Gifts for the hard to please
1.According to the passage, the Talking Travel Companion can be used to ____．
A．mix colors B．charge batteries
C．tell the time D．cool the body
2.Where is the passage probably taken from?
A．A travel guide． B．A product catalogue．
C．A research paper． D．A sports magazine．
3.All the listed products ____．
A．are button operated B．produce light
C．run on batteries D．offer one year free repairs
Once Dr．Mellinkoff invited me to join him at the hospital to discuss interesting cases with his students．The case at hand was a Guatemalan man, aged 34, who had a fever and many other medical ^problems．His condition was not improving, and there was not much hope he would live．
Dr．: Mellinkoff asked to see the patient．He introduced himself in Spanish and, in a very gentle voice, asked how he felt．The patient smiled and said everything was all right．Then the doctor asked if he was able to eat．The patient said that he had no desire to eat．
"Are you getting food you like?"
The patient said nothing．
"Do you get the kind of food you have at home?"
The answer was no．
The doctor put his hand on the man's shoulder and his voice was very soft．
"If; you had food that you liked, would you eat it?"
"Yes, yes," the patient said．
The change in the patient's appearance couldn't have been more obvious．Nothing was said, but it was easy to tell that a message had been sent and! had also been received．
Later, the doctor asked why the Guatemalan man wasn't getting food he could eat．One of the students said, "We all know how difficult it is to get the kitchen to make special meals．"
"Suppose," the doctor replied, "you felt a certain medicine was absolutely necessary but that our hospital didn't carry it, would you accept defeat or would you insist the hospital meet your request?"
"I would probably insist," the student said．
"Very well," the doctor said．"You might want to try the same method in the kitchen．It won't be-easy, but I can help you．Meanwhile, let's get some food inside this man as fast as possible, and stay with it．Or he'll be killed by hunger．By the way, there must be someone among you who can speak Spanish．If we want to make real progress, we need to be able to talk with him．"
Three weeks later．Doctor Mellinkoff told me that the Guatemalan man had left the hospital under his own power．It takes more than medicine to help sick people; you also have to talk to them and make them comfortable．
1.The patient had no desire to eat because
A．he was not hungry B．he was seriously ill
C．he was given special meals D．he was not satisfied with the food
2.According to the passage, we can conclude that .
A．the patient’s native language was Spanish
B．the patient’s illness was caused by hunger
C．Dr. Mellinkoff performed an operation on the patient
D．the hospital failed to provide the right medicine for the patient
3.Which of the following words can be used to describe Dr. Mellinkoff?
A．Cold. B．Considerate. C．Curious. D．Careless.
4.What do you think Dr. Mellinkoff wanted to tell his students in this case?
A．Doctors should be good at foreign languages.
B．Doctors should know their patients’ real problems.
C．Doctors should try to improve their medical skills.
D．Doctors should have a good relationship ith their patients.
One day my math teacher asked me to help him save back-up copies of his work in the computer. I then realized I was able to 36 the grades for all of his classes. I showed him how to copy files from one disk to another and he 37 me.
A few days later be asked me to help him again, because he 38 how to do it. when I began to show this to him, some students in my class 39 and began to talk among themselves 40 . Later that day, at lunch time, I was 41 by several of them.
“Hey, could you help us change our grades in math? We’ll 42 you…”
I could not believe what I was hearing．I could get paid for something very 43 ．" All right．I'll do it．" The next day my math teacher 44 me to help him out．When he was not paying attention, I began to change their grades from F's to A's．
I soon became very 45 among my friends．They began to treat me like a god with a magical 46 ．I began to change the grades of students．Word 47 quickly and I became very rich．
Everything was going fine 48 I was called into the headmaster's office．When I got there, my teacher was mad, and the headmaster had an angry 49 in his eyes． "I have known you for three years now．I don't want to 50 what your teacher said, but I'm afraid that I must．He has too much 51 , " he said．" Do you have anything to say 52 yourself?" he asked．
"No．" I said finally．I did not realize how serious my actions had been．I had violated the 53 of my teacher, and the headmaster．And there was no way 54 ．I was forced to leave my school．
That was a good 55 for me．
1.A．access B．assess C．change D．mark
2.A．guided B．supported C．thanked D．accepted
3.A．doubted B．remembered C．reminded D．forgot
4.A．hid B．noticed C．complained D．agreed
5.A．disappointedly B．quietly C．freely D．angrily
6.A．appointed B．approved C．approached D．appreciated
7.A．pay B．praise C．follow D．inspire
8.A．familiar B．simple C．interesting D．pleasant
9.A．forced B．advised C．encouraged D．got
10.A．optimisticB．popular C．sensitive D．grateful
11.A．energy B．strength C．right D．power
12.A．escaped B．slipped C．spread D．fled
13.A．until B．since C．as D．after
14.A．sight B．look C．light D．feeling
15.A．believe B．ignore C．oppose D．influence
16.A．experienceB．pressure C．confidence D．evidence
17.A．to B．by C．for D．of
18.A．intention B．honor C．promise D．trust
19.A．on B．in C．back D．down
20.A．lesson B．skill C．story D．example
Hellen doesn’t know how much I spent in repairing the house. If she ever found out, I’m sure she me.
A．will never forgive B．would never forgive
C．does not forgive D．never forgives
To live in honor, he came from a poor family, was his ambition.
A．though B．if C．unless D．however
To live in honor, he came from a poor family, was his ambition.
A．though B．if C．unless D．however
