I can’t b_________ the pain any more.

I had a very special teacher many years ago whose husband died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his  41 , she shared her insights(顿悟) with the students. When the class was nearly over, she 42   and said, “I would like to  43  with all of you a thought that has  44  to do with class, but which I feel is very _45 .

“Each of us is put here on the _46  to learn, share, love and appreciate ourselves. None of us knows when this _47  will end. At any moment it can be _48 . Perhaps this is life’s way of telling us that we must make good _49 of every day.” Her eyes beginning to _50 ,she went on saying, “So I would like you all to  51  me. From now on, on your way home, find something _52 to notice. It doesn’t have to be something you see——it could be scent(香味) of fresh bread, or it could be the  53  of the wind slightly rustling(发出沙沙声) the leaves.”

“Please look for these things, and  54  them. The little things are put here on the earth for us to enjoy. They are _55 observing, for at any time they can all be taken away.”

The class was totally quiet. We all picked up our books and went out of the room_56 . That afternoon, on my way home I noticed_57  things than before. Every time I think of that teacher and remember what a(n) 58 she made on all of us, I try to  59  all of those things that sometimes we all ignore. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, 60 the things we didn’t do.

Years ago,when I was working at a children’s institution,a boy　1　up in the waiting room.It was David.He had　2　his parents.He was very sad　3　to talk to others.
The first two times we met,David didn’t say a word.He sat in the chair and only　4　up at the children’s drawings on the wall.As he was about to leave 5　the second visit,I put my hand on his　6　.He didn’t shrink (退缩) back,but he didn’t look at me either.
“Come back next week,” I hesitated a bit.
He came,and I suggested we play a game of chess.He  7 .After that we played  8 every time,in complete  9 and without making any eye contact.It’s not  10 to cheat in chess,but I admit that I made sure David won  11 .
It seemed as if he enjoyed my  12 .But why did he never look at me？Perhaps he sensed that I respected his suffering.I kept wondering and  13with him,until some months later,  14 ,
he looked up at me.“It’s your turn,” he said.
After that day,David started  15 .He got friends in school.He wrote me a few  16 about how he would try to get into university.After some time,the letters  17 .Now he had really started to live his own life.
I learned how  18cures pain.And David showed me how one—without any  19 —can reach out to another person.All it takes is a shoulder to cry on,a  20 touch and an ear that listens.

Who cares if money can’t buy you love? But it can still be your best friend forever．That’s one of the surprising findings in a new research paper, “The Power of Money”，published in me journal Psychological Science．
Like any best friend forever，money demonstrated to researchers its ability to soothe us，reduce our sense of social exclusion and even reduce life’s painful moments．
“I was surprised” says Katherine Vohs，one of the researchers and professor at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management．“The findings were surprising because no one had connected the meaning of money to pain．The money wasn’t buying the subjects more friends；it was only psychologically helpful.”
In the research ,students were told they would be participating in a test of finger dexterity(敏捷度)．One group was given some paper money to count，while the other group was given blank pieces of paper．Once the counting was complete, all the test subjects were asked to dip their fingers into bowls of water heated to 122 degrees—roughly the temperature of a very hot bath．
Result? Those who had been counting money reported less pain than those who had not．Subjects also were asked about their feelings．Those who handled actual money reported feeling stronger even 10 minutes after they put down the cash．
Combined with previous experiments，the findings confirmed what researchers have long doubted，that money acts as a general panacea(万能药)in the brain，giving us social self-confidence and reducing physical pain without having to spend a dime on aspirin．
But can we get the same effect by using credit cards? “No，credit cards do not have the same effect，” Vohs says．“They are scary for most people，and they in fact represent debt m many ways．”The findings could have an interesting effect in the business world, where recent trends have been to issue non-monetary rewards and bonuses instead of what was thought of as “cold, hard cash”．
【小题1】The underlined word “soothe” in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to“____________” .

A．They were divided into two groups according to their ages．

B．One group was given paper money while the other was given coins．

C．They were holding the money while dipping fingers into hot water．

D．Both groups were asked to dip fingers into hot water．

Who cares if money can’t buy you love? But it can still be your best friend forever．That’s one of the surprising findings in a new research paper, “The Power of Money”，published in me journal Psychological Science．

  Like any best friend forever，money demonstrated to researchers its ability to soothe us，reduce our sense of social exclusion and even reduce life’s painful moments．

  “I was surprised” says Katherine Vohs，one of the researchers and professor at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management．“The findings were surprising because no one had connected the meaning of money to pain．The money wasn’t buying the subjects more friends；it was only psychologically helpful.”

   In the research ,students were told they would be participating in a test of finger dexterity(敏捷度)．One group was given some paper money to count，while the other group was given blank pieces of paper．Once the counting was complete, all the test subjects were asked to dip their fingers into bowls of water heated to 122 degrees—roughly the temperature of a very hot bath．

  Result? Those who had been counting money reported less pain than those who had not．Subjects also were asked about their feelings．Those who handled actual money reported feeling stronger even 10 minutes after they put down the cash．

  Combined with previous experiments，the findings confirmed what researchers have long doubted，that money acts as a general panacea(万能药)in the brain，giving us social self-confidence and reducing physical pain without having to spend a dime on aspirin．

  But can we get the same effect by using credit cards? “No，credit cards do not have the same effect，” Vohs says．“They are scary for most people，and they in fact represent debt m many ways．”The findings could have an interesting effect in the business world, where recent trends have been to issue non-monetary rewards and bonuses instead of what was thought of as “cold, hard cash”．

1.The underlined word “soothe” in Paragraph 2 is the closest in meaning to“____________” .

    A．encourage   B．remind     C．calm  D．trust

2.What’s Katherine Vohs’s attitude towards the result of the study?

    A．He found it totally unexpected．

    B．He had no doubt about it．

    C．He thought it needed further experiments．

    D．He thought it was not convincing．

3.What do we know about the students involved in the study?

    A．They were divided into two groups according to their ages．

    B．One group was given paper money while the other was given coins．

    C．They were holding the money while dipping fingers into hot water．

    D．Both groups were asked to dip fingers into hot water．

4.We can 1earn from the passage that_________．

    A．the effect of money can only last until we put it down

  B．money is both psychologically and socially helpful to us

    C．the result of the research hasn’t been confirmed（证实） by experts

    D．credit cards have the same effect on us as money

5.The last paragraph suggests that___________．

    A．the recent trend in the business world is to give cash as rewards

    B．employers should give non-monetary rewards to employees

    C．cash is a better way to reward employees than credit cards

    D．more and more employees prefer non-monetary rewards to cash