Would you please listen? It’s a complaint we’ve all heard (though perhaps not li
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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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答案
63. Listening has the qualities of focusing attention and understanding while hearing doesn’t.
64. Understand the hidden meaning of people’s words./ Guess the real meaning behind people’s words.
65. Be a good listener./ Take the time to listen. |
解析
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第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的A, B, C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were 小题1: .The rivers were long gone back into the 小题2: .If we didn’t see some rain soon, we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned the true 小题3: of sharing and 小题4: the only miracle I had seen with my own eyes.
I was in the kitchen making lunch when I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. Minutes after he 小题5: into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.
I went back to make sandwiches, 小题6: that what he had been doing was completed. Moments later, 小题7: ,he was once again toward the woods. This 小题8: went on for an hour—walked 小题9: to the woods, and ran back to the house.
小题10: I couldn’t take it any longer, so I went out of the house quietly and 小题11: him on his journey. As I leaned into spy on him. I saw the most 小题12: sight. Several large deer were in front of him. Billy walked right up to them. And I saw a tiny young deer lying on the ground 小题13: suffering from dehydrateion (脱水) and heat exhaustion, lifting its head with 小题14: effort to drink up the water in my beautiful boy’s 小题15: .
When the water was 小题16: ,Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him back to a tap that we had 小题17: .Billy opened it all the way up and a small trickle(细流) began to creep out. When he stood up and began to 小题18: ,I was there in front of him. His little eyes were just filled with tears.
“I’m not 小题19: ,”was all he said.
As the tears that rolled down his face began to hit the ground,they were suddenly 小题20: by other drops…more drops…and more.
All I can say is that the rain that came that day saved our farm, just like one little boy saved deer.
小题21:.| A．dying | B．producing | C．harvesting | D．drying |
小题22:.小题23:.| A．skill | B．lesson | C．impression | D．opinion |
小题24:.| A．found | B．expected | C．noticed | D．witnessed |
小题25:.| A．disappeared | B．broke | C．turned | D．looked |
小题26:.| A．admiring | B．thinking | C．imagining | D．desiring |
小题27:.| A．consequently | B．eventually | C．however | D．therefore |
小题28:.| A．experience | B．activity | C．exercise | D．arrangement |
小题29:.| A．hurriedly | B．secretly | C．worriedly | D．carefully |
小题30:.| A．Immediately | B．Finally | C．Fortunately | D．Unexpectedly |
小题31:.| A．stopped | B．caught | C．followed | D．urged |
小题32:.| A．amusing | B．interesting | C．appealing | D．amazing |
小题33:.| A．anxiously | B．disappointedly | C．naturally | D．obviously |
小题34:.小题35:.| A．hands | B．face | C．eyes | D．legs |
小题36:.| A．gone | B．cool | C．running | D．faded |
小题37:.| A．put out | B．taken away | C．shut off | D．set up |
小题38:.| A．stop | B．leave | C．smile | D．run |
小题39:.| A．washing | B．drinking | C．throwing | D．polluting |
小题40:.| A．melt | B．added | C．attached | D．joined |
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三、阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
When I get off the bus, I’m usually greeted by the sounds of news on CNN. My father welcomes me, and I help him with the usual things—changing the channel and some other tasks. My father has a disease that makes him unable to walk. Despite his disability, my father has always been my role model.
In my first year at middle school, my grades slipped greatly. My father told me I could improve. I currently maintain a B plus average, and he confidently supports me in all my academic efforts. He is against violence to the best of his ability. Love is his most important tool,and he makes sure we know that violence is never the answer.
He urges me not to fear,but to believe in what I think is right.“No matter what anyone tells me,”he says,“I believe what I choose. If someone is discriminating against you for who you are, they don’t deserve your time.”My friends are the most caring people I’ve met, because I realize that they don’t judge me, and they like me as I am.
I’ve always found it strange that people pity me because of my father’s condition. He’s not inferior(次于) to anyone. His disease doesn’t hold him back. He’s normal person.
When I see disabled people out in public, I consider them equal to any other individual. No one is superior to anyone for any physical reason. I’ve known that from that day on, thanks to my dad.
“Anything else?”I’ll ask.
