浙江省北斗联盟2021-2022学年高二下学期期中联考英语试题（音频暂未更新）

When communicating with others, we often focus on what we should say. However, effective communication is less about talking and more about listening. If your goal is to fully understand and connect with the other person, listening in an engaged way will often come naturally. The more you practice them, the more satisfying and rewarding your interactions with others will become.

Focus fully on the speaker.

You can't listen in an engaged way if you're constantly checking your phone or thinking about something else. You need to stay focused on the moment-o-moment experience in order to pick up the subtle (细微的) differences and important nonverbal cues in a conversation. If you find it hard to concentrate on some speakers, try repeating their words over in your head.

Avoid interrupting or trying to redirect the conversation to your concerns.

By saying something like, "If you think that's bad, let me tell you what happened to me." You can't concentrate on what someone's saying if you're forming what you're going to say next. Often, the speaker can read your facial expressions and know that your mind's elsewhere.

In order to communicate effectively with someone, you don't have to like them or agree with their ideas, values, or opinions. However, set aside your judgment and withhold blame and criticism to fully understand them. The most difficult communication, when successfully made, can often lead to an unlikely connection with someone.

Provide feedback.

If there seems to be a disconnect, reflect what has been said by paraphrasing. "What I'm hearing is," or "Sounds like you are saying," are great ways to reflect back. Don't simply repeat what the speaker has said verbatim, though-you'll sound insincere or unintelligent. Ask questions to clarify certain points: "What do you mean when you say..."or "Is this what you mean?"

1）表示感谢：

2）回顾帮助：

3）邀请来中国游玩。

注意：

1）词数80左右：

2）可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯

When I was young, I lived in a small village in Melaka. The spirit of neighborliness was very strong then. The village had a variety of trades to serve the needs of the villagers. There was a barber, tailor, coffee shop owner, grocer, and so on. All of us were quite poor but we got by. However, one family which could be considered as living a marginal existence was the Lim family living in the bicycle shop opposite our dwelling.

Mr. Lim, the bicycle mechanic, had a large brood of children-welve to be exact. My mother was a kind-hearted soul. Often, she would remark that his children were dressed in ragged clothes and looked malnourished (营养不良的). My family was relatively better off in the village. My parents would bring over whatever food we could spare to the Lim family.

I remember one particular year when times were very hard. Even my family had to make do with two meals a day. We stopped the practice of giving food to Mr. Lim. One day, I noticed my mother looking troubled. She had learned that the Lim family had not been eating for the past two days. She decided to sacrifice a portion of our meals to the family despite the protests(抗议)from my brothers that were too hungry. Fortunately, the lean spell (困难时期) did not last long, and the children in our family resumed our three meals a day again.

As time went on, the number of customers at Lim's shop had increased rapidly. Business at his shop took off like a rocket as Japanese bikes were very useful and popular for transport. They were much better off than before.

It was at this time that my father's health was worsening. We were confused by the mysterious illness he was suffering from. Because of lack of attention to his provision shop (食品店)，the business became worse. My father then sold our family car to pay off the mounting bills. My brothers and I had to stop schooling because we could not afford the fees.

注意：

1）所续写短文的词数应为150左右：

2）续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好

Paragraph 1 They say that one good deed deserves another.

Paragraph 2 With the help of Mr. Lim, the situation in my family took a turn for the better.