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I suppose 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 attention. And especially if it’s given from the heart. When people are talking, there’s no need to do anything but receive them. Listen to what they’re saying. Care about it. Most times caring about it is even more important than understanding it. Most of us don’t value ourselves or our love enough to know this. It has taken me a long time to believe in the power of simple saying “I’m so sorry,” when someone is in pain.
One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell her story people often interrupted to tell her that they once had something just like that happening to them. Her pain became a story about them. Eventually, she stopped talking to most people. We connect through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let them know that we understand, we move the focus of attention to ourselves. When we listen, they know we care.
I have even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening. In the old days I used to reach for the handkerchiefs, until I realized that passing a person a handkerchief may be just another way to shut him down, to take them out of their experience of sadness. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they find me there with them.
This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly went against everything I had been taught since I was very young. I thought people listened only because they were too shy to speak or did not know the answer. But now I know that a loving silence often has far more power to heal than the kindest words.
小题1:What does the author value most in the communication with each other?
A.Deep understandingB.Saying “I’m Sorry”.
C.Attention from heart.D.Doing nothing.
小题2:The woman patient stopped telling her story to most people because ______.
A.She didn’t get enough respect from others
B.she was discouraged by being often interrupted
C.people often told her their own opinions
D.people couldn’t understand her sad situation
小题3: If you hand a handkerchief to someone crying, you may ______.
A.hurt his feelingsB.make him embarrassed
C.encourage him to continue to cryD.stop him from letting out his sorrow
小题4: It can be inferred from the passage that while communicating, ______.
A.listening is a perfect way to respond to others
B.people keep silent because they don’t know the answer
C.keeping silent means being too shy to speak
D.it is easy to form the habit of listening silently

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A

试题分析:本文主要讲了全身心地聆听别人倾诉是帮助别人排解忧伤的最好方式。
小题1:细节理解题。从第一段第三、四句可知答案为C。故选C。
小题2: 细节理解题。从第二段前三句的内容可知这位女病人之所以不再向别人倾诉是因为她总是被打断,故选B项。
小题3: 细节理解题。从第三段第二句中的until I realized that passing a person a handkerchief may be just another way to shut him down,to take them out of their experience of sadness可知选D。
小题4:推理判断题。通读全文可推知A项正确。
点评:这篇文章非常简单,先看问题,再带着问题仔细阅读短文,理解了全文内容,很容易选出正确答案。阅读短文时,常常会遇到一些生词。这时,要沉着,冷静,细心思考。首先要把整段、整篇文章看完。通过对全篇短文的理解,就很有可能猜测出生词的大意。另外,还可以从含有生词句子的上下文,以及句子和段落之间的关系来判断、理解生词以求获得其真正含义。猜测生词的另一种方法是,根据构词法推测。遇到生词后,可从构词法角度分析判断生词。
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