题目内容：

I come from one of those families where you have to yell at the dinner table to get in a word. Everyone has a strong ____, and talks at the same time, and no one has a ____ leading to heated arguments. We often talk or even debate with each other on different topics.

___ a family like mine has made me more ____ about the world around me, making me tend to question anything anyone tells me. But it has also made me realize that I’m not a good listener. And when I say “listening”, I’m not ____ to the nodding-your-head-and-____-answering-Uh-huh-or-Ooh-I-see variety. I mean the kind of listening where you find yourself deeply ____ the person you’re speaking with, when his story become so ____ that your world becomes less about you and more about him. No, I was never good at that.

I spent summer in South Africa two years ago. I worked ____ for a good non-profit ____ called Noah, which works on behalf of children affected by AIDS. But ____ you asked me what I really did in South Africa, I’d tell you one thing: I listened, and I listened Sometimes I ____, but mostly I listened.

And if I had not spent two months ____, I might have missed the ____ moment when a quiet little girl at one of Noah’s community centers, who lost her parents at the age of three, whispered after a long ____, “I love you.”

___ that summer, I knew a little about how to hear. I could sit down with anyone hear their ____ and nod and respond at the ____ time----but most of the time I was ____ about the next words out of my own mouth. Ever since my summer in South Africa, I have noticed that it’s in those moments when my mouth is closed and my ____ is wide open that I’ve learned the most about other people, and perhaps about myself.

1.A. qualification    B. influence    C. opinion    D. assumption

2.A. time    B. problem    C. schedule    D. request

3.A. Belonging to    B. Believing in    C. Bringing up    D. Struggling for

4.A. anxious    B. curious    C. nervous    D. adventurous

5.A. objecting    B. appealing    C. turning    D. referring

6.A. rudely    B. loudly    C. politely    D. gratefully

7.A. understanding    B. judging    C. discussing    D. catering

8.A. vivid    B. magical    C. mind-numbing    D. time-consuming

9.A. effortlessly    B. timelessly    C. aimlessly    D. tirelessly

10.A. school    B. organization    C. factory    D. church

11.A. unless    B. because    C. although    D. if

12.A. applauded    B. spoke    C. wept    D. complained

13.A. studying    B. traveling    C. listening    D. working

14.A. touching    B. frustrating    C. astonishing    D. fascinating

15.A. delay    B. course    C. journey    D. silence

16.A. Before    B. After    C. Except    D. Since

17.A. needs    B. stories    C. comments    D. cases

18.A. valuable    B. free    C. right    D. same

19.A. talking    B. arguing    C. learning    D. thinking

20.A. sympathy    B. spirit    C. mind    D. family