2017高考英语二轮复习高考倒计时——30天系列练习 高考倒计时第13天（含解析）

　　倒数第13天(5月24日)

　　(2017·江西卷)Many people think that listening is a passive business.It is just the opposite.Listening well is an active exercise of our attention and hard work.It is because they do not realize this，or because they are not willing to do the work，that most people do not listen well.

　　Listening well also requires total concentration upon someone else.An essential part of listening well is the rule known as ‘bracketing'.Bracketing includes the temporary giving up or setting aside of your own prejudices and desires，to experience as far as possible someone else's world from the inside，stepping_into_his_or_her_shoes.Moreover，since listening well involves bracketing，it also involves a temporary acceptance of the other person.Sensing this acceptance，the speaker will seem quite willing to open up the inner part of his or her mind to the listener.True communication is under way.The energy required for listening well is so great that it can be accomplished only by the will to extend oneself for mutual growth.

　　Most of the time we lack this energy.Even though we may feel in our business dealings or social relationships that we are listening well，what we are usually doing is listening selectively.Often we have a prepared list in mind and wonder，as we listen，how we can achieve certain desired results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us.Many of us are far more interested in talking than in listening，or we simply refuse to listen to what we don't want to hear.

　　It wasn't until toward the end of my doctor career that I have found the knowledge that one is being truly listened to is frequently therapeutic(有疗效的)．In about a quarter of the patients I saw，surprising improvement was shown during the first few months of the psychotherapy(心理疗法)，before any of the roots of problems had been uncovered or explained.There are several reasons for this phenomenon，but chief among them，I believe，was the patient's sense that he or she was being truly listened to，often for the first time in years，and for some，perhaps for the first time ever.

　　1．The phrase “stepping into his or her shoes” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.

　　A．preparing a topic list first

　　B．focusing on one's own mind

　　C．directing the talk to the desired results

　　D．experiencing the speaker's inside world

　　解析　词义猜测题。stepping into his or her shoes意思是“设身处地地考虑别人的感受”，在本题中与D项的意思最为相符。

　　答案　D

　　2．What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 2?

　　A．How to listen well.

　　B．What to listen to.

　　C．Benefits of listening.

　　D．Problems in listening.

　　解析　段落大意题。第二段分析的是listening well所包含的要素。

　　答案　A

　　3．According to the author，in communication people tend to ________.

　　A．listen actively

　　B．listen purposefully

　　C．set aside their prejudices

　　D．open up their inner mind

　　解析　细节理解题。根据第三段的“Often we have a prepared list in mind and wonder，as we listen，how we can achieve certain desired results to get the conversation over as quickly as possible or redirected in ways more satisfactory to us.”可知B项正确。

　　答案　B

　　4．According to the author，the patients improved mainly because ________.

　　A．they were taken good care of

　　B．they knew they were truly listened to

　　C．they had partners to talk to

　　D．they knew the roots of problems

　　解析　细节理解题。根据最后一段“...I believe，was the patient's sense that he or she was being truly listened to，often for the first time in years，and for some，perhaps for the first time ever.”可知B项符合题意。

　　答案　B

　　5．What type of writing is the article likely to be?

　　A．Science fiction.

　　B．A news report.

　　C．A medical report.

　　D．Popular science.

　　解析　文章类型题。文章主要介绍与listening well有关的知识，不属于科幻小说，不属于资讯报道，也不是医学报告。

　　答案　D