【真题一】
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying “Listening is more important than talking.” You can cite examples to illustrate the importance of listening. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
【参考范文】
版本一
Listening Is More Important Than Talking
As research shows, 70% to 80% of our lifetime is spent on certain kinds of communication, such as writing, speaking and listening. Among these, listening is actually the most important technique.
Then why is it that listening is more important than talking? Firstly, when we make acquaintance of someone, listening helps us understand others better and thus winning friendship. Secondly, knowing the art of listening can facilitate communication and avoid conflict with people on intimate terms, such as our parents and spouse. Last but not least, if we obey the principle of listening in the workplace, we are more likely to do the right thing and avoid detours.
Therefore, it is safe to say that listening from the bottom of our hearts can bring us a lot of benefits. I would like to quote the legend John Rockefeller's words, which I can't agree more, to end my essay: "A little practice in listening can produce amazing results."
版本二
As we all known, talking and listening are commonly used in communication, but how can you talk without listening to others? Good conversation skills include much more than simply talking to others, listening is also a necessary quality of a successful person.
I firmly believe that listening is of greater significance than talking. For one thing, If you can not listen correctly, you can not talk properly. Just imagine a world where everyone keep talking but nobody listening, it's useless to say anything then. For another, if you want to make achievement in social settings, relationships and business, one way to ensure your success is to be a great listener.
Therefore, in order to enhance our conversation skills, here are a few simple rules we can follow to help us become a better listener, such as stopping talking endlessly, giving your full attention to the speaker and making an effort to shift the focus of the conversation to the other person. All in all, nothing can instead of listening! (169 words)
版本三
As the most evolved creature in this planet，we human beings are in possession of two kinds of most powerful capability,which are listening and talking. Compared with talking, more often than not,the significance of listening is way ahead in ourlife.
The mosttypical example of theimportance of talking lies in the exchange among familymembers. When we are accustomed to talking withoutlistening, in the process of which we might only focus on ourselves, feeling of othersare ignored and even hurt. Without listening, the essentialpassport towards mutual understanding, the relation among ourfamily members may bit by bit go alienated. Besides,listening can also promote the efficiency of teamwork and efficiency is of the utmostconsequence in such a fast-tempo society.
Talking is a window through which we conveyourselves , while listening is a door via which we understand eachother . A life without mutual listening is justlike a house without a door. Careful listening , so at least it seems to me , is anecessity but not a luxury in our daily life as well as in our work .
