Question

A few years after I left my secondary school in Manchester, I was invited to help out with the school’s

Christmas Fair. I volunteered to act as Father Christmas. C1., I attracted lots of customers.

My main job was to send gifts to the children. They were so excited about g 2..I bring a sense

of m3. to them and I was also enjoying myself. But I was puzzled（迷惑）by a young boy who paid for a

second v4., and then surprisingly f or a third. The gifts were really very small. There were only some

candies, stickers and cards. He answered s5.,“I just love talking to you.”

It was then that I r6. that many parents do not encourage their children to talk. Everyone wants to

know they’ve been heard and understanding.

So it is important to listen to children and give them the full a7. . It is also a way to show children

the p8. way of listening, to be polite and to gain a better understanding.

So, at home, at work, socially, always e9. family, friends, colleagues to talk about themselves and

their feelings and r10. listen.

Answer

1.Certainly

2.getting

3.magic

4.visit

5.simply

6.realized

7.attention

8.proper

9.encourage

10.really

【解析】短文大意：该文介绍了许多家长不鼓励他们的孩子说话。他们真的很少听孩子们说。所以重要的是要听孩子们说，给他们充分的关注。礼貌待人，获得更好的了解。

1.句意：当然，我吸引了很多顾客。根据上文“我”自愿扮演圣诞老人和首字母可知，此处答案为certainly，当然。

2.句意：收获礼物他们是如此的兴奋。get gifts收获礼物，about介词，故后跟动名词getting。

3.句意：我给他们带来了魔力感，我也过得很快乐。a sense of magic魔力感, magic名词，魔术；故答案为magic。

4.句意：但我很困惑一个小男孩付出代价的第二次造访，然后惊奇于第三次的造访。visit名词，参观、访问。故答案为visit。

5.句意：他简单地回答，我只是喜欢和你说话。simply副词，简单地，修饰动词answered。故答案为simply。

6.句意：就在那时，我意识到许多父母不鼓励他们的孩子说话。realize动词，意识到；根据文意可知本题为一般过去时态，故动词用过去式realized。

7.句意：所以，倾听孩子的声音并给予他们充分的关注是很重要的。attention名词，注意, 故答案为attention。

8.句意：这也是一种向孩子们展示正确的倾听方式、礼貌和获得更好理解的方法。proper形容词，适当的。故答案为proper。

9.句意：所以，在家里、在工作中、在社交上，总是鼓励家人、朋友、同事谈论他们自己和他们的感受，真正地去倾听他们。encourage动词，鼓励；encourage sb. to do sth.。故答案为encourage。.

10.句意：所以，在家里、在工作中、在社交上，总是鼓励家人、朋友、同事谈论他们自己和他们的感受，真正地去倾听他们。really副词，真正地，修饰动词listen。故答案为really。