Question

Two students started quarreling at school. One student shouted dirty words at the other, and a fight began. What can be done to stop fights like this at school? In some schools, the disputants sit down with peer mediators(同龄调解者). Peer mediators are students with special training in this kind of problems.

Peer mediators help the disputants to talk in a friendly way. Here are some of the ways they use:

1) Put what you think clearly but don’t say anything to hurt the other. Begin with “I feel…” instead of “You always…”

2) Listen carefully to what the other person is saying. Don’t stop the other person’s words.

3) Keep looking at the other person’s eyes when he or she talks.

4) Try to see the other person’s side of the problem.

5) Never put anyone down. Saying things like “You are foolish” makes the talk difficult.

6) Try to find a result that makes both people happy.

Peer mediators never decide the result or the winner. They don’t decide who is right and who is wrong. Instead, they help the two students to find their own “win-win” result.

1.The underlined word “disputants” refers to the students ________.

A. who make peace B. who give in C. who are lazy D. who quarrel

2.When there is a fight at school ________.

A. the peer mediators decide who the winner is

B. the peer mediators and the disputants talk together

C. the students who quarrel decide who the winner is

D. the two students sit down and listen to the peer mediators

3.Peer mediators’ work is ________.

A. to give lessons to disputants

B. to find out who starts a quarrel

C. to give students some special training

D. to help find a way to make both sides happy

4.Which of the following ways is not used by Peer mediators in finding a “win-win” result?

A. Listen carefully to what the other person is saying.

B. Try to see the other person’s side of the problem.

C. Never say things like “You are foolish”

D. Never keep looking at the other person’s eyes when he or she talks.

Answer 1

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲了一类具有特殊技能来解决相互之间有矛盾的学生的问题的人——同龄调解者，他们给出建议，怎样调解学校里发生争执的学生，告诉他们如何通过一种和平的方式解决同学之间的问题。

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