Would you please listen? It’s a complaint we’ve all heard (though perhaps not listened to). The price paid for not listening can be high: from making a mess of a task to broken relationships. “Frustrated, devalued, and disrespected—that’s how people feel when they’re ‘heard’ but not ‘listened to’,” says Jennie Grau, president of communications training and coaching firm Taliaferro Grau Associates. Yet focusing attention and understanding—the qualities that make physically hearing different from actually listening—can be hard to develop.

Learn to truly understand others, and you’ll improve your personal and professional skill sets alike. Business is all about relationships, and being a better listener helps you establish more positive relationships, says Rockhurst University communications professor Laura Janusik.

The first step is to limit anything that draws your attention away. Give up multi-tasking, and focus on what the speaker’s saying. If the moment simply doesn’t allow you to pay full attention, set up an alternative time when you will be able to concentrate.

Next, stop interrupting. Always want to jump in before the other person finishes speaking? Control yourself like this: Press your fingers firmly, count to five, and re-evaluate whether it’s time to talk. Be aware of the subjects or words that influence your emotions—both positive and negative—and calm down before responding.

Finally, listen between the lines. If you hear only the words without paying attention to the speaker’s tone of voice, facial expression, and body language, you risk missing hidden meanings or important signals. Confirm you’ve “gotten” the message. Transform what others said into a few words of your own.

And when it’s your turn to speak, know you’ve provided a model for how you hope your words will be received.

63. What’s the difference between hearing and listening according to the passage? (No more than 14 words)

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64. What does the author mean by saying “listen between the lines” in Paragraph 5? (No more than 8 words)

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65. What’s the best title for the passage? (No more than 8 words)

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第二卷

V. 用方框中词语的适当形式填空，使各句语意通顺，语法正确。（5%）

deserve, breath, compete, interrupt, appoint, selfless, courage, abandon, regulate, bacteria

66. Because of his good performance in the game, he was ___________ captain of the team.

67. The new safety _____________ for our factory will be called into action soon.

68. Yao Ming’s coach wants him to be a little ___________ and aggressive.

69. Personally, I think your suggestion ____________to be considered.

70. As a teacher, we should always try to ___________ our students in the face of difficulty.

71. You have to be highly ____________ to do well in sports nowadays.

72. A prize cow which can resist____________or disease can be cloned to help farmers.

73. At one point, the situation was so bad that the US commanders considered ___________ the operation of landing on Omaha Beach.

74. Seeing the forward commit a foul, the referee _____________ the game.

75. I’d like to take a walk along the seashore, because the air is so good to ____________.

VI. 写作 (15%)

假设你的英文名字是Leo，是天津的一名高二学生。你的美国朋友Tom来信，希望你能介绍一下你的学习生活。请你以此为话题写一封回信，要点如下：

1．学习任务重，娱乐时间少

2．同学们关系和谐，团结向上

3．学校有很多社团，你参加的戏剧社正在拍一部话剧，6月上演

4．你高中生活中的困惑是……

要求：书信格式正确；信的内容包括以上要点，可适当发挥。词数：120左右      ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

An accident happened at______ crossroads a few metres away from ____bank．

         A．a…a                         B．/…a             C．/…the              D．the…/

—Shall I keep an eye on your house when you are on holiday?

         —      .

         A．It's up to you                                B．Of course you should

         C．If you should like                                   D．I would appreciate that．[来源:学+科+网]

By the time he realizes he _____ into a trap, it'll be late for him to do anything about it．

         A．walks                       B．walked           C．has walked              D．had walked

The whole family were worried about Jane because no one was aware ___she had gone．

         A．that where                                                 B．of the place which    

         C．of what                                                     D．of where

You have no idea how she finished the relay race _    _ her foot wounded so much．

         A．for                           B．when                       C．with             D．while[来源:Zxxk.Com]

—What do you think of the new English teacher?

         —___she is an elegant lady, she can be extremely difficult to work with．

         A．Even if                      B．When                        C．While                       D．Once

You'd better not leave the medicine __           kids can get at it．

         A．even if         B．which                      C．where                       D．so that