Passage 2
I suppose that the most basic and powerful way to communicate with 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 it.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 along time to believe in the power of simply 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 herthat something just like that once happened to them. Her pain became a story about themselves.Eventually she stopped talking to most people. We communicate through listening. When we interrupt what someone is saying to let him 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 might be just another way to shut him up, and to take him out of his experience of sadness. Now I just listen. When they have cried all they need to cry, they will find me there with them.
This simple thing has not been that easy to learn. It certainly goes against everything I have 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 more power to heal than the kindes twords.
What does the author value most in communication with each other?
题干大意是：在彼此沟通时，作者最重视什么?根据第一段第三句“…isour attention, and especially if it's given from the heart.”可知，也许我们给予彼此的最重要的东西就是我们的关注，倘若是发自内心给予的关注，那么就尤其重要。由此可知，在彼此沟通时，作者最重视的是发自内心的关注。故选C。
The author's patient stopped telling her story to most people because_________.
题干大意是：作者的病人停止了向大多数人讲自己的故事是因为______。根据第二段前三句"One of my patients told me that when she tried to tell herstory, people often interrupted..she stopped talking to most people.”可知，作者的一个病人说当她试图讲述自己的故事时，人们经常打断她，并告诉她曾经有过恰好类似的事情发生在他们身上；她的痛苦变成了一个关于他们自己的故事；最终她停止了与大多数人交谈。由此可知，作者的病人停止了向大多数人讲自己的故事是因为她因经常被打断而灰心丧气。故选B。
If you hand a handkerchief to someone crying, you may _______.
题干大意是：如果你给一个正在哭泣的人递纸巾，你可能 ___。根据第三段第二句".…until I realized that passing a person a handkerchief might be just anotherway to shut him up, and to take him out of his experience of sadness.”可知，在过去，作者常常伸手去拿纸巾，直到意识到把纸巾递给一个人可能只是让他闭嘴、让他摆脱自己的悲伤经历的另一种方式。由此可推知，如果你给一个正在哭泣的人递纸巾，你可能会阻止他宣泄自己的悲伤。故选D。
It can be inferred from the passage that while communicating, _______.
题干大意是：从本文可以推断出，沟通时____。根据第三段第一句“Ihave even learned to respond to someone crying by just listening.”和最后一段最后一句“Butnow I know that a loving silence often has more power to heal than the kindest words.”可知，作者甚至学会了只是用倾听来回应正在哭泣的某个人；现在作者知道，充满爱的沉默往往比最友善的话语有更多治愈的力量。由此可推知，沟通时倾听是回应别人的最佳方式，所以A项正确。根据最后一段倒数第二句"I thought people listened only because theywere too shy to speak or did not know the answer.”可知，作者原以为人们倾听只是因为太害羞而不敢讲话或者不知道答案，由此可推知，人们保持沉默并不是因为太害羞而不敢讲话或者不知道答案，所以B、C两项错误；根据最后一段第一句"The simple thing has notbeen that easy to learn."可知，倾听学起来并不那么容易，所以D项错误。故选A。
Which of the following might be the author's suggestion about communication?
题干大意是：下列哪一项可能是作者关于沟通的建议?根据第一段第一、二句"I suppose that the most basic and powerful way to communicate with another person is tolisten.Just listen."可知，作者认为与另一个人沟通最基本、最有效的方式就是倾听；只是倾听，即作者建议在沟通的时候我们要懂得倾听。故选B。