A person has two ears but only one mouth. That means we should listen, not just speak. The word "listen" has the same letters as the word "silent". Listening silently is a good quality that we should have. Then why is it important to be a good listener?

Listening is really helpful.

When someone is sad or angry, he wants to express his poor feelings. At this moment, we need to listen silently first until he gets calm (冷静的). Then we may have a good talk with him. Maybe it is a good way to help him out.

Listening is a kind of love.

For example, we may think our parents are always talking too much. But in fact, they do so because they are anxious about our health, study and so on. If we listen patiently, our parents will feel we care about them. A loving silence is often more powerful (有力量的) than words.

Listening is polite behavior.

Sometimes, we just want others to listen to us but forget to listen to others. In fact, that's not polite. In order to show our respect(尊重) for others, we had better listen to them first. Then we can express our ideas.

Listening sounds easy, but it's not. Every head is a world. So we should learn to listen with our ears, eyes and hearts as much as we can, and try to make ourselves good listeners from now on.

1.When someone is sad or angry, we should _____ first.

A. listen to him silently

B. express our poor feelings

C. talk too much with him

D. tell his parents about it

2.The underlined word "anxious" here probably means "_______".

A. satisfied

B. angry

C. worried

D. excited

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. We should ask others to listen to us first.

B. We should express our ideas first.

C. We should let others respect us first.

D. We had better listen to others first.

Dear editor,

    My English teacher is very strict with us. Several days ago, when we were in class, Tom asked me a question. But my English teacher thought we were speaking in class. She asked us to stand at the back of the classroom for a few minutes. This made me unfair. After that, I feel nervous in her class, so I don’t like her class. However, I really want to learn English well. What should I do?

Yours,

Mike

Dear Mike,

    I am sorry you are having difficulty with your English class. Every teacher wants his or her students to study hard. So I think you should have a talk with your English teacher and tell her what you were doing with Tom that day. If she knows your worries, maybe she will help you with your English. And she will be pleased to hear you want to learn English well. Of course, you should know that what your teacher did was good for you. When you are not trying as hard as you can, she has to stop it and try to help you. Wish you have a better life!

Yours,

Editor

1.What’s wrong with Mike?

A. He doesn’t like learning English.

B. He meets trouble with his English teacher.

C. He doesn’t know how to get on well with his English teacher.

D. He doesn’t like English any longer.

2.Mike feels nervous in English classes because ____.

A. he doesn’t like his English teacher

B. he can’t speak in class

C. his English teacher punished(惩罚) him

D. his English is poor

3.In the editor’s opinion, the English teacher asked Mike to stand for a while because _____.

A. she didn’t like him

B. she didn’t think Mike was learning English hard at that time

C. Mike was bad at English

D. Mike was making much noise

4.The teacher will _____ if Mike has a talk with her.

A. be even angrier

B. ask him to stand for some time once again

C. be pleased

D. say sorry to him

5.Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to(根据) the passage?

A. Mike dislikes English classes, but he wants to learn English well.

B. Mike wants the editor to tell his English teacher the truth.

C. The editor gave Mike some advice, but it didn’t work.

D. The teacher hates Mike much more than before.

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