cup of tea, packed a small case and was never seen or heard of again.Eileen was astonished and in a
state of despair.They had been a happy family and, as far as she knew, there had been nothing wrong with their marriage.
Every day of the year a small group of men and women quietly pack a few belongings and without so much as a note or a goodbye close the front door for the last time, leaving their debts, their worries and
their confused families behind them.Last year, more than 1,200 men and nearly as many women were
reported missing from home-the highest in 15 years.Many did return home within a year, but others
rejected the past completely and are now living a new life somewhere under a different identity.
To those left behind, this form of desertion (遗弃) is a terrible blow to their pride and selfconfidence.
Even the finality of death might be preferable.At least it does not imply rejection or failure.Worse than that, people can be left with an unfinished marriage, not knowing whether they will have to wait several years
before they are free to start a fresh life.
Clinical psychologist Paul Brown believes most departures of this kind to be well planned rather than
impulsive."It"s typical of the kind of personality which seems able to ignore other people"s pain and
difficulties.Running away, like killing yourself, is a highly aggressive act.By creating an absence the people
left behind feel guilty, upset and empty."
1. When her husband left home, Eileen Doyle ________.
A. could not forgive him for taking the children
B. had been expecting it to happen for some time
C. could not understand why
D. blamed herself for what had happened
2. Most people who leave their families behind them ________.
A. do so without warning
B. do so because of their debts
C. come back immediately
D. change their names
3. Which might be the title of the passage?
A. Broken marriage
B. New life after desertion
C. A new social problem
D. Desertion and its influence
4. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Many people choose to leave home quietly because they hate their family.
B. Paul Brown regards leaving home as an act of selfishness.
C. Those who are left behind will lose confidence and won"t marry again.
D. Eileen"s husband, together with his four kids, was probably killed in an accident.
Some people were steaming peas under a tree in order to make a meal for their horses. Up in the
branches sat a monkey,__1__what they were doing.
"Aha" thought the monkey. "I spot my 2_ !" So when the men had finished steaming the peas and
__3__ for a moment to look after the horses,__4__,the monkey let himself down from the tree. He
snatched (抓) the peas and filled his__5__and both hands as full as they could__6__. Then he climbed up the tree and sat there, eating happily.
Suddenly one pea fell.
"Oh dear! Oh my pea!" cried the monkey. The other peas__7__to drop out of his mouth. He__8__his hands in despair(绝望地), and the peas fell out of his hands too, but he took on__9__. All he thought of
was that one pea was gone,__10__ he climbed down the trunk to hunt for his lost pea on the ground. At
this time, the men came back. When they saw a monkey__11__with their pots, they all__12__their arms
and shouted, "Shoo! Shoo!" Then they picked up stones and began to __13__the monkey with them. The monkey was so__14__that he gave one jump to the nearest__15__ , and swung himself up to the top of
the tree.
"After all," said he to himself, "it was__16__ one pea." But he ought to have thought of that __17__, for now all the other peas had gone too.
That day the monkey had to content himself with the__18__ of boiled peas for dinner, and I hope the
__19__ taught him not to be so__20__in future.
( )2. A. shelter
( )3. A. turned up
( )4. A. easily
( )5. A. bowl
( )6. A. receive
( )7. A. seemed
( )8. A. crossed
( )9. A. interest
( )10. A. so
( )11. A. helping
( )12. A. carried
( )13. A. attack
( )14. A puzzled
( )15. A. branch
( )16. A. still
( )17. A. earlier
( )18. A. image
( )19. A. trick
( )20. A. curious
B. neighbors
B. turned away
B. gently
B. pocket
B. hold
B. began
B. hid
B. time
B. because
B. playing
B. broke
B. separate
B. disappointed
B. stone
B. even
B. sooner
B. smell
B. disaster
B. ambitious
C. dinner
C. gave up
C. safely
C. mouth
C. support
C. hurried
C. touched
C. notice
C. although
C. mixing
C. waved
C. destroy
C. terrified
C. pea
C. only
C. longer
C. dream
C. loss
C. proud
D. friends
D. gave away
D. confidently
D. bag
D. put
D. failed
D. squeezed
D. sign
D. if
D. dealing
D. bent
D. bother
D. annoyed
D. horse
D. almost
D. later
D. taste
D. process
D. greedy
graduation paper.
