In addition, good listeners are inclined to accept or tolerate 23 to judge and criticize.
答案：(B) rather than
【句型】rather than 字詞搭配「而不是」，表示善於聆聽的人傾向接受包容，「而不是」批判指責；instead of 通常接名詞/動名詞用法略有不同，in order（為了）、in addition（此外）都不如 rather than 自然對比。
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instead of 與 rather than 的中文都是「而不是」，光比意思分不出來，很容易挑到最眼熟的 instead of。這一格的答案不在意思，在形態。
四個選項都是片語，先看空格前後的動詞是什麼形態。空格前面是 good listeners are inclined to accept or tolerate（善於聆聽的人傾向於接受或包容），accept 與 tolerate 是兩個並列的原形動詞；空格後面是 judge and criticize，也是兩個並列的原形動詞。要把這兩組原形接起來，用的是 rather than——它後面可以直接接原形，與前面對稱。instead of 就不行了：of 是介系詞，後面要接名詞或動名詞，得寫成 instead of judging and criticizing 才成立。這正是並列結構「照抄另一邊的形態」那一招（同型：95 年第 27 題、99 年第 27 題、100 年第 19 題）。順便對照 93 年第 20 題，那一格也填 rather than，但後面接的是名詞（lowly families rather than noble ones 出身低微的家庭而非顯貴的家庭）。同一個片語，接名詞或接原形都可以，關鍵永遠是「跟前面那一個對齊」。
instead of（而不是）：意思對，但後面要接名詞或動名詞，接不了原形。in order（為了）：後面要接 to V 或 that 子句，本身形態不完整。in addition（此外）：累加，方向與「而不是」相反。
rather than（而不是）、instead of V-ing（而不是做……）、be inclined to V（傾向於）、would rather V than V（寧願……而不願……）、tolerate sth（容忍某事）、in addition to（除了……之外）。
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.