One day, I went to see my last patient（病人）, an old woman. In the doorway, I saw she was struggling （挣扎） to put socks on her swollen （浮肿）feet in the bed. I stepped in, spoke quickly to the nurse, read her chart noting. I was almost in the clear that she was not in serious condition.

I asked, “Could I help put on your socks? How are you feeling? Your sugars and blood pressure were high but they're better today. The nurse mentioned you're anxious to see your son. He's visiting you today. It's nice to have a family visit. I think you really look forward to seeing him."

"Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours." She said with a serious voice.

I was surprised as I helped her with the socks. She told me that her only son lived around the corner from her, but she had not seen him in five years. She believed that was the main cause of her health problems. After hearing her story and putting on her socks, I asked if there was anything else I could do for her. She shook her head no and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to listen.

Each story is different. Some are detailed; others are simple. Some have a beginning, middle and end; others don’t have clear ends. Some are true; others not. Yet all those things do not really matter. What matters to the storyteller is that the story is heard — without interruption（打断） or judgment（评价）.

It was that woman who taught me the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. And, not long after, in an unexpected accident, I became a patient. 20 years later, I sit all the time — in a wheelchair.

For as long as I could, I continued to see patients from my chair. I believe in the power of listening.

1. How was the old woman?

A．Her feet were swollen.                      B．Her sugars were high.    

C．She was not badly ill.                      D．Her blood pressure was better.

2. How did the doctor know that the old woman’s son was visiting her? 

A．The nurse told him.                     B．The old woman told him.

C．The woman’s son told him.             D．The doctor got it from her chart noting.

3. What did the old woman think caused her health problems?

     A．Her son’s not seeing her.                     B．No one listening to her story.

     C．The medical care of the hospital.         D．The distance between her and her son.

4. When the patient told the doctor her stories, what she needed might be ________.

     A．keeping smiling                                  B．interruption or judgment

C．listening without interruption                 D．communicating with each other

5. Which statement is NOT right according to the passage?

A．Her son lived close to her house.

B．The old woman didn’t need the doctor’s treatments.

C．Listening is powerful medicine.

D．The doctor has to “walk” with the help of a wheel chair.

阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 （必要时可加情态动词或助动词）。

Henry found a job in a bookstore after he finished middle school. He wouldn't do anything but wanted to get rich.

It was a cold morning. It （1）_______ （snow） and there was thin ice on the streets. Few people went to buy the books and the young man had nothing （2） ______ （do）. He hated to read, so he watched the traffic. Suddenly he （3） ______ （see） a bag fall off a truck and it landed by the other side of the street.

"It （4）_____ （be） full of expensive things." Henry said to himself. "I have to get it right now, or others （5） ______ （take） it away."

He went out of the shop and ran across the street. A driver saw him and began to whistle （鸣笛）, but he didn't hear it and went on （6） ______（run）. The man drove to the side, hit a big tree and （7） ______ （hurt） in the accident. Two weeks later Henry was taken to court. A judge asked if he heard the whistle when he was running across the street. He said that something was wrong with his ears and he could hear nothing.

"But you （8） ______ （hear） me this time," said the judge.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Now I can hear with one ear."

"（9） ______（cover） the ear with your hand and listen to me with your deaf one. Well, can you hear me?"

"No, I can't, sir."

“You （10） ______ （tell） lies. There is nothing wrong with either of your ears.” The judge said.

阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

Ron, the teacher at the skydiving（跳伞运动） school, was surprised when the gray-haired man said that his name was Walter and asked if he could take skydiving lessons. Ron asked him how old he was and he （1） r                 that he was 60. Ron explained to Walter that （2） a                over 50 had to be checked by a doctor before he could learn to jump from a plane. “I’m sorry, but I can’t let you start learning （3） w                a letter from your doctor.”

Walter smiled. “Here is a letter from my doctor. He asked me to take （4） l           of tests and he says that I’m fine.”

