5. The question "How do you feel?" seems to be correct and suitable when asked by .

A. a man working at his desk

B. a friend who is ill

C. a person having lost a close friend

D. a stranger who looks somewhat worried

6. George Bernard Shaw's reply in the passage shows his .

A. cheerfulness B. cleverness C. ability D. politeness

7. The underlined 'You've put a bug in his ear' in the 1st paragraph means that you've .

A. made him laugh

B. shown concern for him

C. given him some kind of warning

D. made fun of him

　　Many years ago I worked in a psychiatric (精神病学的) hospital. I spent a great deal of time with a gentleman who had been in this hospital for many years. He never had any visitors at all-no family or friends to visit him. He never spoke, or seemed to understand anything that was said to him, nor would he react in any way to a question asked. In this person's history, it appeared that he had a very important career where his intelligence made him a very successful man. Unfortunately, his career was cut short and he ended up needing complete care.

　　One morning, I was attending to his needs all the while talking to him about what was happening in the local community. You see, I believe that real conversations are more important than no conversation at all and that it is more important to treat everyone with respect. I was busy dressing him after his bath, putting his clothes on, and then helping him to a chair when, totally unexpectedly, he turned to me and joined in a spirited, knowledgeable and focused discussion on a specific local event that I had been talking to him a few seconds before. This lively discussion lasted for no more than thirty seconds and then he suddenly stopped, looked straight ahead and no longer spoke. Despite my efforts to make the discussion continue, he just sat and looked straight ahead.

It was amazing. When he started to speak to me, I thought that I had made a breakthrough that would allow him to leave the hospital for good. Now I think maybe it was a little wonder. I