填空题 Listening is one of the first things we learn to do and one of the things we do most. The average person spends 1 of their daily communication time writing, 16 percent reading, 30 percent speaking, and a whopping 2 . Students spend most of their school time listening up to 60 percent, according to some studies. Yet 3 , we usually take our ability to listen for granted. As we have already said, though, 4 .
The fact is, we have different listening styles 5 . How successful we are as listeners may depend in part on 6 for the situation.
Perhaps the most basic listening style is 7 . We listen appreciatively when we enjoy music, a bird"s song, or the murmur of a brook. We 8 , one called discriminative listening, when we want to 9 from a noisy environment. You discriminate, for example, when you listen for a friend"s voice 10 . We use a third style of listening, comprehensive listening, when we want to understand. When we listen to 11 , we are using this style.
The fourth learning style is more complex. 12 , the style practiced by counselors, psychiatrists, and good friends, encourages people to 13 . Friends act as our sounding boards when we just want someone to listen. The therapeutic listener 14 accepts what is said, tries hard to understand, and above all, 15 .
The fifth style, 16 , is the one we will examine most closely. Critical listeners are the most active of all listeners because they are working hard to decide whether 17 makes sense. Critical listeners evaluate what they hear and decide if 18 is logical, worthwhile or has value. We need to be critical listeners when someone wants us to buy some things, 19 , or support a particular idea. We also need to be critical listeners in school, where 20 .