Question

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一without any words一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.

1.When 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

2.As 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

3.What 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.

4.What made David change?

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.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：本文作者用親身經(jīng)歷說明，一個(gè)人無需用語言也能觸及到另一個(gè)人的心靈，所需要的只不過是一個(gè)擁抱，一個(gè)哭泣時(shí)可以依靠的肩膀，一次友好的碰觸，和一直愿意傾聽的耳朵。

1.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。可以運(yùn)用常識(shí)解題。根據(jù)第一段的his hands shaking slightly“手在發(fā)抖”可以知道答案。此題易錯(cuò)選B，因?yàn)槲闹杏幸痪湓捠沁@樣說的 kept walking up and down restlessly.如果選它，不符合文章中提及David有心理問題的情況。類似的也可以排除A和D。故C正確。

2.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句“第二段中"Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathetically.”不難得出答案。屬于原詞重現(xiàn)。故A正確。

3.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)后文的表達(dá) David 開始和作者交談，交上朋友，加入自行車俱樂部，這些都說明他已經(jīng)痊愈了。其中BCD的先后順序與文章得表達(dá)不符。故A正確。

4.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段的內(nèi)容all it takes is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, and an ear that listens.可以知道答案。此外，文章多次出現(xiàn)“didn’t say a word; nodded; silence”這些詞語。故D正確。

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