“No, that’s fine.”
As I walk to my room, I think my dad who teaches me the most important things I’ll ever need to know. My father is in no way inferior to anyone else. If anything, he’s even better.
小题1:
According to the passage,we learn that the author’s father is_________.| A．kind but sort of strict | B．disabled but optimistic | | C．independent but violent | D．full of love but lacks confidence |
小题2:
It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that the author’s father gives him some advice on
_________.| A．how to make friends | B．how to help the disabled | | C．how to learn from failure | D．how to improve his studies |
小题3:
.When the author sees disabled people in public,he feels_________.| A．embarrassed | B．sorry | C．natural | D．uncomfortable |
小题4:
What can we learn from the passage?| A．The author is proud of his father. | | B．The author is likely to be taken in by his friends. | | C．The author encourages his father to do things himself. | | D．The author is looked down upon because of him disabled father. |
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“It’s the best…uhh…What? You don’t want it?...,”the inexpertienced young man uttered,his hope dashed.
“Again,you disappointed me,Andrew.When are you going to learn? You have to be sure and confident. And think how best to make him part with his money. Apply yourself, Son. All your college education will not help if you don’t put your mind to selling. Think on your feet. Use psychology,” Andrew spoke with diffidence overwhelmed by his father’s criticism.
“You’ve been in this shop for six months and you haven’t succeeded in selling a single computer. I tell you what. I’ll give you one more chance. I’ll give you another three more weeks. If you still can’t make one sale, I’ll call in your elder brother to replace you. He will also take over the shop when I retire. There. I’ll just give you one last chance to prove yourself,” said Mr. Whitely, his patience wearing thin.
Andrew’s heart missed a beat. This time he would have to do it. Do or Die! A sense of urgency gripped him. Somehow he must prove himself to his father.
It was now the end of the day and the shop was being closed. The assistant employed by his father, called Mike, chuckled and put his arms round poor Andrew to comfort him,“ Sort it out yourself. It’s gotta come from yourself.” he said.
The shop was located in a bustling shopping center. Andrew left the shop and walked round the complex aimlessly and by chance entered a large bookstore. He glanced at the books and was about to leave when his eyes caught some interesting titles:‘ How to increase your confidence,’‘ The art of communication,’‘How to sell well’amongst others.
The next minute he was out of the store with the shopping bag bugling with books. In his apartment (for he loves separately from his parents and little sister),he settled himself in his easy chair and devoured the contents of the books, one by one. His keen intelligence enabled him to focus the details that matter and pick out the ideas and techniques expounded.In a week his image underwent a transformation. Gone was the stubble that used to give him an untidy image likened to a heroin addict.He was also smartly dressed now. Instead of his usual slurred speech and incoherence ,he spoke with clarity, purpose and forcefulness.He was more convincing and persuasive. Above all, confidence flowed from his being and he seemed to have learned a few tricks of the selling trade. He worked hard at his sales pitch and one day he succeeded in selling a computer. His first sale. He had finally achieved the quota of one sale within the given time frame of three weeks. The job, the shop, was his. He had to thank Mike for it. And now he had to go beyond his first successs and score, consistently and persistently. Nevertheless he had proved himself at last and the future looked bright and promising.
小题1:
We learn from the story that at the beginning Andrew’s father_________.| A．holds the view that Andrew is hopeless | | B．has lost his patience with Andrew | | C．has given the shop to Andrew | | D．still hopes Andrew will improve |
小题2:
We learn from the story that Andrew_________.| A．has turned himself into an experienced sales manager | | B．has tried in vain to get his job done in six months | | C．has let his father down in the end | | D．has done well with the help of Mike |
小题3:
What’s the most significant change of character in Andrew?| A．He’s more convincing. | B．He’s more hard-working. | | C．He is more confident. | D．He is more intelligence. |
小题4:
What conclusion can we draw from the story?| A．Success depends on hard work,talent,and willingnesss to make changes. | | B．However hard you try, you won’t achieve success without others’ help | | C．It takes time to succeed, you have to try again and again and never give up | | D．It’s good communication skills and some tricks that result in big business. |
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III.完型填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
I stayed at home with my 5-year-old daughter Lily. When I was reading some magazines, Lily played in the living room. But after a while I noticed nothing but 31 .
