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 drawing 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 (陪伴). 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.

1.When he first met the author, David ________.

A.looked a little nervous

B.felt a little excited

C.walked energetically

D.was accompanied by his teacher

2.What can we learn about the author from paragraph 2?

A.He was sure of handling David’s problem.

B.He was able to describe David’s problem.

C.He was skeptical about psychology.

D.He was ready to listen to David.

3.David enjoyed being with the author because he ________.

A.beat the author many times in the chess game

B.liked the children’s drawings in the office

C.needed to share sorrow with the author

D.wanted to ask the author for advice

4.What can be inferred about David?

A.He got friends in school before he met the author.

B.He went into university soon after starting to talk.

C.He liked biking before he lost his family.

D.He recovered after months of treatment.

5.What made David change?

A.The author’s friendship.

B.His teacher’s help.

C.His exchange of letters with the author.

D.The author's silent communication with him.

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.D

5.D

【解析】

本文为记叙文。大卫因为失去了家人而非常伤心，拒绝与别人交流，“我”作为一名心理医生成功地使他恢复了正常。“我”采取的方法就是跟他下棋，让他感受到“我”理解他的痛苦。由此作者认识到，人与人的交流不只是通过语言，也可能是一个拥抱、一个哭泣时可以依靠的肩膀、一次友好的接触或者一只耐心倾听的耳朵。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段中的He kept walking up and down restlessly, his face pale, and his hands shaking slightly.（他不安地走来走去，脸色苍白，双手微微发抖）可知，第一次见面时，大卫表现得非常紧张。故选A。

2.推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathetically.（有时候，一个人能做的最好的事情就是坦率而同情地倾听）可知，作者准备好了要做大卫的一名倾听者。故选D。

3.推理判断题。根据第五段中的“Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with,” I thought, “Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering.”（ 也许他只是需要一个人来分担他的痛苦，”我想，“也许他感觉到我尊重他的痛苦。”）可知，大卫喜欢和作者下棋，或许是因为他需要一个人来分担他的痛苦。故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段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.（从那以后，大卫开始说话。他在学校里有了朋友，还参加了一个自行车俱乐部。他给我写了几封信，谈他和朋友骑自行车的事，谈他上大学的计划。现在他真正开始过自己的生活了）可知，大卫与作者沉默地待了几个月之后，大卫开口跟作者说话了，之后，他的生活逐渐恢复了正常。因此推断几个月的治疗之后大卫恢复了。故选D。

5.推理判断题。结合故事内容以及最后一段中的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.（但我也学到了一个人，不需要任何语言，就可以接触到另一个人。你所需要的只是一个拥抱，一个可以依靠的肩膀，一次友好的接触，和一只倾听的耳朵）可知，是作者和大卫无声的交流帮助大卫恢复了正常。故选D。