Silent Listening
If something bad just happened to your friend, what would you do? Would you mention it to him and say you feel sorry about it? Would you offer support or advice? According to Ruth Clark, such（1）_____（treat） could mean well, but it might not be what he（2）_____ （real） wants or needs.
Clark asked some college students to imagine some（3）_____ （pleasant） situations, e.g. , a low exam grade or the dad's（4）_____ （lose） of his job. The student were then（5）_____ （ask） how they would like to be treated by a friend who learned of the bad situation from someone else. The results were a little（6）_____ （surprise）. Some said they would want and expect their friend to mention the （7）_____ （annoy） situation, but most of the students in the study（8）_____ （respond） that they would like the friend not to do it. The students made the（9）_____ （decide） for themselves whether to discuss their problem with a friend. So, there is value in being a silent（10）_____ （listen） around a troubled friend.
【正确答案】：1. treatment 2. really 3. unpleasant 4. loss 5. asked
6. surprising 7. annoying 8. responded 9. decision 10. listener
【题目解析】：1.所给单词treat是动词，such后面需要修饰名词，所以改成treatment
2.所给单词real是形容词，根据前面的he和后面的wants说明需要填个副词，来修饰动词want，答案是really
3.所给单词pleasant是形容词（令人愉快的），后面是名词，本身已经属于形容词修饰名词的范畴，再根据后面的例子，low exam grade和 dad’s loss of job,说明是令人不愉快的经历，所以答案是unpleasant
4.空格前的dad’s 是名词所有格，后面要加个名词，表达父亲的什么东西。所以需要把动词lose改成名词loss
5.根据句意说明，主语students是被问到….,所以答案是asked，跟前面的were构成一般过去时的被动语态
6.根据句子的主语the results 和系动词were，说明是主系表结构，表语通常是形容词或名词，而所给单词surprise本身就是名词，所以改成形容词surprising（令人惊讶的）
7.所给单词是动词annoy，后面是名词situation，需要把动词改成形容词来修饰名词，答案是annoying（令人烦恼的）
8.空格所给单词是动词，后面是that从句，前面是名词做主语most of the students，所以空格是谓语动词，根据前后时态，需要把动词原形改成过去式，答案是responded
9.定冠词the修饰名词，需要把动词decide改成名词decision
10.形容词listen需要修饰名词，所给单词是动词，把动词改成listener
