The average speaker communicates about ______ as many words as the average listener can process.
A)just
B)half
C)one-fourth
D)twice
E)four times

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The average speaker communicates 125 words per minute,while we can process 500 words per minute.Poor listeners use this information-processing gap to daydream.They think about other things,thus missing the important parts of what's being communicated.

The Average Speaker Communicates About ______ as Many Words as the Average