附原文:Her NameWas Mrs. Claussen - And She Cared by Dr. Lee Reeves As I walkeddown to the counselors office, I thought to myself, What will she belike Will she be old or young? Pretty or ugly? Will she care? Ohwell, I figured it didnt really matter, anyway. Id had so many speechtherapists over the years Id lost count. Another school, another therapist. Iwondered why I even bothered to go. My stuttering seemed to be just as much ofa problem now as it always was, and besides I hated to miss P.E. How did theyfind out that I stutter anyway? The last school must have sent my records. Itwas pretty hard to hide the way I talked. As I walked down the hallway,memories popped in my head of how painful being a kid who stutters had been.Memories of how the kids used to call me Motor Mouth, and of theteacher who asked me if I had lock-jaw. It still hurt. The painwelled up inside as I rounded the last corner toward the office. Dontstart getting weak knees now, I whispered to myself. I wondered why Ididnt stutter when I whispered, or when I talked to myself. At any rate I wassixteen years old and a junior in high school - time to gut up. Time to meetthe new one! Hello!Im Mrs. Claussen. I hear youre from Texas! She must have thought I wasa little off my rocker as I stood there gawking, with my mouth wide open and myface red as a beet. She was really pretty! And she was young, too! Ye-Ye-Ye-Yesm-m-m-m-m-m-m-aam I am, I fumbled out. My heart felt like it was poundingthrough my chest, my palms were dripping wet, and I was tense all over. Ireally blew that introduction, and figured she probably thought I was a goofball. Well, she said with a kind smile, ve always likedTexas. Mrs.Claussen turned out to be one of the best speech therapists Ive ever had. Notlike the one in San Antonio who told me to tap my toe so I could talk to arhythm. That was the beginning of the longest list of circus antics anyone hasever seen. That toe tap developed into a foot stomp, a hand pound, a squintedeye, a head jerk and various other helpers. Mrs.Claussen was different though. She spent the first several weeks just talkingto me - asking me all kinds of questions about myself - about feelings - aboutwhat I thought I did when I blocked. And she listened. She began to teach meabout the fundamentals of speech. Not just about my speech, but abouteverybodys. Mrs. Claussen taught me about technical things, likecircumlocution (a fancy term for avoiding words). And she listened. I sang inthe choir all of my school career and was a pretty good tenor. At my old schoolI was in the top concert choir, but when my family was transferred I learnedthat the new schools choir was all filled up. It was such a disappointment. Ifelt like that was the one thing that I could really do well - and I could doit without stuttering. Somehow Mrs. Claussen pulled some strings, rearranged mywhole schedule, and got me in the choir. I felt like she really cared about meas a person, not just a speech student. During mylast two years of school I couldnt really say that my speech got much better -except in therapy. She explained that my increased fluency in therapy wasbecause I was so relaxed, and I knew that she didnt care if I stuttered. Iremember saying that I wished the whole world was a big therapy session. Welaughed! Mrs.Claussen told me that when I left high school and went off to college that myspeech would probably get worse for a while. She was sure right. Things gotconsiderably worse. I wondered if I would ever be able to communicate. It was avery depressing time, and I often felt alone. One day whenI was feeling particularly sorry for myself, I recalled something that Mrs.Claussen had told me over and over. She said that if I really wanted to changemy speech and become more fluent that I could, but that it was all up to me. Iremembered she said not to strive for perfect speech, just better speech. Shewas right about that, too. I eventually looked for and found another speechtherapist. I began to work very hard and over the next couple of years improvedmy speech considerably. A few time,when I was at home for a break from college, I tried to get in touch with her,but I never did. In fact, I never saw or talked with her after I left highschool. Many years have passed since then, and I think of her from time totime, wondering if she had as much impact on her other students as she had onme. I like to think that she did. Ill never forget her. Her name was Mrs. Claussen. . . and she cared. ________________________________________ (Dr. LeeReeves is veterinarian who operated his own clinic in Plano, Texas. His cityhonored him by naming him Businessman of the Year. Besides giving of hispersonal time to visit with children who stutter, he also works on behalf ofwomen and children who are victims of abuse. He founded the Dallas Chapter ofthe National Stuttering Project in 1981, and is still active in that group).(The above article first appeared in The Staff, October 1992, and appears herewith permission of Lee Reeves - JAK) 阅读理解: A篇:CAB B篇:DDA C篇:ABC 53题A:考查观点态度题。根据文章第一段in a way that doesnt infringe the rights of others.可知A为正确答案。CD与文章相反。B篇文章中为提到。 54题B:考查词义猜测题。根据第四段文意在陌生人面前比在你爱的人面前更能做到自信,A.达成一致意见B.hold your point指的是坚持你的观点C.履行诺言D.坚持斗争 55.题C:考查细节理解题。根据文章倒数第四行Make clear and direct requirements.得知C是正确答案。 D篇: 56. B这是一道细节推断题,根据全文第一句The willfulblindnessin hockey toward concussions (头部撞击) has dropped.可知B为正确答案 57. C这是一道段落主旨题。答案提示在第2段的第一句。The change in rules should betaken as a chance to ...free of danger.该句的关键词chance对应C答案中的possible,to draw special attention to skill development in是result ,故选C. 58. D这是一道推断题,根据第三段最后两句话可知D表达的意思合理 59. 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