So Walter was able to join the skydiving school. He came to all the lessons and worked very （5） h               . Soon it was the time for him to make his （6） f          jump. Ron asked him if he was feeling OK. Walter answered that he had never felt better. However, he added that there was something he should have told Ron （7） e               . Ron asked what it was and Walter smiled. Then just before he jumped, he told Ron that he wasn’t 60. Ron asked how old Walter （8） r                   was and Walter told him he was 75!

Walter has a lot of （9） h                . He enjoys riding fast motorbikes and （10）

c             mountains. Last year he was saved by a police helicopter（直升飞机） in Wales.

His daughter Betty worries about him. “I think he should stop all these activities. But my mother says that as long as he’s happy, it’s OK.”

阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。

3If the only sports you do are dancing your fingers across your keyboard, you could be in serious danger of more than just becoming fat!

Do you feel sleepy, like something is weighing down on your head? Do you feel forgetful? Do you sometimes feel uncomfortable up and down your neck and lower back, and you can’t explain why? Do you get sick often? It could be radiation（辐射） from your computer causing it. If you spend three hours or more a day in front of a computer, （and at this point, who doesn’t?） you are more easily harmed by these hazards（危害）.

4 We have got so used to using computers that we don’t often think of them as dangerous sources（来源） of harmful（有害的） radiation. A safe amount radiation is 25 V/m（Volts/meter）. Do you want to guess how much our personal computers give off?

★ Keyboard: 1000 V/m        ★Mouse: 450V/m         ★Monitor: 218 V/m 

★CPU: 170V/m                   ★Notebook computers: 2,500 V/m

Ways to Protect Yourself from Harmful Computer Radiation:

1. Decorate your desk with cactus（仙人掌） plants, they take in radiation.

2. Drink two to three cups of green tea a day and eat an orange daily. The vitamins in tea leaves and oranges protect us from radiation and keep our eyes healthy as well.

3. Use a screen filter（过滤器） for your monitor.

4. Avoid having metal objects nearby on your desk.

5. Put the back of the computer to the wall. Most of the radiation comes off the back.

6. Keep your monitor at least 50cm away from your face.

7. Keep your computer rooms ventilated（空气流通的）.

8. Eat healthily—especially fruits and vegetables.

9. Don’t fall asleep on your computer. Turn it off if you have to rest nearby.

10.The ways above are useful, why not have a try at once?

A．根据短文内容简要回答问题。

1. Which is safer, using a desk computer or a notebook computer?

__________________________________________________________________________

2. Which of the nine ways mentions diets?

__________________________________________________________________________

B．将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。

3.__________________________________________________________________________

4. _________________________________________________________________________

C． 请给短文选一个适当的英文标题。

5. Which is the best title of this passage? ___________

A．Harmful radiation                                                 B．Computer problems

C．Protect yourself from computers                         D．Computer radiation: a silent killer

Emily将她的烦恼写在了博客上并征求大家的建议。请了解她的烦恼并写出你（Chen Lin—from Dongying）的建议，要求字数在100词左右，建议的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总字数。

建议应包括：（1）孩子应尊重父母（2）父母经验丰富（3）父母的要求是对你的成长有好处的（4）…… （5）多同父母交流沟通。

Possible new words: respect v & n. 尊重;        responsible adj. 有责任感的;

demand v. & n. 要求

Here are Emily’s problems on the Blog:

My problem is my parents. They never stop going on about（唠叨） how I should keep my room clean, keep my hair tidy and wear smart clothes. They even make me do the washing-up after dinner every night! None of my friends have got such terrible parents. What should I do?

Emily，USA

Hi, Emily. I think it’s lucky for you to have such good parents.                         

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Chen Lin, Dongying

Please pick up the _______. Don’t keep it on the floor.

A．water         B．paper        C．books          D．bottles

—May I have a look at _______ book tonight?

—Of course, you can. I have ________ old one at home.

A．the; a        B．a; the          C．the; an        D．the; the

Which is the _______ way to Qingdao, by plane, bus or train?

A．good          B．well           C．better                D．best

I ________ ride a bike to school. But this morning I took a taxi because I got up late.

A．never         B．sometimes           C．seldom          D．usually

I’m sorry, I didn’t _______ you clearly. Would you say it again?

A．hear           B．notice           C．see            D．watch