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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.

首字母填空（共10分）

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.

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When I was sixteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn’t the first time I had been abroad.

Just ____51____ most English children, I learnt French at school and I had often been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign ____52____ to the people who didn’t understand English. But when I went to America, I was really ____53____ having a nice holiday without any language problems.

How wrong I was! The misunderstanding (误解) began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Tina a ring and tell her that I had arrived. A ____54____ old man saw me looking like being lost and asked if he could help me.

“Yes,” I said. “I want to give my friend a ring.”

“Well, that’s nice,” he said. “Are you getting married? But aren’t you a bit young?”

“Who’s talking about marriage?” I ____55____. “I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I have arrived. Can you tell me where there’s a phone box?”

“Oh!” He said. “There is a phone downstairs.”

When at last we did meet up, Tina ____56____ the misunderstanding to me. “Don’t worry,” she said to me. “I had many difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans use____57____ in meaning from the British. You will soon get used to all the funny things they say. But most of the time British and American people can understand ____58____.”

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When I was sixteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It was not the first time I had been abroad. But it made a deep impression on me. Like most English ____51____, I learned French at school and I often went to France. So I was used to speaking a foreign language to the people who didn’t understand English. But when I went to America, I was really ____52____ having a nice easy holiday without any language problems.

How ____53____ I was! The misunderstanding began at the ____54____. I was looking for a public telephone to give my American friend Danny a ring. So I asked an old man, “I want to give my friend a ring. Could you help me?” “Well, that’s ____55____,” he answered in surprise. “You look very young. Are you getting married?” “Oh! No,” I replied, “I just want to give a ring to tell her I have arrived. Could you tell me if there is a phone box near here?” “Oh! Sorry,” he said, “There is a phone ____56____.”

When we met up, Danny told the misunderstanding to me clearly. “Don’t worry! I met such problems ____57____. There are lots of words which the Americans use ____58____ in meaning from us British. But most of the time British and American people can understand each other well! You will soon get used to all the funny things they say.”