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一、单词
1.concentration
[ˌkɑ:nsnˈtreɪʃn]
n.浓度；集中；专心；关注
It's the sort of work that calls for a high level of concentration.
这工作需要高度集中注意力。
This task requires considerable concentration.
这件工作需要相当专心。
Because of the next year, you will not have as much concentration, nor of spare time with this intention.
因为明年你会有尽可能多的闲暇时间，你将不会集中注意力做某一件事情，也不会格外花时间来关注这个意见。
2.appearance [əˈpɪrəns]
n.外貌，外观；出现，露面；[哲]现象
I was struck with the man's singular appearance.
那个人的奇特外貌给我留下了深刻的印象。
It had the appearance of the18th century church.
它有着18世纪教堂的外观。
At the appearance of the enemy, we attacked.
敌人一出现，我们就发起了攻击。
She once made a brief appearance on television
她曾经在电视上短暂露面。
3.seek [sik]
vt.寻找，探寻；追求，谋求；往或朝…而去；[废语]考察
vi.查找，查寻；找一找
The enemy will invariably seek opportunities to assert himself.
敌人是一定要寻找机会表现他们自己的。
I also seek out good news, to amass optimistic facts.
同时，我也会探寻好消息、收集乐观的事实。
He was not in the humor to seek anything.
他没有心情去追求任何东西。
And we would not seek to disturb that.
我们不能谋求对他们进行干扰。
4.societ [sə'sɪrt]
n. 社会阶层
Obviously,every modern society has a bit of that.
显然，每个现代社会都有点这样。
5.technological [ˌtɛknəˈlɑdʒɪkəl]
adj.技术上的；工艺（学）的；因技术革新而造成的
We have accomplished technological miracles.
我们完成了一些技术上的奇迹。
6.function [ˈfʌŋkʃən]
n.功能，作用；应变量，函数；职务；重大聚会
vi.有或起作用；行使职责
The other fundamental consideration in the conception of a plan is function.
在构思设计图时要考虑的另一个基本因素是功能。
His function is vital to the accomplishment of the agency's mission.
要完成该机构的使命，他的作用至关重要。
One's assigned role or function.
角色某人指定的角色或职务
二、长难句
1.Very often hearing is confused with listening.经常混淆听到和倾听。
hear是听到、听见的意思，而listen是倾听的意思。二者都有听的意思，但截然不同，如果不能把二者起分开，很容易理解为“经常混淆听和听”。confused 为谓语，采用一般现在时和被动语态。。
2.Verbal communication is a good means for people to understand each other.
for people to understand 为不定式，作后置定语。for people 为不定式的逻辑主语。each 为相互代词。a 为不定冠词。like 为谓语，采用一般现在时。
When a listener doesn't like the speaker, he may skip part of what the speaker issaying.
when 为连词，引导时间状语从句。skip 为谓语，采用一般现在时。
三、From a personal point of view, the generation gap between children and parents,misunderstandings caused by lack of communication between people and people's other misunderstanding of listening lead to people complaining that they are not understood. From a listener's point of view,the first point is that people's attention in listening is influenced by external factors, and listeners jump. They have something that they are not interested in. Second, listeners' feelings for the speaker also affect hearing. It is not enough to ensure good communication. We should provide an acceptable explanation for those who complain that they do not understand.
四、课后题
46. Differences in opinions may lead to conflicts.
47. We tend to ignore the fact that listening needs effort.
48. Listening ability is often confused with hearing ability.
49.Losing track of what others say is like losing one's way on a journey.
50. Modern communication tools don't guarantee better communication L 49. Losing track of what others say is like losing one's way on a journey.
51.A lack of communication and understanding has caused many problems.
52.Concentration is greatly decided by whether the topic in discussion is interesting or not.
53. When we hear people saying that no one listens to them, we should be able to tell why.
54. When a listener doesn't like the speaker, he may skip part of what the speaker is saying.
55. A lack of communication is often the cause of misunderstand between and among people.
答案解析
46.与B段中的“There are bound to be differences in the opinions of two people that give rise to conflicts.”表述大致相同，故为B
47.D段中“we take it for granted that listening does not require much effort”与之表述大致相同，故为D
48.D段中有“Very often hearing is confused with listening”,故为D
49.E段中有“other human voices are some of the common physical distractions”,故为E
50.Modern communication tool对应C段中的the mobile phone and pager,don't guarantee better communication对应C段中最后的问句。故为C
51.A lack of communication and understanding在文中各有对应段落，但是关键的是最后的 caused many problems，它对应的是文章开头第一段（A）
52.F段中的“when the speaker talks about something that is of no personal interests or concern to him”和“his mind is wander”表述大致一致。
53.H段中的“When we hear people complain that no one listens to them or no one understands them,we should be able to provide an acceptable explanation.”表述一致。
54.G段中“ A person's feeling towards the boring speaker can affect his listening ability. If he has a poor impression of the speaker,because of his appearance or whatever, it is quite natural that he would not tune ino the words of the speaker.”
55.C段中的“Misunderstanding often arises from a lack of communication ”和题目中“A lack of communication cause of misunderstand”表述一致。