I come from one of those families where you have to yell at the dinner table to get in a word. Everyone has a strong _________ , and talks at the same time, and no one has a _________ leading to heated arguments. We often talk or even _________ with each other on different topics. _________ a family like mine has made me more _________ about the world around me, making me tend to question anything anyone tells me. But it has also made me realize that I’m not a good listener. And when I say “listening”, I’m not ______ to the nodding-your-head-and-__________ -answering-Uh-huh-or-Ooh-I-see variety. I mean the kind of listening where you find yourself deeply __________ with the person you’re speaking with, when his story becomes so ___________that your world becomes less about you and more about him. No, I was never very good at that.
I spent summer in South Africa two years ago. I worked for a good non-profit organization called Noah, which works _________ on behalf of children affected by AIDS. But _________ you asked me what I really did in South Africa, I’d tell you one thing: I listened, and I listened. Sometimes I _________ , but mostly listened.
And had I not spent two months _________ , I might have missed the _________ moment when a quiet little girl at one of Noah’s community centers, orphaned(孤儿)at the age of three, whispered after a long ______ , “I love you.”
______ that summer, I knew how to hear. I could sit down with anyone and hear their _________ and nod and respond at the __________ time-but most of the time I was _________ about the next words out of my own mouth. Ever since my summer in South Africa, I have noticed that it’s in those moments when my mouth is closed and my _________ is wide open that I’ve learned the most about other people, and perhaps about myself.
1.A.qualification B.influence C.assumption D.opinion
2.A.problem B.commitment C.schedule D.request
3.A.discuss B.debate C.consult D.compromise
4.A.Bringing up B.Growing up C.Belonging to D.Believing in
5.A.anxious B.curious C.nervous D.concerned
6.A.objecting B.appealing C.turning D.referring
7.A.rudely B.loudly C.politely D.deliberately
8.A.quarreling B.meeting C.competing D.identifying
9.A.vivid B.entertaining C.mind-numbing D.time-consuming
10.A.effortlessly B.timelessly C.aimlessly D.tirelessly
11.A.unless B.although C.if D.because
12.A.worked B.spoke C.wept D.applauded
13.A.working B.traveling C.listening D.studying
14.A.astonishing B.fascinating C.frustrating D.touching
15.A.delay B.silence C.journey D.course
16.A.Before B.After C.Since D.Except
17.A.needs B.stories C.comments D.cases
18.A.valuable B.free C.right D.same
19.A.talking B.thinking C.learning D.arguing
20.A.mind B.spirit C.sympathy D.family
-Did you take sides when Mom and Dad were arguing again?
-No. I’ve learnt that it’s best to until it blows over.
A.call it a day B.pull their legs C.sit on the fence D.wash my hands off
All the passengers, according to the new regulation, before boarding the subway.
A.are to be inspected B.are going to be inspected
C.will be inspected D.are about to be inspected
He’s never thought of getting addicted to drugs and destructive dangers they will bring him.
A.how B.whether C.whose D.what
I had wanted to rush outside and leave all the frustrating things behind but something told me I had to stay and face the music.
A.reluctantly B.desperately C.essentially D.fundamentally
He must have been out of sense when he did that, he?
A.hasn’t B.mustn’t C.didn’t D.wasn’t