Question

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.

Answer

1.anything

2.important

3.students

4.happened

5.lonely

6.listen

7.never

8.with

9.against

10.shy

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文说的是倾听的重要性。有时候和人们拉近距离的方法就是做一个好的倾听者。

1.句意：当人们谈话的时候，不需要做任何事情，只是倾听。anything倾听。

2.句意：很多时候让一个人说出来比理解更重要。important 重要的。

3.句意：我在一所中学教书的时候，我的一个学生告诉我……student 学生。因为前一句话提到在中学教书，所以是学生。

4.句意：……当她想说她的故事的时候，别人会打断她，去谈发生在自己身上的类似的事情。happen to sb.某人发生某事。

5.句意：最后她就什么都不说了，从而变得很孤独。lonely 孤独的。

6.句意：当我们听的时候，人们知道我们很关心。listen 听。

7.句意：我从来没学过如何对待一个哭泣的人，就是听他们哭。never 从不。

8.句意：当他们把所有想哭的都哭玩了，他们会发现我就在他们身边。with 和…在一起。

9.句意：它当然违背了我小时候学的东西。against 反对，违背。

10.句意：我想人们只听不说是因为他们太害羞而不好意思说话或不知道怎样回答。有爱意的沉默要比语言更有力量。

考点：单词填空。