The author suggests that it is a serious mistakeA．

单项选择题

Questions 45 to 48 are based on the following passage: There are several ways of listening that net us nothing but trouble, according to Dr. Ralph Nichols of the University of Minnesota. If we recognize and try to conquer them, we can step up our listening ability by about twenty-five percent and thereby greatly increase our chances for success in our daily lives. Unless you are very unusual indeed, says Dr. Nichols, you must plead guilty to several of the following bad listening habits: Shut-Ear Listening: Maybe you feel you already know what the speaker is going to say. Or his subject couldn’t interest you less. You mm off your ears—and who knows what you may be missing or when a little knowledge on that subject may come in mighty handy Anyway, why take the risk Over-My-Head Listening: You are convinced that the subject is beyond you, so you depart, at least in spirit. You may be right. And then again you may be wrong. If you let the words enter your mind, you may be surprised to discover that they make sense. But even if they are as strange as Greek to you, you should try to listen and understand. Otherwise you may find some day that you must attempt to grasp an over-your-head idea and be totally unable even to try. Memory Test Listening: Some people think that trying to memorize a series of facts is good listening. They are wrong. For instance, you are getting a story for your school paper on an assembly speaker. He makes a series of points. You try to memorize them. But while you are busy planting facts A, B, and C in your mind, repeating them over and over, you are losing out on facts D and E. Better to look for main ideas. You will find them more useful and easier to recall later. Take-It-All-Down Listening: When you try to get too many of the speaker’s words on paper, part of your mind must be concerned with your note-taking. You are unable to concentrate fully on what he is saying. You risk losing valuable points. Where note-taking is necessary--and you may be surprised to find out how often it isn’t if you concentrate fully on listening--try to jot down only a memory-jogging word or two. Or put the main ideas on paper after the speaker has finished. The more complete attention you give the speaker, the easier it will be to recall his ideas later. Personality Listening: You become so concerned with the way the speaker looks or how he talks that what he says fails to penetrate. Perhaps unconsciously you decide that a person who dresses or speaks like that can’t have much to say. That could be a very false conclusion. Who knows what you may be missing It’s the old story: you can’t judge a gift by the package. Better to judge him after you have heard him out. So there are the forces--some within ourselves, some outside--that work against us in our efforts to listen. But once we learn what they are and how to fight them, we are well on our way to getting rid of wasteful listening habits.

The author suggests that it is a serious mistake

A．to ignore a speaker whose subject seems to be beyond you
B．to stop listening when the speaker’s voice is not clear
C．to look away from the speaker
D．to do anything physical while listening