I believe listening is a powerful (强效的) medicine .    It was Sunday. I had the last __1__to see and I got into her room. She was an old woman, sitting on the bed, trying to __2__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 __3__seeing him.”    She__4__me with a serious voice, “Sit down, doctor. This is my story, not yours.”    I was surprised and __5__. I sat down and helped her with the socks. She began to tell me that her only son lived not far from her, __6__ she had not seen him for five years . She believed her health problems were worse because of __7__her son. After hearing her story and helping her put on her socks, I asked if there was __8__ I could do for her. She __9__ her head and smiled. All she wanted me to do was to __10__.    Each story is __11__. Some are clear; others are not. Some are true; others are not, yet all those things do not really __12__. 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 __13__ what the woman taught me, and I __14__ myself of the importance of stopping, sitting down and truly listening. I __15__ the power of listening.    语篇解读：我是一个医生。有一天由遇到了一个老人，她来看病，但她只是需要倾诉。从此我明白倾听不需要花费什么，但它是是一副强效药。

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• 1Tom rushed into the house________ his mother was cooking.

  A.as

  B.before

  C.while

  D.after

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• 2The girl is ________ a nice girl ________ we all want to help her.

  A.such; that

  B.too; to

  C.so; that

  D.very; that

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• 3Kate was so glad________she received a Christmas gift from his grandparents away in Thailand.

  A.that

  B.when

  C.if

  D.unless

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• 4Because I got up very late this morning，________ I was late for class.

  A.but

  B./

  C.so

  D.or

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• 5We didn’t start our discussion ________ everybody arrived.

  A.since

  B.if

  C.while

  D.until

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• 6The writer was angry as he was traveling on a train to London because ________.

  A.he had no place to sit

  B.someone had invaded his “space”

  C.too many people shared a section with him

  D.some other people talked about things he didn’t know

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• 7“...you_feel_lonely_and_’outside’” in Paragraph 4 means that ________.

  A.you are alone outside the house

  B.you feel lonely because you travel on your own

  C.you are alone and therefore you go outside to have some fun

  D.you feel lonely and you don’t belong to that place or that group of people

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• 8In Paragraph 4, the pronoun “them” refers to (所指) “________”.

  A.public

  B.private spaces

  C.local people

  D.other countries

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• 9Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage、

  A.British people dislike marking their space.

  B.You always feel at home in another country.

  C.Most British people prefer living in houses to flats.

  D.You can’t mark your private space in a foreign country.

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• 10The main purpose of the passage is to tell readers to ________.

  A.own private spaces by living in houses

  B.have one corner of their own in public places

  C.realize the important of “space” in communication

  D.create their private space by talking with local people

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