One day, when I was working as a psychologist(心理學(xué)家) in England, a young 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 introduced him to me before. “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 which 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 silently. And I would do in this way.

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—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．felt a little excited B．walked stubbornly

C．looked a little nervous D．showed up with his teacher

2.As a psychologist, the author __________.

A．was uncertain about psychology B．was ready to listen to David

C．was able to describe David’s problem D．was sure of solving David’s problem

3.David enjoyed being with the author because he____________.

A．needed to share pain with the author

B．wanted to ask the author for advice

C．liked the children’s drawing in the office

D．beat the author many times in the chess game

4.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.

5.What made David change?

A．His teacher’s help.

B．His exchange of letters with the author.

C．The author’s friendship.

D．The author’s silent communication with him.

Honey from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious. Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees’ nest and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals looking for honey have a strange and unexpected helper — a little bird called a honey guide.

The honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax in the beehives (蜂房). The little bird cannot reach this wax(蠟), which is deep inside the bees’ nest. So, when it finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry that attracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it has their attention, it flies through the forest, waiting from time to time for the curious animal or person as it leads them to the nest. When they finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey, and the wax, always falls to the ground, and this is when the honey guide takes its share.

Scientists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax candles are being lighted.

1.Why is it difficult to find a wild bees' nest?

A．It's small in size.B．It's buried in the soil.

C．It's covered with wax.D．It's hidden in trees.

2.What do the words "the follower" in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．A bee. B．A bird.

C．A honey searcher. D．A beekeeper.

3.The honey guide is special in the way ________.

A．it gets its foodB．it goes to church

C．it sings in the forestD．it reaches into bees’ nests

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A．Wild BeesB．Wax and Honey

C．Honey-Lover's Helper D．Beekeeping in Africa

閱讀下列各小題，根據(jù)漢語提示，用句末括號內(nèi)的英語單詞完成句子，并將答案寫在答題卡上。

1.No smoking is allowed here. If you are discovered, you _________________. (fine)

這里不允許吸煙，如果被發(fā)現(xiàn)，你會被罰款。

2.______________________, parents don’t want their children to be in trouble. (matter)

事實上，父母都不希望子女有麻煩。

3.Only yesterday __________________ the truth, which was a big surprise. (tell)

昨天他父親才把真相告訴他，這對他真是一個令人吃驚的消息。

4.The teacher asked the naughty boy ___________________ the window, but he denied it. (admit)

老師讓那個淘氣的男孩承認打碎了窗子,可他否認了。

5.The vase has __________________ that nobody cares about its beauty. (amazing)

這個花瓶有一個如此驚人的故事以至于沒有人關(guān)心它的美。

6.The police want to charge them with theft, but all the evidence __________________. (destroy)

警察想指控他們盜竊，但所有證據(jù)都已被破壞了。

7.________________________ all of us are attracted by the five fathers and their babies. (doubt)

毫無疑問我們都被五個爸爸和他們的寶貝們吸引了。

8.He thought highly of his head teacher, _________________ he made great progress. (help)

他高度評價了他的班主任，在他的幫助下他取得了大進步。

9.It is the medal as well as the jewels ______________________________. (belong)

那枚勛章和那些珠寶屬于他。

10.When we reached the cinema, the film had begun, so we ___________________ a taxi. (take)

當(dāng)我們到達電影院時，電影已經(jīng)開始了，所以我們本應(yīng)該坐出租車的。

請根據(jù)以下提示，并結(jié)合事例，用英語寫一篇短文。

You can never succeed if you don’t give it a try.

注意：

①無須寫標題，不得照抄英語提示語；

②除詩歌外，文體不限；

③文中不得透露個人姓名和學(xué)校名稱；

④詞數(shù)為120左右。

It is no use trying to talk him into studying hard; he can only be by force.

A. upsetB. harmed C. rescuedD. persuaded

The interviewee’s application for the job didn’t because his argument failed to carry logical evidence.

A. respondB. succeedC. recoverD. decrease

I have created these sentences to give you a chance to the world of English vocabulary and its hidden beauty.

A. selectB. replaceC. exploreD. decorate

Jack tries his best to learn how to make a vase, in order to their promise to finish an artwork with her.

A. buryB. solveC. performD. organize

On Saturdays, students are very proud to be on the street to guide passers-by to obey traffic rules.

A. charactersB. volunteersC. operatorsD. graduates

People often want their life to go perfectly, but accept the that nothing on the earth is flawless.

A. realityB. qualityC. identityD. responsibility