题目内容
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I think that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. When people are talking, there's no need to do a 1. but receive them. Listen to what they're saying. Most times letting someone talk is more i 2. than understanding it.
When I was teaching in a middle school, one of my s 3. told me that sometimes when she tried to tell her story, people often interrupted (打断) to tell her that once had something just like that h 4. to them. Finally she stopped talking to most people and became very l 5. . We connect through listening. When we l 6. , they know we care. Many people with cancer can talk about the relief (安慰) of having someone just listen.
I have n 7. learned to respond (反应) to someone crying by just listening. I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there w 8. them.
This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went a 9. everything I had been taught since I was very young. I thought people listened only because they were too s 10. to speak or did not know the answer. A loving silence often has far more power than words.
1.anything
2.important
3.students
4.happened
5.lonely
6.listen
7.never
8.with
9.against
10.shy
【解析】
试题分析：本文叙述了当我们谈话时，要多听别人说。大多数时候，让别人说比理解别人的谈话更重要。当他们把要哭诉的都说出来的时候，他们发现我和他们在一起。因此充满关爱的聆听比任何语言都有力量。
1.anything but根本不，绝不。句意：当我们谈话时，除了听他们说，没有必要做任何事情。
2.根据Listen to what they're saying.可知此处强调听别人说。句意：大多数时候，让别人说比理解别人的谈话更重要。综合句意故用important。
3.根据When I was teaching in a middle school,可知作者是一名教师，此处是指他的学生。句意：当我在一所中学教书时，我的一名学生告诉我。
4.happen to发生。句意：人们经常打断她，告诉她一些好像发生在他们身上的事。
5.根据stopped talking to most people可知她不跟大多数人说话，因此比较孤独，此处用形容词lonely。句意：我不跟大多数人说话，变得非常孤独。
6.根据We connect through listening.可知此处是讲listening.句意：当我们听的时候，他们知道我们在关注他们。
7.根据I just listen.可知我只是在听，没有对向我哭诉的人作出反应。句意：我从来没有学会对向我哭诉的人做出反应，只是通过听。
8.根据I just listen.可知我只是在听，说明我和他们在一起。句意：当他们把要哭诉的都出来的时候，他们发现我和他们在一起。
9.go against 违背，反对。句意：由于我小的时候，我总是违背别人叫我做的一切。
10.too +形容词+to太.......而不能。句意：人们听别人讲，只是因为太害羞而不说话，或者不知道答案。
考点：单词拼写。
