I believe listening is a powerful medicine.
It was Sunday. I had the last to see and I got into her room. She was an old woman, sitting on the bed, trying to her socks. Usually I said something like this: "How are you feeling? The nurse says your son is visiting you today. I believe you are seeing him..."
She me with a serious voice, "Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours."
I was surprised and . I sat down and helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived not far from her, she had not seen him for five years. She believed her health problems were worse because of her son. After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks, I asked if there was I could do for her. She her head and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to .
Each story is . Some are clear; others are not. Some are true; others are not, yet all those things do not really . What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard.
Listening to someone's story costs nothing but it is the key to healing (康复) . I often
what the woman taught me, and I myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. I the power of listening.
A．doctor B．nurse C．patient D．student
A．take off B．get off C．clean out D．put on
A．looking forward to B．asking for C．going on D．worrying about
A．impressed B．stopped C．asked D．greeted
A．excited B．mad C．Embarrassed D．angry
A．or B．so C．but D．if
A．missing B．loving C．understanding D．meeting
A．nothing else B．anything else C．something else D．everything else
A．shook B．dropped C．waved D．moved
A．see B．dropped C．listen D．feel
A．terrible B．different C．similar D．true
A．happen B．appear C．matter D．change
A．think of B．dream of C．get over D．laugh at
A．teach B．ask C．remind D．cheer
A．talk about B．show off C．believe in D．run out of
完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
Today ,I want to tell you a story about something I did when I was 14 years old . I made some friends in school they turned out to be bad . They were some boys who stole（偷盗） and sold them . Whenever we were stealing a bike , a boy named John would break the lock two other boys were watching out . Then one of us would the bike to a cave （洞穴）. The next day ,we would meet there and repaint the bike . When we stole four or five bikes ,we would sell them a few hundred dollars.
One afternoon ,we went to an apartment in Bukit Batok. We found a bike on the fifth floor and started to work on the . It was hard to break . We spent 10 minutes it . We were about to escape with the bike when the owner of the bike came out of the elevator. “ My bike !” he .
We dropped the bike and ran down but two policemen nearby us . We were taken to the police station . Our parents were called and our teachers were told what had happened. The police took down what we had done . The next day ,a bright Sunday, I to the Boys’ Home .
Life in the Boys’ Home was very hard but it me a very important lesson . I learnt that stealing was not right . At the Boys’ Home ,the officers helped me and encouraged me my ways . I decided to stealing.
To this day , I feel so for what I have done . I hope you will learn something from my story .
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完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
Time flies so quickly! We become mature (成熟的 ) girls or boys, or at least we we are. At the same time, our parents are no longer young.
They _ _all they have to us but never look forward to getting back. When we are ill in bed, it is our parents who look us day and night; when we are trying to make , it is our parents who are much happier than we are; when we're hungry or cold or sad, it is our parents who ` give us help.
But what have we done for our parents? we grow up, we have our own ideas and we think we are enough to think and act by ourselves, so we usually dislike their care. , sometimes we don't listen to them; even with them !
To change the _ , we must act at once, letting them know that we love them, too. In doing so, don't hesitate(犹豫) and don't be .Try our best to understand our parents, _ something for our parents and not to make them feel hopeless. In a word, make it a duty to bring to our parents, for that's the very sign that we are really mature.
Children are parents’_ and we are carrying both our dreams and theirs.
The pleasure of our parents is what we should try to do!
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完型填空。
The better education people receive, world people will have. Through education, we can make the world a better place .
A country’s education level is related with its wealth. For example, rich countries have enough money schools, pay teachers and buy books. In turn(反过来), education can the national wealth as it provides well-educated people to work in factories and offices.
Children in rich countries generally receive better education than in poor countries. In Japan, all the children go to primary school(初等学校)，and one third of children stay on for higher education. Japanese children do well in not only science math. These are important for industries(工业), so Japan is becoming .
On the contrary(正相反), a lot of children get a good education in poor countries, especially those living in the . Many of them stay at home to help their family the farm work.So they have no chance to much time on education.
However, educating the children in poor countries can bring great advantages. Please remember that it is one of the ways to make our world better.
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完形填空
Robert is fifteen now. Two and a half years ago he came to the city and ____ to study in a middle school. He studies hard and ____ with his classmates. And he often helps his friends ____ lessons. But as he comes from a village, the headmaster who was born in a rich family____ him and tries to make excuses to punish (惩罚) him. The boy knows it and takes precautions against (提防) it. One afternoon____went to have lunch and he bought ____. He was reading a book under a big tree while a dog was standing near him. At that moment ____ came out and saw it. He became angry and said,” Don’t you know we don’t let ___ feed dogs in the school?” “Yes, I do.” said the boy. “Why have you brought your dog ____ school, then?” “It’s not my dog.” “Why does it follow you, then?” “You’re following me now, sir,” said the boy, “Can you say you are ____?”
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完形填空 (共10小题，每小题1分，计10分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Dear Lin Tao,
How are you? I’m at home in New York. You ask me some questions in your letter. Let me answer ______.
America is beautiful. We like the school and the people here are very friendly. My sister and I ____ to the same (相同的)school. We have from Monday to Friday. we go to English classes every Saturday. On Sunday, my father us to the parks.
My father works in a big factory and my mother works in a hospital. They work very hard. I have __ friends in my school. They often ask me something China. They like basketball. I often play with them. I don’t like American food at all.
Do you English every day? How are the other friends? Please in English in your letter next time.
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