Most people like to talk, but few people like to listen. 21 listening well is a rare talent that everyone should treasure.
答案：(A) Yet
語意轉折：儘管大家喜歡說話不喜歡聽，然而善於聆聽卻是珍貴的天賦，Yet（然而）符合這個轉折；And（而且，順接）、Or（或者）、So（所以，因果）都不合。
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yet 你大概只用在句尾的 not yet（還沒）或 have yet to（尚未），很少想到它可以擺在句首當「然而」。而 So 讀起來也順，因為前後兩句好像順著在講同一件事。
四個選項都是對等連接詞，可見這一格考的是前後兩句的邏輯關係。前一句是 Most people like to talk, but few people like to listen.（多數人愛講話，很少人愛聽人講。）本句是 ___ listening well is a rare talent that everyone should treasure.（善於聆聽是人人都該珍惜的難得天賦。）前一句說的是「大家都不愛聽」，本句說的是「聽這件事其實很珍貴」——大家不重視的東西反而寶貴，這是轉折不是順接。Yet 當對等連接詞時意思等於 but（然而），可以放在句首帶出這個轉折。順帶把 yet 的幾種身分分清楚：當連接詞是「然而」；句尾的 not yet 是「還沒」；have yet to V 是「尚未做某事」。同一個字，位置不同、意思完全不同。
So（所以）：因果。「大家不愛聽，所以聽是珍貴天賦」——不愛聽並不是聽很珍貴的原因，中間少了一整層推論。And（而且）：順接累加，但前後兩句給的是相反的評價。Or（或者）：提供另一個選擇，本句沒有選擇可言。
yet（然而，連接詞）、not yet（還沒）、have yet to V（尚未……）、a rare talent（難得的天賦）、treasure sth（珍視某物）、few people（很少人）。
Most people like to talk, but few people like to listen. 21 listening well is a rare talent that everyone should treasure. Because they hear more, good listeners 22 to know more and to be more sensitive to what is going on around them than other people. In addition, good listeners are inclined to accept or tolerate 23 to judge and criticize. Therefore, they have 24 enemies than other people. 25 , they are probably the most loved of people.
However, there are 26 to that generality. For example, John Steinbeck is 27 to have been an excellent listener, yet he was hated by some of the people he wrote about. No doubt his ability to listen contributed 28 his capacity to write. 29 , the results of his listening did not make him popular.
Thus, 30 on what a good listener does, he may become either popular or disliked in his lifetime.