She had never been so quiet. Was she 32 ? I asked what she was doing. The 33 finally came after I 34 my question three times. I heard “Nothing”. Never could I believe she just stayed there and kept quiet. So I walked into the living room. She hurried off. I 35 her to turn around but she 36 . I got a little angry. “Young lady,” I said, “turn around!”
37 she turned toward me. In her hand was my wife’s new lipstick, only a little 38 . Besides her lips, every inch of her face was covered with bright red.
As she looked up at me with 39 eyes, I really got angry. I was about to 40 at her so that she would know what a mistake she had made. 41 before I could shout, I noticed the big letters she had written on her white skirt with the lipstick, “I’M A PERFECT ANGEL!”
Something strange 42 me. I looked back at her red face. This time, instead of seeing a 43 girl, I saw a little angel that I had almost missed!
“Lily, I heard you speak to the toys just now. I guess you were teaching them how to use the lipstick. But should an angel use her mom’s lipstick like this?” Lily lowered her head, “Sorry. I won’t do it again.” I smiled. “Go and wash your face and let’s get a new 44 for mom.”
Every child is an angel. I felt 45 that I didn’t hurt the angel through treating her mistake in a right way.
31. A. sound B. laughter C. silence D. music
32. A. sleeping B. laughing C. running D. standing
33. A. news B. result C. report D. reply
34. A. read B. wrote C. found D. repeated
35. A. allowed B. advised C. ordered D. persuaded
36. A. accepted B. forgot C. refused D. understood
37. A. Suddenly B. Slowly C. Happily D. Sadly
38. A. left B. gone C. lost D. saved
39. A. excited B. frightened C. surprised D. disappointed
40. A. shout B. beat C. drive D. hold
41. A. But B. So C. And D. Or
42. A. pulled B. left C. pushed D. hit
43. A. foolish B. bad C. clever D. boring
44. A. skirt B. lipstick C. present D. magazine
45. A. sad B. interesting C. fortunate D. sorry |
A thief returned a mobile phone and thousands of yuan he had stolen from a woman after receiving 21 text messages from her, a local newspaper reported.
Pan Aiying, a Chinese teacher at Wutou Middle School in Qihe County, in East China’s Shandong Province, didn’t think her text messages would help to get her belongings(财物) back.
A young man riding a motorcycle robbed her of her bag, in which there was her mobile phone, bank cards and 4,900 yuan, as she was riding her bicycle home on Saturday evening.
Pan said at first she considered calling the police, but then decided to try to persuade（说服）the young man to return her bag. Pan called her lost phone with her friend’s, but couldn’t get through. So she began sending messages.
“Hey, I’m Pan Aiying, a teacher from Wutou Middle School. You must be going through a difficult time. If so, I will not blame you.” Wrote Pan in her first text message, which got no answer. “Keep the 4,900 yuan if you really need it, but please return the other things to me. You are still young. To make mistakes is human. Correcting your mistake is more important than anything.” Pan wrote in another message.
She gave up hope after sending 21 text messages without any answer and planned to call the police the next morning. However, as she left her home on Sunday morning, Pan found her stolen bag lying in the courtyard. Nothing was lost.
“Pan: I am sorry. I made a mistake. Please forgive me. You are so kind even though I stole from you. I’ll correct my ways and be an honest person,” said a letter left with the bag.
1. Where was Pan Aiying robbed?
A. In the school. B. At home. C. In the courtyard. D. on her way home
2. Why didn’t Pan Aiying call the police at first?
A. Because she thought the police wouldn’t help her.
B. Because it was too late at that time.
C. Because she wanted to communicate with the thief first.
D. Because her friend asked her not to.
3. How long was Pan Aiying’s bag missing?
A. About two days. B. About 12 hours.
C. About one day and a half. D. About 24 hours.
4. From the news we can learn that ____________.
A. the young man would not steal any more
B. Pan Aiying didn’t give up hope after sending 21 text messages
C. the young man would pay a visit to Pan Aiying personally
D. Pan Aiying teaches English in a middle school in Shandong Province |
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