Question

Just listen

I suspect that the most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen．Just listen Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our  36 ，and especially if it’s given from the  37 ．When people are talking，there’s no need to do anything but  38  them．Just take them  39 ．Listen to what they’re saying．Care about it．Most times caring about it is even more important than  40 it．

One of my patients told me that when she  41  to tell her story，people often  42  to tell her that they had once had something just like what happened to her．Subtly，her pain became a story about themselves． 43  she stopped talking to most people．It was just too  44 ．We connect through listening．When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand．we move the  45  of attention to ourselves．But when we listen，they know we care．

I have ever learned to  46  to someone crying by just listening．in the old days I used to reach for the tissues (紙巾)  47  I realized that passing a person a tissue may be just another way to shut them  48 ，to take them out of their  49  of sadness and pain Now I just listen．When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there  50  them．

This  51  thing has not been that easy to learn．It certainly went against everything I had been  52  since I was very young at school．I thought people listened only because they were too 53  to speak or did not know the answer．A loving silence often has far more  54  to connect than the most well-intentioned  55 ．

36．A．introduction	B.instruction	C.attention	D.relaxation
37．A．head	B.memory	C.mind	D.heart
38 ．A．talk to	B.listen to	C.object to	D.stick to
39．A．in	B.up	C.off	D.away
40．A．denying	B.remembering	C.questioning	D.understanding
41．A．managed	B.tried	C.hoped	D.expected
42．A．encouraged	B.interrupted	C.discouraged	D.urged
43．A．Eventually	B.Immediately	C.Completely	D.Especially
44．A．impolite	B.meaningless	C.lonely	D.selfish
45．A．middle	B.focus	C.center	D.choice
46．A．respond	B.compare	C.link	D.regret
47．A．unless	B.if	C.until	D.when
48．A．down	B.away	C.in	D.off
49．A．experiment	B.mixture	C.judgment	D.experience
50．A．with	B.against	C.for	D.among
51．A．complex	B.simple	C.complicated	D.single
52．A．mentioned	B.published	C.taught	D.proved
53．A．shy	B.greedy	C.active	D.proud
54．A．strength	B.energy	C.power	D.force
55．A．gestures	B.praise	C.criticism	D.words

 

Answer 1

36-40 CDBAD   41-45 BBACB    46-50 ACADA    51-55 BCACD