I suppose that the most basic and powerful way to connect another person is to listen—just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention and especially if it's given from the heart. When people are talking,there's no need to do anything but receive them. Listen to what they're saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more impor?tant than understanding it. Most of us don't value ourselves or our love enough to know this. It has taken me a long time to believe in the power of simple saying "I'm so sorry. " when someone is in pain.

  One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story,people often interrupted to tell her that they once had something just like that happening to them. Her pain became a story about themselves. Eventually she stopped talk?ing to most people. We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let him know that we understand,we move the focus of attention to ourselves. When we listen,they know we care.

I have even learned to respond to someone crying by jujst listening. In the old days I used to reach for the handkerchiefs,until I realized that passing a person a handkerchief may be just another way to shut him down — to take them out of their experience of sadness. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry,they find me there with them.

This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young. I thought people listened only because they were too shy to speak or did not know the answer. But now I know that a loving silence often has far more power to heal than the kindest words.

1. What does the author value most in the communication with each other?

   A. Deep understanding.

   B. Saying "I'm sorry.”

   C. Attention from the heart.

   D. Doing nothing.

2. The woman patient stopped telling her story to most people because     .

   A. she didn't get enough respect from others

   B. she was discouraged by being often interrupted

   C. people often told her their own opinions

   D. people couldn't understand her sad situation

3. If you hand a handkerchief to someone crying,you may      .

   A. hurt his feelings

   B. make him embarrassed

   C. encourage him to continue to cry

   D. stop him from letting out his sorrow

4. It can be inferred from the passage that while communicating,         

   A. listening is a perfect way to respond to others

   B. people keep silent because they don't know the answer

   C. keeping silent means being too shy to speak

   D. it is easy to form the habit of listening silently

5. Which of the following might be the author's opinion about communication?

   A. Keep silent.

   B. Just listen.

   C. Be careful.

   D. Tell your own story.

 "Wanted by the FBI. ” To the murderer,or the bank robber,these are the most frightening words in the world. When the criminal(罪犯) hears them,he knows that six thousand trained persons are after him.

  Why should he be so afraid? There are hundreds of cities and thousands of villages where he can hide. There are large forests and deserts where he can lose himself. Besides,he's usually rich with stolen money.

  Money can make it easier to hide. With money,the criminal can pay a dishonest doctor to operate on his face and make him hard to recognize. Money can pay for a hideout in some far-off places. But the criminal knows what hap?pened to public enemies such as John Dillinger,Baby Face Nelson,and Ma?chine Gun Kelly. They had plenty of money and good hideouts. Yet one by one they were found by the men of the FBI.

  They know every trick the criminal knows and many more. If he makes just one mistake,they'll get him. That's why the man who is hunted can't sleep. That's why he becomes nervous. That's why he jumps at every sound. When he makes a mistake,he'll no longer be "wanted by the FBI". He'll have been caught.

 The FBI began on May 10,1924. Attorney General Harlan F. Stone chose J. Edgar Hoover,a young lawyer in the Department of Justice,to head the new agency (机构) ."What we need is a wholly new kind of police force," he said. "Criminals today are smart. They use stolen cars and even planes to make their gateways. They have learned to open any lock. The criminal would have discovered science. We can't beat them with old methods. We have to train officers to work scientifically."

  J. Edgar Hoover quietly went ahead with his plans. He picked his men carefully. They had to be between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-five. He wanted only men with good manners and good character. When working as his officers they would have to meet all kinds of people. Hoover wanted men who could handle a teacup as well as a gun. He chose men so carefully that he made the FBI the hardest service in the world to get into. The FBI cannot help in every police problem. It can look into only certain crimes against the gov?ernment. Solving all other crimes is the duty of local police forces.

1. A man wanted by the FBI will find that money is      .

   A. not at all useful   B. only helpful for a while

   C. necessary for staying free   D. important and useful

2. Before he worked with the FBI,J. Edgar Hoover was a      .

   A. policeman   B. lawyer   C. teacher   D. general

3. The FBI was begun in order to      .

   A. reduce crimes

   B. bring younger men into police work

   C. fight crimes scientifically

   D. offer jobs

4. A man who can "handle a teacup as well as a gun" has both      .

   A. courage and manners   B. strength and kindness

   C. wisdom and energy   D. ability and humour

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