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.
答案：(C) tend
【句型】tend to 字詞搭配「傾向於」；mean to（打算）、like to（喜歡）、act to（不是字詞搭配）都不符合這裡表達客觀傾向的語意。
本題大考中心未公布逐題答對率，以下不談數據，只談觀念。
四個選項都是很常見的動詞，後面又都接得上 to，中文也都能翻出「會去……」的味道，於是只好憑語感挑。這一格要分的是「主觀想這麼做」還是「客觀就是這樣」。
四個選項都是動詞，空格後面是 to know more and to be more sensitive，可見這一格考的是哪一個動詞接 to 之後最符合語意。先刷形態：mean to（打算）、like to（喜歡）、tend to（傾向於）都是通行的說法，act to 則不是，先出局。剩下三個用語意分：本句在描述一個客觀的現象——善於聆聽的人因為聽得比別人多，所以知道得比別人多、也比別人敏感。這不是他們「打算」或「喜歡」做的事，而是自然而然出現的傾向，所以填 tend。掛鉤是很常聽到的 I tend to agree.（我傾向於同意。）。
mean to（打算、有意）：帶著意圖，例如 I didn’t mean to hurt you.（我不是故意要傷害你。）本句講的不是意圖。like to（喜歡）：主觀偏好，而本句是在陳述一個觀察到的現象。act to：不是通行的說法。
tend to V（傾向於）、a tendency to V（……的傾向）、mean to V（打算）、be sensitive to（對……敏感）、go on（發生、進行）、hear more（聽得更多）。
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.