cards, it was clear we were not “classy”. Now he is at an inner-city primary, we’ve noticed that this kind of nonsense seems to have more or less disappeared.For one thing, there isn’t that kind of money floating around but there isn’t that kind of competitive culture either.

Personally, I think gifts to teachers should be banned beyond the thank-you card they cause many more problems than they solve, creating insecurity in both parents and staff. Perhaps the recession and the lack of money in people’s pockets might be a good excuse for the government to issue some guidelines to schools that gifts shouldn’t be accepted by teachers.

The gifts that I really value are the cards which say a genuine thank you. I still keep them in a file at home.

【1What can the author most probably be?

A.A teacher. B.A school nurse.

C.A researcher. D.A gift shop owner.

【2The underlined word “nonsense” in Paragraph 3 refers to the fact that ________.

A.the son only gives thank-you cards to teachers

B.the author and his wife are not classy

C.the son goes to an inner-city primary

D.the students give gifts to teachers

【3To solve the problem, the author thinks it’s a good way to ________.

A.forbid the students to give any gifts to teachers

B.create insecurity by giving thank-you cards

C.make people have less money in pockets

D.issue some guidelines by the government

【4Which of the following can be the best title?

A.Don’t Forget to Give Gifts to Your Teachers

B.Presents Won’t Make Pupils Teachers’ Pets

C.Learn the Competitive Culture of Gifts

D.Refuse Presents from Your Students

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