1. Dad，there is a snake at the gate crawling this way. Don’t __________，boys；there’s no danger.
A．afraid B．frighten C．terrify D．panic
2. Last month, an earthquake ____ six on Richter scale happened in the northern part of Indonesia.
A．measured B．to measure C．to be measured D．measuring
3. I’ m still wondering__________ put the Christmas gift under my pillow．
A．whom it is that B．it is whom that C．it is who that D．who it is that
4. Can you spare me some paper? Mine ______.
A.has run out B.has used up C.has run out of D.is run out
5.Arguments, even quarrels, can be a valuable part of this _____ if we want to strengthen our communication with each other.
A．crime B．process C．edition D．deadline
It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment (约会) at 9:30. The nurse had him take a __6___ in the waiting area, __7___ him it would be at least 40 minutes __8___ someone would be able to see him. I saw him __9___ his watch and decided, since I was __10___ busy — my patient didn’t __11___ at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound. I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment. The gentleman said no and told me that he __12___ to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his __13___ . He told me that she had been __14___ for a while and that she had a special disease I asked if she would be __15___ if he was a bit late. He replied that she _____16 knew who he was, that she had not been able to __17___ him for five years now. I was __18___ , and asked him, “And you __19___ go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I know who she is.” I had to hold back __20___ as he left. Now I ___21__ that in marriages, true love is __22___ of all that is. The happiest people don’t __23___ have the best of everything; they just __24___ the best of everything they have. __25___ isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
6.
A．breath B．test C．seat D．break
7.
A．persuading B．promising C．understanding D．telling
8.
A．if B．before C．since D．after
9.
A．taking off B．fixing C．looking at D．winding
10.
A．very B．also C．seldom D．not
11.
A．turn up B．show off C．come on D．go away
12.
A．needed B．forgot C．agreed D．happened
13.
A．daughter B．wife C．mother D．sister
14.
A．late B．well C．around D．there
15.
A．lonely B．worried C．doubtful D．hungry
16.
A．so far B．neither C．no longer D．already
17.
A．recognize B．answer C．believe D．expect
18.
A．moved B．disappointed C．surprised D．satisfied
19.
A．only B．then C．thus D．still
20.
A．curiosity B．tears C．words D． judgment
21.
A．realize B．suggest C．hope D．prove
22.
A．agreement B．expression C．acceptance D．exhibition
23.
A． necessarily B．completely C．naturally D． frequently
24.
A．learn B．make C．favor D．try
25.
A．Adventure B．Beauty C．Trust D．Life
Many people think that listening is a passive business. It is just the opposite. Listening well is an active exercise of our attention and hard work. It is because they do not realize this, or because they are not willing to do the work, that most people do not listen well. Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else. An essential part of listening well is the rule known as ‘bracketing’. Bracketing includes the temporary giving up or setting aside of your own prejudices and desires, to experience as far as possible someone else’s world from the inside, stepping into his or her shoes. Moreover, since listening well involves bracketing, it also involves a temporary acceptance of the other person. Sensing this acceptance, the speaker will seem quite willing to open up the inner part of his or her mind to the listener. True communication is under way and the energy required for listening well is so great that it can be accomplished only by the will to extend oneself for mutual growth. Most of the time we lack this energy. Even though we may feel in our business dealings or social relationships that we are listening well, what we are usually doing is listening selectively. Often we have a prepared list in mind and wonder, as we listen, how we can achieve certain desired results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us. Many of us are far more interested in talking than in listening, or we simply refuse to listen to what we don’t want to hear. It wasn’t until toward the end of my doctor career that I have found the knowledge that one is being truly listened to is frequently therapeutic(有疗效的) In about a quarter of the patients I saw, surprising improvement was shown during the first few months of psychotherapy(心理疗法), before any of the roots of problems had been uncovered or explained. There are several reasons for this phenomenon, but chief among them, I believe, was the patient’s sense that he or she was being truly listened to, often for the first time in years, and for some, perhaps for the first time ever.
26. The phrase “stepping into his or her shoes” in paragraph 2 probably means _______.
A．preparing a topic list first B．focusing on one’s own mind C．directing the talk to the desired results D．experiencing the speaker’s inside world
27. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2?
A．How to listen well. B．What to listen to. C．Benefits of listening. D．Problems in listening.
28.According to the author, in communication people tend to ________.
A．listen actively B．listen purposefully C．set aside their prejudices D．open up their inner mind
29.According to the author, the patients improved mainly because _______.
A．they were taken good care of. B．they knew they were truly listened to. C．they had partners to talk to. D．they knew the roots of problems.
30.What type of writing the article likely to be?
A．Science fiction B．A news report. C．A medical report. D．Popular science
