The earthquake affected the students of the destroyed areas in many ways: losing parents, being scared（害怕） and feeling lonely. How can we help them? Teens reporter talked with Lin Dan. the program director of the Sunshine in Your Heart Project at the Red Cross Society of China.

How will the earthquake affect the teenagers mentally?

They’ll have feelings of fear, anger and feel they are not safe. They will find it hard to focus. They will tend to cry and shout and tremble. And they might be afraid to be alone.

What will happen if they are not helped?

The teenagers will find it hard to live in a balanced way. If things get worse they might not be able to focus on their studies. They might give up on life.

How can we help them overcome these problems?

The first thing is to build up trust with them. Show your sympathy and sadness, and be their friend. Then you have to give them a sense of safety. Tell them that there’s a solution to every problem. Thirdly, try to satisfy their psychological needs. Be a good listener if he or she needs to talk.

Some of us were not directly affected by the quake but have seen images on TV and feel scared. What should we do?

Talk with an adult and/or share your feelings with someone who might feel similar. If this doesn’t help then you should see a doctor for professional help.

1. What’s the best title of the passage?

A. The scare caused by the earthquake

B. Dealing with the pain left behind after the earthquake

C. How to get a sense of safety

D. The psychological needs

2. The earthquake will affect the teenagers mentally. Which of the following statements is not included?

　 A. They’ll tend to cry and shout and tremble.

　 B. They may be afraid to be alone.

　 C. They’ll feel unsafe.

　 D. They’ll feel sympathetic.

3. The underlined word “psychological” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to “____________ ”.

　 A. mental　　 B. physical　　 C. material____________D. professional

4. From the passage, we can infer that____________ .

　 A. the scare caused by the earthquake can be relieved（解除） quickly

　 B. seeing a doctor is the most important measure to deal with the problem

　 C. the images on TV can also affect people and even cause problems

　 D. to help them overcome these problems, we should always talk with them

5. To help them overcome the problems, we should not____________ .

　 A. build up trust with them____________　 B. give them a sense of safety

　 C. solve every problem they have　　 D. be a good listener if they need to talk

English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the world’s books and three quarters of international mail are in English. Of all languages, English has the largest vocabulary — perhaps as many as two million words.

　 However, let’s face it: English is a crazy language. There is no egg in an eggplant, neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger. Sweet-meats are candy, while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.

　 We take English for granted. But when we explore its paradoxes (探讨它的矛盾), we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, public bathrooms have no baths in them.

　 And why is it that a writer writes, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce, and hammers don’t ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, shouldn’t the plural of booth be beeth? One goose, two geese — so one moose, two meese?

　 How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next?

　 English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects (反映) the creativity of human beings. That’s why, when stars are out, they are visible (能看见的); but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it; but when I wind up this essay, I end it.

56. Which of the following is the correct plural (复数形式) form?

A. Beeth.　 　 B. Meese.　 　　　 C. Geese. 　 　D. Tooth.

57. Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning?

A. Quite a lot and quite a few.　　　　　　　 B. Overlook and oversee.　

C. A wise man and a wise guy.　　　 　　　　　　 D. Hot as hell and cold as hell.

58. Through the many paradoxes in the English language, the writer wants to show that human beings are ______.

A. lazy　　　　　　 B. crazy 　　　　　　 C. clever 　 　D. stupid