Holding a patient questionnaire 1 some simple yes-or-no questions, I walked towards a
43-year-old patient who lay in bed alone. I was worried whether she would approve of my demands at
such a late hour. _2_ , she treated it with consideration. Soon I finished and prepared to leave. _ 3 I
could stand up, she spoke up in a weak voice asking where I was from and why I was working so late in
the evening.
Then she started talking about herself as well as her 4_ , "My husband died about a year ago, _5 me the only breadwinner of my family. My pay as a cleaner is 6 enough for me and my three kids. I
don"t know what my children would be if something bad happened to me."
I didn"t know what to say. I desperately tried to remember the lessons from a communication skills
class I had taken years earlier, but my mind was__7__.
Without realizing it, I had begun__8_her hand. Now that I didn"t have anything to say, I just sat quietly while she talked. That"s when it occurred to me that she was not expecting any __9__from me. She 10 wanted me to listen. All 1 did was nod my head as a way of showing my_ 11_.
The conversation went on for about 20 minutes. Finally, she stopped talking. "I"m very sorry for keeping you here to listen to my problems, but I feel 12 now. I had no one to 13 out my problems to. Thank
you so much, doctor."
Sometimes patients do not need expensive medicine or advanced technology. 14 , they just need
someone with the 15 to lend an ear and spare a little of their time. For me, that is one of the best things a doctor can do for a patient, doesn"t it?
( )2. A. Calmly
( )3. A. When
( )4. A. job
( )5. A. causing
( )6. A. extremely
( )7. A. casual
( )8. A. holding
( )9. A. thanks
( )10. A. even
( )11. A. sympathy
( )12. A. relaxed
( )13. A. leave
( )14. A. However
( )15. A. emotion
B. Excitedly
B. Before
B. illness
B. getting
B. exactly
B. clear
B. shaking
B. praise
B. ever
B. support
B. awkward
B. pour
B. Otherwise
B. patience
C. Gladly
C. As
C. family
C. forcing
C. especially
C. steady
C. carrying
C. warmth
C. just
C. sorrow
C. fragile
C. try
C. Instead
C. experience
D. Eagerly
D. After
D. children
D. leaving
D. absolutely
D. blank
D. treating
D. reply
D. still
D. respect
D. satisfied
D. find
D. Besides
D. preference
Once upon a time there was a painter who had just finished his course from a great painter. He wanted to assess his skills, so he decided to display one of his best works on a busy street.
He put his painting at a busy street-crossing. And below it a board read - "Gentlemen, I have painted
this piece. Since I"m new, I might have made some mistakes in my work. 1_ "
When he came back in the evening to collect his painting, he was completely shocked to see that the
whole painting was filled with crosses.
2 He burst into tears and said sadly, "I"m useless and if this is what I have learned to
paint, I"m not worth teaching."
The master smiled and suggested, "My son, I will prove that you are a great artist." The master told
him, "Just paint the same painting once again and give it to me."
Then they went to the same street the next morning and displayed the same painting. The master took
out another board which read - "Gentleman, I have painted this piece. Since I"m new, I might have made
some mistakes. I have put a box with colors and brushes just below. Please do
me a favor. 3 "The master and the young painter went back home.
They visited the place in the evening. The young painter was surprised to see that actually there was not a single correction done! 4 If you want to help people improve their behaviors, it is worth investing your effort in learning how to help people change their behaviors, attitudes and skills. Also, always remember
not to get carried away or judge yourself by someone else"s criticism and feel depressed as you are the
best judge to judge yourself!
