Question

It often appears that we have more to gain by speaking than by listening. One big advantage of speaking is that it gives you a chance to _____ others' thoughts and actions. Whatever your goal is — to have a boss hire you, to ____others to vote for the person of your choice or to describe the ____ you want your hair cut ...the key to success seems to be the ____ to speak well.

Another ____ advantage of speaking is the chance it provides to ____ the admiration, respect, or linking of others. Tell jokes, and everyone will think you're really a ____ man. Tell them all you know，and they'll be ____ by your wisdom. But keep quiet, and it seems as if you are a ____ person.

Finally，talking gives you the ___ to release(釋放) energy in a way that listening can't. When you're ____, the chance to talk about your problems can often help you feel better. In the same way, you can often ___ your anger by letting it out orally. It is also helpful to ___your excitement with others by talking about it, ____ keeping it inside often leaves you feeling as if you might burst.

____ it is true that talking does have many advantages，it's important to ____ that listening can do good to listeners, too. As you'll soon read, being a good listener is one good way to __ others with their problems; and what better way is there to have others ____ you? As for controlling others, it may be true that it's hard to be persuasive while you're listening, but your ___ to hear others out will often make them open to your ideas ____. Listening is often reciprocal(互惠的). “You get what you give.”

1.A. guess B. control C. disturb D. tease

2.A.insist B．a(chǎn)dvise C．persuade D. suggest

3.A.idea B．plan C．means D. way

4.A.habit B．energy C．power D.ability

5.A.obvious B．easy C．new D．special

6.A. catch B．gain C．remain D．declare

7.A.successful B．simple C．wise D．stupid

8.A.affected B．moved C．instructed D．impressed

9.A.fruitless B．homeless C．worthless D．senseless

10.A.pleasure B．course C．opportunity D．duty

11.A.in trouble B．in danger C．in debt D．in silence

12.A.reduce B．extend C．deepen D．widen

13.A.control B．share C．enjoy D．remove

14.A.or B．so C．for D．though

15.A.s B. When C. Since D. While

16.A.suppose B．a(chǎn)ware C．realize D．imagine

17.A.fail B．cure C．hurt D．help

18.A.appreciate B．listen to C．envy D．support

19.A.kindness B．favour C．willingness D．concern

20.A.by turns B．in return C．in turn D．in order

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.D

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.D

9.C

10.C

11.A

12.A

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.C

17.D

18.A

19.C

20.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述善于言辭的重要性，同時也提及傾聽的重要性。

1. your goal is — to have a boss hire you, to…無論你的目的是什么，讓一個老板雇傭你或者…可知應該是用語言去控制他人的思想或行為，即讓他人的思想或行為按照你的目標去發(fā)展，故選B

2. to vote for the person應是勸說他人為某人投票，故選C

3. the ____ you want your hair cut描述你想要你的頭發(fā)被剪的方式，更為恰當，故選D

4. key to success seems to be the ____ to speak well，成功的關(guān)鍵就是善于言辭的能力，最為恰當，故選D

5. ____ advantage of speaking is the chance it provides說話另一個明顯的好處就是….明顯的意思更為貼切，故選A

6. ____ the admiration, respect, or linking of others.應該是得到他人的贊揚，尊重和建立聯(lián)系，故選B

7. jokes, and everyone will think you're really a ____ man.講笑話每個人都會認為你是個明智的人，意即為風趣的人，故選C

8. them all you know，and they'll be ____ by your wisdom告訴你所知道的，他們會對你的智慧印象深刻，故選D

9. keep quiet, and it seems as if you are a ____ person.，保持沉默就好象你是一個沒有什么價值的人，故選C

10. ____ advantage of speaking is the chance it provides to， talking gives you the ___ to可知這一段講的是說話給與你的另一個機會，故選C

11. you're ____, the chance to talk about your problems can often help you feel better.談論你的麻煩會讓你感覺更好，可知是當你在麻煩之中，故選A

12. can often ___ your anger by letting it out orally.釋放憤怒會減少你的憤怒，故選A

13. is also helpful to ___ your excitement with others by talking about it,同他人談論應該是分享你的興奮，故選B

14. keeping it inside often leaves you feeling as if you might burst.抑制不說經(jīng)常會讓你感覺好像要爆發(fā)，用for，表示對…來說，最為恰當，故選C

15.___ it is true that talking does have many advantages，it's important to ____ that listening can do good to listeners盡管談論有很多好處，聽也是很重要的，故選D

16. important to ____ that listening can do good to listeners, too意識到聽也是有好處的也是很重要的，故選C

17. a good listener is one good way to ___ others with their problems成為一個好的聽眾也是幫助他人解決問題的好方法，故選D

18. better way is there to have others ____ you，這也是讓別人贊賞你的一個多么好的方法呀，故選A

19. your ___ to hear others out will often make them open to your ideas ____但是你愿意傾聽他人也會使他人對你敞開心扉，故選C

20. others out will often make them open to your ideas ____你愿意傾聽他人，作為回報，他們也愿意傾聽你的想法，故選B

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