Sally was fourteen．She studied in a middle school．She liked dancing and singing and 1 a lot of time on them．But she hated math and even decided to 2．Her father was worried about it．
It was Sunday. Sally’s father gave a call to his sister who 3 math in another school. He hoped she would come and tell his daughter 4 to learn math．The woman came and said，“You are a 5 girl．Sally．I’m sure you will soon learn math well if you do your 6．”
“I’m afraid I can’t，Aunt，”said Sally．“Girls 7 be good at math.”
“I don’t think so，”said the woman．“1 was good at it when 1 was a 8．You must do more 9 and try different Ways to solve(解决)math problems until you work them out，or at least 10 them better. Here is a math 11．Please think it over and see if you can work it out.
“OK,” said the girl. “Let me   12 ”
About an hour later Sally   13 the exercise book to her aunt and said, “I’ve tried many times and worked out the problem at last!”
“Well done!” her aunt looked at her answer and said 14 , “Now you see, math is not as difficult as you   15  ”

Sally was fourteen．She studied in a middle school．She liked dancing and singing and 1 a lot of time on them．But she hated math and even decided to 2．Her father was worried about it．

It was Sunday. Sally’s father gave a call to his sister who 3 math in another school. He hoped she would come and tell his daughter 4 to learn math．The woman came and said，“You are a 5 girl．Sally．I’m sure you will soon learn math well if you do your 6．”

“I’m afraid I can’t，Aunt，”said Sally．“Girls 7 be good at math.”

“I don’t think so，”said the woman．“1 was good at it when 1 was a 8．You must do more 9 and try different Ways to solve(解决)math problems until you work them out，or at least 10 them better. Here is a math 11．Please think it over and see if you can work it out.

“OK,” said the girl. “Let me   12 ”

About an hour later Sally   13 the exercise book to her aunt and said, “I’ve tried many times and worked out the problem at last!”

“Well done!” her aunt looked at her answer and said 14 , “Now you see, math is not as difficult as you   15  ”

1.                A．spent          B．paid           C．took D．cost

2.                A．put it away      B．give it up        C．give it away    D．put it up

3.                A．taught          B．found          C．liked D．studied

4.                A．when          B．where          C．how D．why

5.                A．strange         B．poor           C．thin  D．clever

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

7.                A．can’t         B．mustn’t        C．needn’t D．shouldn’t

8.                A．woman         B．doctor          C．girl  D．teacher

9.                A．reading         B．sports          C．housework    D．exercises

10.               A．write          B．understand      C．copy  D．discuss

11.               A．book          B．game          C．problem   D．answer

12.               A．say            B．try            C．use   D．make

13.               A．left            B．took           C．bought    D．moved

14.               A．angrily         B．quietly         C．sadly D．happily

15.               A．saw           B．heard          C．asked D．thought

In England，if people need some help，they can go to Help the Aged，Shelter，Child Line，Weight Watchers and Relate for help．Help the Aged helps old people．Shelter helps the people with no place to live in．Child Line is a telephone help-line for children to call when they have problems．Weight Watchers helps fat people to be thinner and Relate helps people with problems when they can't get on well with（与……相处得好） others．

In universities（大学），students have their own counselors．Jan Murray is such a woman．She works in a university as a counselor．Students can come and see her if they need help．I asked her when her office was open and what kinds of problems students had．

“In my office，I'm here on any day during the week，and the other person is here in the evenings and on weekends．Students can find either of us in the office at any time．There's also an emergency telephone number at night．”

“People come to me with all kinds of problems．A lot of them are worried about their lessons and exams．Some worry about their money．Some need help with finding bedrooms．Sometimes they are ill and they want to talk about seeing doctors．The biggest problem is that though（虽然）universities are wonderful and interesting places，a lot of students find it difficult to make friends．They miss their families and friends and feel lost in this new place．My work is to listen and try to understand what they're feeling．But of course I also give them some ideas when it's needed．”

“I've had a visit from a young student today．I asked him what the matter was．He told me that he was lonely and unhappy（not happy）．He asked me if（是否）other students felt the same and he asked me where he could go to meet people．”

1．Mrs. Hill is about sixty．Now she wants some help．She can go to ____________．

2．Look at the four people．Who should often go to Weight Watchers？ _____________

A．         B．           C．            D．

3．You can find Jan Murray in her office ___________________．

4．In Universities, when students meet some problems, they usually go to see the __________. 5．Students feel it difficult to make friends because _______________________________．