A. It is easy to criticize, but difficult to improve.
B. Please put a cross wherever you see a mistake.
C. Discouraged and broken, he ran to his master"s place.
D. If you see a mistake, kindly pick up the brush and correct it.
E. Criticizing has the function of helping people improve themselves.
The Catherine family enjoyed the good things in life as much as anyone else. They ___1__
games, books, music, toys, good food and good times. But sometimes ___2___seemed, especially to
Mrs. Catherine who ___3___the house, that they had too much stuff in the closets, in the drawers, in the
basement, and almost ___4___. It made Mrs. Catherine a little ___5___.
One day, at breakfast, Mrs. Catherine made a(n) ___6_. "This family,"she said firmly, "has too much
stuff. It"s time to get ___7__of some of them. "The three children all ___8___with this idea and helped pile used things and unused things they were never going to use into the car.
Their first ___9_was Home for the Aged where the older went to live. Nurses and doctors looked after them, but sometimes the older got a little lonely and ___10__. They liked visitors and things to do. When
the family arrived at Home for the Aged, they ___11___out their games and puzzles to the older and then sat down to play games and do puzzles with them. They had a ___12___time and they were sorry when it was time to leave.
Their next stop was the Young Cubs Hospital. The Catherine family dropped ___13___their load of
used toys which were very welcome. The hospital workers said the toys would be given out at the hospital ___14__party.
Their last stop was People Who Care store. This was a store that sold things to ___15__money for
those who needed warm clothes and good food. The Catherine family lugged all their old clothes and
furniture into the store.
After that, the Catherine family __16___home with warm feelings about what they had done. __17___
they drove along, they passed the lighted ___18___of supermarkets which were beautifully decorated for Christmas. There was window after window of the very latest things, but they were so filled with special
thoughts about helping others that they ___19__noticed the wonderful things in the windows except maybe out of the ___20___of their eyes.
( )2. A. there
( )3. A. knew
( )4. A. anywhere
( )5. A. uneasy
( )6. A. announcement
( )7. A. away
( )8. A. decided
( )9. A. place
( )10. A. bored
( )11. A. handed
( )12. A. fine
( )13. A. onto
( )14. A. Thanksgiving
( )15. A. rise
( )16. A. headed
( )17. A. Though
( )18. A. closets
( )19. A. nearly
( )20. A. corners
B. they
B. bought
B. everywhere
B. difficult
B. amusement
B. out
B. agreed
B. arrival
B. disappointed
B. carried
B. bad
B. into
B. Halloween
B. arise
B. arrived
B. As
B. houses
B. hardly
B. sides
C. it
C. sold
C. nowhere
C. ready
C. notice
C. hold
C. argued
C. stop
C. excited
C. found
C. sad
C. out
C. Christmas
C. raise
C. left
C. Since
C. doors
C. closely
C. edges
D. this
D. managed
D. somewhere
D. happy
D. report
D. rid
D. dealt
D. departure
D. determined
D. let
D. sorry
D. off
D. Eastern
D. arouse
D. felt
D. Before
D. windows
D. immediately
D. covers
to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior
year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year . At this
ate he would never graduate, I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so powerless that I got down on my knees and pleaded for help. "Please God, I can"t
do anything more for my son. I"m at the end of my rope. I"m giving the whole thing up to you."
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. "I want to talk to
you about Karl"s absences." Before he could say another word, I choked up and all my disappointment
and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger. "I love my son but I just don"t know
what to do. I"ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It"s out of my
hands."For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, "Thank
you for your time", and hung up.
Karl"s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he even made the
honor roll .In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers
were astonished at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, "Mum, remember
that call from the headmaster last year?" I nodded. "That was me. I thought I"d play a joke but when I
heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That"s when I knew I had to make you
proud.
B. lost interest in his studies
C. refused to talk to others
D. began to dislike his mother
B. the speaker waited for the mother to finish speaking
C. the speaker didn"t want the mother to recognize his voice
D. the speaker was unable to interrupt the mother
B. he was even on the list of students who made progress in grades
C. he was even on the list of students who had turned themselves around
D. he was even on the list of the best students at school
B. Mother"s love plays an important role in teenagers" life.
C. Being understood by parents is very important to teenagers.
D. School education doesn"t work without full support from parents.
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