63. Ellen enjoys lessons where she helps a classmate win a game. Ellen is probably motivated by ________.
A. authority B. exploration C. competition D. independence
64. What advice to teachers would Dr. Lavoie probably agree with?
A. Allow each student lots of interaction each day in class.
B. Competitive students should respond well to responsibility.
C. Rewards and punishments are good for motivating students.
D. Try different things to motivate more students.
D
On Easter Sunday 1967, Jim Thompson was on vacation in Malaysia. While staying in the Cameron Highlands, he stepped out for a walk alone through the jungle. And that was the last anyone ever saw of him. It was as though he had disappeared into thin air. To this day, no clues have been found as to what happened to this wealthy American businessman who is credited with single-handedly reviving (使复兴) the Thai silk industry.
Thompson was born in the United States in l906. He studied architecture and worked for several years before joining the army during World War II. He was sent to Thailand, where he worked with a United States intelligence agency. It was this first taste of life in the Far East that changed Thompson’s life. When the war ended, he decided to leave the army and move to Thailand permanently.
While traveling around Thailand, Thompson came across what he considered extremely beautiful samples of handwoven Thai silk. At that time, weaving silk by hand was almost an extinct art in Thailand. Very few people were interested in doing it, and even those weavers still at work only did it as a supplement (补充) to their regular income from other work. However, Thompson was intrigued by the silk he found and began seeking out weavers and their samples.
Eventually, his search led Thompson to Ban Krua, a very poor district in Bangkok. In Ban Krua, Thompson found a whole community of weavers living very close to each other. Although Thailand is generally a Buddhist country, these weavers were Muslim — a fact that helps explain why they all stayed together within their tight community to support one another. Thompson was so impressed with the material being woven in this village that he took samples to show fashion magazines in New York. These magazine writers were amazed with the quality of this silk and wanted more. Thompson returned to Ban Krua with orders for more silk and persuaded the weavers to supply his new company, which soon made Thompson and a few of the Ban Krua weavers very wealthy.
As his business continued to grow, Thompson began to explore other interests. He began collecting works of art and building his own house. But Thompson did not just build an ordinary house. He wanted a uniquely Thai house. He searched the county for authentic Thai houses representing the best examples of old Thailand. Six of the houses he found were then brought together and reassembled into a single home, which Thompson finally moved into in 1959. Today, the house is both a historical treasure and an attraction for Thai people and visitors to Bangkok.
As for Thompson’s disappearance, although no hard evidence has been found, there are many theories explaining Thompson’s fate. Some say he was captured and killed by a political group. Others think he was murdered by gangsters (匪徒) or business competitors. And there is one theory that says he met a local woman and stayed to live in the jungle with her. Perhaps he simply died in the jungle from falling into a hidden cave or hole, or being eaten by a tiger. If his body was eaten by wild animals, it would explain why no trace of the Thai Silk King has ever been found.
