Question

I suspect that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our  36 , and especially if it’s given from the  37 . When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but  38 them. Just take them   39 . Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than  40 it.

One of my patients told me that when she  41  to tell her story, people often  42  to tell her that they had once had something just like that happen to her. Subtly her pain became a story about themselves.  43  she stopped talking to most people. It was just too  44 . We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the  45  of attention to ourselves. But when we listen, they know we care.

I have ever learned to  46  to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the tissues(纸巾)  47  I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them  48 , to take them out of their  49   of sadness and pain. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there  50  them.

This  51  thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been  52  since I was very young at school. I thought people listened only because they were too  53  to speak or did not know the answer. A loving silence often has far more  54  to connect than the most well-intentioned  55  .

1.	A．introduction B．instruction C．attention D．relaxation

 

2.	A．head B．memory C．mind D．heart

 

3.	A．talk to B．listen to C．object to D．stick to

 

4.	A．in B．up C．off D．away

 

5.	A．denying B．remembering C．questioning D．understanding

 

6.	A．managed B．tried C．hoped D．expected

 

7.	A．encouraged B．interrupted C．discouraged D．urged

 

8.	A．Eventually B．Immediately C．Completely D．Especially

 

9.	A．impolite B．meaningless C．lonely D．selfish

 

10.	A．middle B．focus C．center D．choice

 

11.	A．respond B．compare C．link D．regret

 

12.	A．unless B．if C．until D．when

 

13.	A．down B．away C．in D．off

 

14.	A．experiment B．mixture C．judgment D．experience

 

15.	A．with B．against C．for D．among

 

16.	A．complex B．simple C．complicated D．single

 

17.	A．mentioned B．published C．taught D．proved

 

18.	A．shy B．greedy C．active D．proud

 

19.	A．strength B．energy C．power D．force

 

20.	A．gestures B．praise C．criticism D．words

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.C

13.A

14.D

15.A

16.B

17.C

18.A

19.C

20.D

【解析】文章讲述了倾听的力量，在于别人的交流中，我们要注意倾听对方，倾听是最好的理解。

1.C 名词辨析。A介绍；B要求；C注意力；D放松；指我们能给对方的是我们的注意力，也就是倾听对方。

2.D 名词辨析。这里是指尤其是对方所说不是发自内心的真心话，这个时候更要倾听，要理解对方的真正意思。

3.B 上下文串联。文章讨论的就是倾听。当对方说话时，你需要做的就是认真倾听。

4.A 固定词组。Take in理解。这里是指要理解他们。

5.D 词义辨析。这里是指有时候在意别人要比理解更重要，你注意倾听别人就是一种在意的表现。

6.B 词义辨析。这里是指她努力的讲述自己的故事，但是别人却经常打断她，让她感觉非常不好。

7.B 动词辨析。解析同上。

8.A 副词辨析。这里是自别人经常打断她，最终她就不愿意和别人交流了，这让她更加孤单。

9.C 形容词辨析。解析同上。

10.B 名词辨析。Focus焦点。这里是指当我们打断别人的时候，就把关注的焦点转到我们自己身上了。

11.A 动词辨析。这里是指学会用倾听对别人的哭诉做出回应。

12.C 连词辨析。这里是指我经常伸手去拿纸巾直到我意识到给别人纸巾会打断别人，让别人不愿意再讲述。

13.A 动词短语。Shut down闭嘴。这里是指让别人不再说话。

14.D 名词辨析。这里是指让他们从悲伤和痛苦的的经历中走出来。

15.A 介词辨析。这里是指他们发现我一直和他们在一起，陪着他们。

16.B 形容词辨析。这里是指倾听别人是一种很简单的事情，但是并不容易学会。

17.C 动词辨析。根据下文可知是与我小时候在学校里被教的内容不一样，以前我认为人们不说话是因为害羞。

18.A 形容词辨析。解析同上。

19.C 名词辨析。这里是指安静也就是倾听比别的话有更强大的力量。

20.D 名词辨析。解析同上。