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【題目】 A conversation with a good listener is like a good meal—we walk away feeling satisfied and happy. 【1】 Here are 4 ways to make your conversation partner feel like you’re fully tuned in to their personal radio station.

【2】

Making your conversation partner feel safe starts with two things: an open mind and keeping judgment to yourself. Just as immersing（沉浸）yourself in a novel requires suspension of disbelief, immersing yourself in listening requires suspension of opinions or advice. While judgments may appear into your head, set them to the side.

Ask questions to follow your natural curiosity.

When you’re interested, ask questions. 【3】 Ask for examples. Ask for details. Following your natural curiosity by asking questions not only shows you are listening and interested, but almost always produces an interesting story.

Listen with your whole body.

In many a kindergarten classroom, teachers emphasize something called “whole body listening”. It goes like this: use your eyes to watch nonverbal（非語(yǔ)言）, your brain to think about what is being said, your heart to feel emotions and keep the rest of your body quiet to show respect. But many of us lose it over time, especially as life gets busy. The result? We often try to multitask while listening. 【4】

Validate（使生效）with simple phrases.

Keep in your back pocket some validating words and phrases to show you’ve heard someone.

“Of course.” “That makes sense.” “Naturally.” “Clearly.” “For sure.” 【5】 In conversation, combining those little phrases: “Of course you feel that way.” or “That makes total sense.” doesn’t necessarily convey agreement, but it does convey something even bigger： acceptance.

A. Create safety.

B. Devote yourself to listening.

C. It’s appealing to talk about your own experience.

D. We half-listen while getting things done or staring at a screen.

E. Think like a journalist and ask what, when, where, why or how.

F. But being a good listener goes way beyond just not interrupting or nodding your head.

G. All of these statements confirm a person’s experience or feelings as worthy and accepted.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】A

【3】E

【4】D

【5】G

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文。和一個(gè)好的傾聽(tīng)者交談就像一頓美餐——我們離開(kāi)時(shí)感到滿足和快樂(lè)。文章介紹了4種方法可以讓你的談話對(duì)象感覺(jué)你已經(jīng)完全適應(yīng)了他們的個(gè)人廣播電臺(tái)。

【1】上句提到“和一個(gè)好的傾聽(tīng)者交談就像一頓美餐——我們離開(kāi)時(shí)感到滿足和快樂(lè)。”再根據(jù)下文提示“這里有4種方法可以讓你的談話對(duì)象感覺(jué)你已經(jīng)完全適應(yīng)了他們的個(gè)人廣播電臺(tái)。”承接上下文，F項(xiàng)But being a good listener goes way beyond just not interrupting or nodding your head.“但是，做一個(gè)好的傾聽(tīng)者不只是不插嘴只點(diǎn)頭�！�切題。此處的關(guān)鍵詞是listener。

【2】此空是小標(biāo)題，應(yīng)該用短小精悍的句子。根據(jù)下文提到“讓你的談話對(duì)象感到安全，從兩件事開(kāi)始：---。”承接下文，A項(xiàng)Create safety.“創(chuàng)造安全”切題。該項(xiàng)中的safety與下文中的safe對(duì)應(yīng)。

【3】上文提到“當(dāng)你感興趣的時(shí)候，問(wèn)問(wèn)題。”承接上文，E項(xiàng)Think like a journalist and ask what, when, where, why or how.“像記者一樣思考，問(wèn)什么，什么時(shí)候，在哪里，為什么，怎么做。”切題。該項(xiàng)中的what, when, where, why or how.與上文的questions對(duì)應(yīng)。

【4】上文提到“但隨著時(shí)間的推移，我們中的許多人會(huì)失去它，尤其是當(dāng)生活變得忙碌的時(shí)候。結(jié)果呢?我們經(jīng)常在聽(tīng)的時(shí)候嘗試一心多用。”承接上文，D項(xiàng)We half-listen while getting things done or staring at a screen.“我們?cè)谕瓿扇蝿?wù)或盯著屏幕的時(shí)候似聽(tīng)非聽(tīng)。”切題。該項(xiàng)中的half-listen與multitask對(duì)應(yīng)。

【5】上文提到““Of course.” “That makes sense.” “Naturally.” “Clearly.” “For sure.””承接上文，G項(xiàng)All of these statements confirm a person’s experience or feelings as worthy and accepted.“所有這些陳述都證實(shí)了一個(gè)人的經(jīng)歷或感覺(jué)是值得和被接受的。”切題。該項(xiàng)中的these statements與上文的“Of course.” “That makes sense.” “Naturally.” “Clearly.”對(duì)應(yīng)。