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A recentpoll indicated that half the teenagers in the United States believe thatcommunication between them and their parents is__1__and further that one of theprime causes of this gap is __2__listening behavior. As a(an)__3__ in point,one parent believedthat her daughter had a severe__4__problem. She was so __5__that she took herto an audiologist to have her ear tested. The audiologist carefully tested bothears and reported back to the parent:“There‘s nothing wrong with her hearing. She’s just__6__you out.” h !R=t
A leading cause of the __7__divorcerate(more than half of all marriages end in divorce)is the failure of husbandsand wives to __8__effectively. They don‘t listen to each other. Neitherperson__9__to the actual message sent by the other. #+AQ:+
In __10__fashion,political scientistsreport that a growing number of people believe that their elected and__11__officials are out of__12__with the constituents they are supposedly__13__. Why?Because they don‘t believe that they listento them. In fact,it seems that sometimes ourpoliticians don’t even listen to themselves. Thefollowing is a true story:At a national__14__conferenceheld in Albuquerque some years ago,then Senator JosephMontoya was__15__a copy of a press release by a press aide shortly before hegot up before the audience to__16__ a speech. When he rose to speak,__17__the horror of the press aide and the__18__of his audience,Montoya began reading the press release,nothis speech. He began,“For immediate release. SenatorJoseph M. Montoya,Democrat of New Mexico,last night told the National……”Montoya readthe entire six-page release,__19__ with the statementthat he“was repeatedly __20__by applause.” Px
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