六、聽的行為

　　A recent poll indicated that half the teenagers in the United States believe that communication between them and their parents is__1__and further that one of the prime causes of this gap is __2__listening behavior. As a(an)__3__ in point, one parent believed that her daughter had a severe__4__problem. She was so __5__that she took her to an audiologist to have her ear tested. The audiologist carefully tested both ears and reported back to the parent:“There’s nothing wrong with her hearing. She’s just __6__you out.”

　　A leading cause of the __7__divorce rate (more than half of all marriages end in divorce) is the failure of husbands and wives to __8__effectively. They don’t listen to each other. Neither person__9__to the actual message sent by the other.

　　In __10__fashion, political scientists report that a growing number of people believe that their elected and __11__officials are out of__12__with the constituents they are supposedly __13__. Why? Because they don’t believe that they listen to them. In fact, it seems that sometimes our politicians don’t even listen to themselves. The following is a true story: At a national__14__conference held in Albuquerque some years ago, then Senator Joseph Montoya was__15__a copy of a press release by a press aide shortly before he got up before the audience to__16__ a speech. When he rose to speak,__17__the horror of the press aide and the__18__of his audience, Montoya began reading the press release, not his speech. He began, “For immediate release. Senator Joseph M. Montoya, Democrat of New Mexico, last night told the National...” Montoya read the entire six-page release,__19__ with the statement that he “was repeatedly __20__by applause.”

　　1.[A] scarce [B] little [C] rare [D] poor

　　2.[A] malignant [B] deficient [C] ineffective [D] feeble

　　3.[A] case [B] example [C] lesson [D] suggestion

　　4.[A] audio [B] aural [C] hearing [D] listening

　　5.[A] believing [B] convinced [C] assured [D] doubtless

　　6.[A] turning [B] tuning [C] tucking [D] tugging

　　7.[A] rising [B] arising [C] raising [D] arousing

　　8.[A] exchange [B] interchange [C] encounter [D] interact

　　9.[A] relates [B] refers [C] responds [D] resorts

　　10.[A] like [B] alike [C] likely [D] likewise

　　11.[A] nominated [B] selected [C] appointed [D] supported

　　12.[A] connection [B] reach [C] association [D] touch

　　13.[A] leading [B] representing [C]delegating [D] supporting

　　14.[A] legislative [B] legitimate [C] legalized [D] liberal

　　15.[A] distributed [B] awarded [C] handed [D] submitted

　　16.[A] present [B] publish [C] deliver [D] pursue

　　17.[A] to [B] with [C] for [D] on

　　18.[A] joy [B] enjoyment [C] amusement [D] delight

　　19.[A] conclude [B] to conclude [C] concluding [D] concluded

　　20.[A] disrupted [B] interfered [C] interrupted [D] stopped

　　答案

　　1.D 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.B 6.B 7.A 8.D 9.C 10.A

　　11.C 12.D 13.B 14.A 15.C 16.C 17.A 18.C 19.C 20.C

　　總體分析

　　本文主要討論了聽行為對人際交流的影響。文章第一段從父母和子女之間的交流出發，說明兒女不聽父母的話造成了他們之間的隔閡。第二段從婚姻的角度出發，說明夫妻雙方的互不理睬造成交流不暢，從而使離婚率上升。第三段從政治的角度出發，說明政府官員不聆聽選民甚至不在意自己所說的話，造成官民隔閡。例證法是本文采用的主要的論證方法。

　　全文翻譯

　　最近的一項民意測驗顯示：美國一半的青少年認為他們與父母的交流不好，而且造成這種隔閡的一個首要原因是有不理想的傾聽行為。一個典型的例子是，一位母親認為她女兒有嚴重的聽力問題。她對此確信無疑，于是就帶著女兒去聽覺病矯治專家那兒檢查她的耳朵。專家仔細檢查了兩只耳朵，然后告訴這位母親說：“她的聽力沒問題，只是不理睬你而已。”

　　離婚率上升(一半以上的婚姻以離婚告終)的一個首要原因是夫妻間不能有效地交流。他們彼此充耳不聞。兩人對對方發出的確切信息都毫無反應。

　　同樣地，據政治科學家報道，越來越多的人相信他們選舉指派的官員與其本應代表的選民失去了聯系。為什么呢?因為這些人認為他們不需要傾聽選民的意見。實際上，有時我們的政治家們似乎連自己的聲音都不聽。下面是一個真實的例子：在幾年前亞柏克爾克舉行的全國立法會議上，一位新聞助理在當時的參議員約瑟夫·蒙圖亞演講前交給了他一份新聞稿。令該新聞助理大吃一驚而使聽眾感到有趣的是，當蒙圖亞起來講話時，他讀的不是演講稿而是那份新聞稿。蒙圖亞先生以“即時新聞稿。新墨西哥州的民主黨參議員約瑟夫·蒙圖亞昨晚在全國……上說……”開始，讀完了全部的六頁新聞稿，并以他“不時被掌聲打斷”結尾。