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.
"Is 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.looked a little nervous
C. walked energetically
D. showed up with his teacher
2.As a psychologist, the author .
A. was able to describe David's problem
B. was skeptical about psychology
C. was ready to listen to David
D. was sure of handling David's problem
3.David enjoyed being with the author because he________.
A. wanted to ask the author for advice
B. bear the author many times in the chess game
C. liked the children’s drawings in the office
D. need to share sorrow with the author
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．The author’s friendship.
C．The author’s silent communication with him.
D．His exchange of letters with the author.
【解析】
試題分析：
【文章大意】本文是一篇記敘文。文章講述了作者用傾聽的方法和有心理疾病的David進行交流，最終使得他康復。文章告訴我們：有時無聲的傾聽和交流能起意想不到的效果。
1.B考查推理判斷。根據文章第一段中的He kept walking up and down restlessly, his face pale, and his hands shaking slightly.可知，David來回不停的走動，臉色蒼白，手微微顫抖。這些現象表明他有些緊張。故選B。
2.C考查細節理解。根據文章第二段中的Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathetically可知，作者認為敞開地、同情地傾聽別人的心聲有時是最好的事情。作者也這樣做了。故選C。
3.D考查推理判斷。根據文章第五段中的"Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his pain with," I thought. "Perhaps he senses that I respect his suffering.”Some months later, when we were playing chess, he looked up at me suddenly.可知，David需要有人分享他的痛苦，他意識到我尊重他的痛苦。所以選D。
4.A考查推理判斷。根據文章第七段中的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.可知，David由一個沉默寡言的人，變成了一個在學校有朋友，還加入了自行車俱樂部的學生。他還計劃上大學。現在他有了新的生活。這說明他康復了。故選A。
5.C考查推理判斷。根據文章第二段中的Sometimes the best thing one can do is to listen openly and sympathetically和最后一段中的I also learned that one——without any words——can reach out to another person.可知，是無聲的交流（傾聽）改變了David的命運。故選C。
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