阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Just listen
I think  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  16 ，and especially if it’s given from the  17 ．When people are talking，there’s no need to do anything but  18    them．Just take them  19 ．Listen to what they’re saying．Care about it．Most times caring about it is even more important than  20  it．
One of my patients told me that when she  21  to tell her story，people often  22  to tell her that they had once had something just like what happened to her．Her pain became a story about themselves．  23  she stopped talking to most people．It was just too  24 ．We connect through listening．When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand，we move the  25  of attention to ourselves．But when we listen，they know we care．
I have ever learned to  26  to someone crying by just listening．in the old days I used to reach for the tissues （纸巾）  27  I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them  28 ，to take them out of their   29  of sadness and pain. Now I just listen．When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there  30   them．
This  31  thing has not been that easy to learn．It certainly went against everything I had been   32  since I was very young at school．I thought people listened only because they were too  33  to speak or did not know the answer．A loving silence often has far more   34   to connect than the most well-intentioned  35 ．

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Just listen

I think  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  16 ，and especially if it’s given from the  17 ．When people are talking，there’s no need to do anything but  18    them．Just take them  19 ．Listen to what they’re saying．Care about it．Most times caring about it is even more important than  20  it．

One of my patients told me that when she  21  to tell her story，people often  22  to tell her that they had once had something just like what happened to her．Her pain became a story about themselves．  23  she stopped talking to most people．It was just too  24 ．We connect through listening．When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand，we move the  25  of attention to ourselves．But when we listen，they know we care．

I have ever learned to  26  to someone crying by just listening．in the old days I used to reach for the tissues （纸巾）  27  I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them  28 ，to take them out of their   29  of sadness and pain. Now I just listen．When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there  30   them．

This  31  thing has not been that easy to learn．It certainly went against everything I had been   32  since I was very young at school．I thought people listened only because they were too  33  to speak or did not know the answer．A loving silence often has far more   34   to connect than the most well-intentioned  35 ．

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

 Just listen

I think  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  16  ，and especially if it’s given from the  17  ．When people are talking，there’s no need to do anything but  18    them．Just take them  19  ．Listen to what they’re saying．Care about it．Most times caring about it is even more important than  20  it．

One of my patients told me that when she  21  to tell her story，people often  22  to tell her that they had once had something just like what happened to her．Her pain became a story about themselves．  23  she stopped talking to most people．It was just too  24  ．We connect through listening．When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand，we move the  25  of attention to ourselves．But when we listen，they know we care．

I have ever learned to  26  to someone crying by just listening．in the old days I used to reach for the tissues （纸巾）  27  I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them  28  ，to take them out of their   29  of sadness and pain. Now I just listen．When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there  30   them．

This  31  thing has not been that easy to learn．It certainly went against everything I had been   32  since I was very young at school．I thought people listened only because they were too  33  to speak or did not know the answer．A loving silence often has far more   34   to connect than the most well-intentioned  35 ．

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

A．head             B．memory            C．mind          D．heart

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

A．in               B．up                 C．off          D．away

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A．unless             B．if                 C．until           D．when

A．down              B．away               C．in           D．off

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

A．with              B．against              C．for          D．among

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

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

A．shy            B．greedy              C．active        D．proud

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

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

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I  21  a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for a  22  moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of _23  for the coming test or sporting event.

In early grade school they_ 24  their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and _25  he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer  26  my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to  27  them but I still needed to write them, I  28  until the day he graduated.

Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move  29  for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college,   30  two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and   31 , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento.  32  short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was   33   happy to have Marc back. Since I was  34  making lunch for his younger brother, I    35  one for Marc, too. Imagine my   36  when I got a call from my 24-year-old son,   37  his lunch.

“Did I do something   38  ? Don’t you love me  39  ,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I 40  asked him what was wrong.

“My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”

21. A. carried         B. found            C. included      D. held

22. A. difficult        B. special           C. comfortable    D. separate

23. A. congratulation   B. improvement       C. explanation     D. encouragement

24. A. loved           B. answered         C. wrote         D. examined

25. A. lately          B. by the way       C. by the time     D. gradually

26. A. received        B. understood       C. enjoyed        D. collected

27. A. copy           B. read             C. take           D. send

28. A. held up         B. gave up         C. followed        D. continued

29. A. out            B. home             C. to college       D. to Sacramento

30. A. organizing      B. planning         C. comparing       D. completing

31. A. hopefully       B. finally          C. particularly     D. certainly

32. A. Because of      B. Instead of       C. Except for       D. As for

33. A. especially       B. immediately     C. equally        D. generally

34. A. once            B. again            C. still           D. even

35. A. packed         B. fetched          C. bought          D. filled

36. A. fear            B. surprise         C. anger        D. disappointment

37. A. waiting for     B. worrying about  C. caring for         D. asking about

38. A. wrong          B. funny            C. strange          D. smart

39. A. any more       B. enough           C. once more        D. better

40. A. interestingly    B. bitterly        C. politely        D. laughingly

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从16-35各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将其涂黑。

I had always loved music and dreamed of being a musician, travelling to different countries, meeting lots of people and doing something I loved to earn my money.   16 , my parents had a farm and I didn’t want to do that—I wanted to do something   17 . However, I had always been shy and too nervous to try playing   18  in public.

I had been playing the   19  since I was ten years old, but the idea of playing in front of other people was very   20 .

I started one day,   21  a local youth club advertised a talent show—anybody who could play an instrument or sing could put his name down to be in concert. I   22  myself up.

When the day of the show came, I was so   23  that I couldn’t eat.   24  was the first time I had played in front of other people and I felt   25  unsure of myself. I had no idea whether I was   26  good and was worried that no one would like me.

When my turn came, I played my favorite tune and I even started to   27 ! I could not hear what I sounded like, but to my surprise, I eventually forgot about all the people in the audience and started to enjoy myself. When the song ended, everyone clapped and some people

  28 !

After the show a man   29  up to me to say how much he enjoyed my   30 . He said that he had a rock band, and they needed to   31  a guitar player. He asked me to come along the next day to have a try. This successful trial turned my dream into   32 . In the following days, we   33  around a lot, playing in concerts in lots of places around the world. Sometimes we would enter competitions and once we went on TV.

We really enjoyed ourselves and life was like a big long holiday. As we became more successful, we had to work harder and practice more and eventually I became   34  of travelling so much. But now, nearly fifty years later, I look back on those carefree days of my

  35  as among the best moments of my life.