【文章內容簡介】 These individual may develop PTSD. People who suffer from PTSD have difficulty sleeping because they are often reliving the experience through nightmares（夢魘） and flashbacks, and feel deserted or often stand off, and these symptoms can be severe enough an dlast long enough to significantly damage the person’s daily life. Fullerton College, like most colleges, has its own Veteran’s（老兵） Office. Ray Bustos has been running the office for 3 years. Bustos acts as a liaison（聯(lián)絡） for the school and the veteran students. He makes sure the veterans returning to school get the right benefits. There are various types of financial aid for soldiers and marines. He strongly encourages the use of the Veteran Affairs website. The website is very informative and extremely helpful for veterans as well as for friends and relatives of veterans who want to learn more. 8. One purpose of the writer in writing the passage is ________________. A. to introduce some methods to cure PTSD B. to instruct PTSD patients to return to civilian life C. to remend a website to veterans and people concerned D. to give military service men and women advice on civilian life 9. What problems will some returning soldiers and marines meet with? A. How to readjust to civilian life. B. how to get rid of mental diseases C. How to get along with PTSD patients D. How to return to school for benefits. 10. Which of the following is true about Ray Bustos? A. He’s a veteran who has just e back from a military bat. B. He runs Fullerton College with a veteran office. C. He’s in charge of an office dealing with veteran affairs. 第 4頁 共 7頁 D. He provides a lot of financial aid for soldiers and marines. 11. The best title for the passage is __________. A. PTSD: Killer of A Civilian Life. B. The Last Assignment For All Military Persons C. How to Overe PTSD. D. Ready for a Civilian Life? D Pacing and Pausing Sara tried to befriend her old friend Steve39。s new wife, but Betty never seemed to have anything to say. While Sara felt Betty didn39。t hold up her end of the conversation, Betty plained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk. The problem had to do with expectations about pacing and pausing. Conversation is a turntaking game. When our habits are similar, there39。s no problem. But if our habits are different, you may start to talk before I39。m finished or fail to take your turn when I39。m finished. That39。s what was happening with Betty and Sara. It may not be coincidental that Betty, who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American. Betty often felt interrupted by Sara. But Betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from Finland. And Sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers from Latin America or Israel. The general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation techniques, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw concl