【正文】 ss, that I met Ms. Victoria Hunter, a teacher who had a huge influence on my life. During reading periods, she would walk around the room, stop at our desks, stand over us for a second or two, and then touch us. Without saying anything to us (nothing could break the silence of reading periods), she would place two fingers lightly on our throats and hold them there for seconds. I learned many years later when I was a student at Stanford University that teachers touch the throat of students to check for subvocalization (默讀 ), which slows down the reading speed. I did not know at the time why Ms. Hunter was touching our throats, but I was a serious and respectful student and so, during silent reading period, I did what Ms. Hunter told us to do. I kept my eyes on the material I was reading and waited for her to place her fingers lightly on my throat. One day, out of curiosity, I raised my head from my book — though not high — so that I could see Ms. Hunter, a white woman from Canada, moving up and down the rows, stopping at the desks of my classmates. I wanted to see how they reacted when she touched their throats. She walked past them. I was confused. Did she pass them by because they were model students? What did we, the students who were touched, not do right? I sat up straighter in my chair, thinking that my way of sitting might be the problem. I was confused. Several days later, I watched again, this time raising my head a little higher. Nothing changed. Ms. Hunter touched the same students. Always, she touched me. She touched me with her hands. She also touched me with her belief in my ability to achieve. She motivated me by demanding the best from me and by letting teachers I would meet in junior high school know that I should be challenged, that I would be serious about my work. I am convinced that she touched me because she could “ see” me in the future. That was true of all of us at Fair Oaks who sat still and silent as Ms. Hunter placed her fingers lightly on our throats. We left Fair Oaks as “ best students” , entered John Marshall Junior High School, finished at the top of our high school class, and went on to earn graduate degrees in various subjects. Ms. Hunter saw us achieving and she touched us to make certain that we would. I was not surprised that she came to my graduation ceremony at Edison High School in Stockton or that she talked to me about finishing college and earning a Ph. D. She expected that of me. She gave me a beautifully wrapped box. Inside was a gift, the beauty of which multiplies even as it touches me: a necklace to which I can add charms for each stage of my life. 41. According to the writer, what is a special ability many good teachers possess? A. The ability to make all students behave well. B. The ability to treat different students in the same way. C. The ability to discover a student’ s potential to succeed. D. The ability to predict the near future of a poor student. 42. When she saw Ms. Hunter walk past some students without touching their throats, the writer felt ______. A. disturbed B. puzzled C. ashamed D. annoyed 43. What does the writer mean by “ a necklace to which I can add charms for each stage of my life” (paragraph 6)? A. A gift which encourages me to do well on the journey of my life. B. A gift which bees more and more valuable as time goes by. C. A necklace which I wear on all important occasions in my life. D. A necklace which suits me and adds to my charm. 44. Which of the following serves as the best title for the story? A. Ms. Hunter’ s Surprise B. Ms. Hunter’ s Challenge C. A Teacher’ s Touch D. A Teacher’ s Memory B. New crime prediction software should reduce not only the murder rate, but the rate of other crimes. Developed by Richard Berk, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the software has already used in Baltimore and Philadelphia to predict which individuals on probation(緩刑 ) or parole(假釋 ) are most likely to murder and to be murdered. “ When a person goes on probation or parole he is supervised(監(jiān)督 ) by an officer. The question is ‘what level of supervision is appropriate?’” said Berk. It used to be that parole officers used the person’ s criminal record, and their judgment to make decisions. “ This research replaces those seatofthe – pants calculations,” he said. Technology helps determine level of supervision. On average there is one murder for every 100,000 people. Even among highrisk groups the murder rate is one in 100. Predicting such a rare event is very difficult, but advances in puter technology works. Years ago, the researchers made a dataset of more than 60,000 various crimes. Using the software they developed, they found some much more likely to mit murder when paroled or probated. They could identify eight future murderers out of 100. Berk’ s software examines roughly two dozen variables(可變因素 ), from criminal record to geographic location. The type of crimes, and more importantly, the age at which that crime was mitted, were two of the most predictive variables. “ People assume that if someone murdered then they will murder in the future,” said Berk. “ What really matters is what that person did as a young individual. Predicting future crimes sounds well. But we aren’t anywhere near being able to do that.” “ Berk’ s scientific answer leaves policymakers with difficult questions. By labeling one group