Question

Is the art of conversation dying? The other day, my wife   16  two teenage children did something we haven’t    17  for ages. It didn’t require the Internet, a TV screen, batteries… or anything else for that matter. But we all   18  it so much we’re thinking of doing it again sometime.

We had a conversation. The kind of real, live conversation that was   19  when I was growing up, but which seems all too rare these days. Today we have chat rooms, text messages, e-mails but we seem to be losing the   20  of communicating face-to-face. We all know   21  young people are out on a date(约会）these days, they spend most of that time   22  their mobile phones. And teenagers nowadays seem to   23  communicating with their friends by sending text messages rather than actually   24  to them.

If we carry on like this，in the future, we’ll lose the use of our   25 . What do you think? E-mail me, and who knows? Maybe we could even have a real conversation about it!

1.	A．and B．or C．but D．after

2.	A．made B．known C．done D．seen

3.	A．acted B．blamed C．decided D．enjoyed

4.	A．common B．careful C．extra D．enough

5.	A．name B．art C．attention D．aim

6.	A．because B．how C．when D．unless

7.	A．buying B．collccting C．repairing D．answering

8.	A．dislike B．prefer C．admire D．believe

9.	A．writing B．introducing C．speaking D．hurrying

10.	A．eyes B．voiccs C．mouths D．hands

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.B

【解析】

1.考查连接词，本空用的是连词and，wife ，children是并列成分，所以用and。

2.本题考查动词，由上文did可知本题答案为done 意为做的意思。

3.本题考查动词，A是扮演，B是责怪，C是决定，D是享受，喜欢。根据题意我们都喜欢。只有D符合。

4.本题考查形容词，A是普通的、常见的，B是小心的，在意的。C是额外的，D是足够的，题意为普通的常见的生活对话，只有A对得上。

5.考查语义重复，由文章第一段，第一句，可以答案选art 失去面对面谈话的艺术。

6.考查连接词，A表原因，D是除非，C是当什么时候时，根据题意，当年轻人约会时，他们花更多的时间在电话上。

7.考查动词，A是买，B是收集，C是修理,题意是回电话，复电话，answering phone，选D符合题意。

8.考查动词，A是不喜欢，偏离题意，B是更喜欢，符合题意。C是佩服，仰慕，对象通常指认，D是认为，相信，不合题意。

9.考查搭配，speak to sb ，与某人说话，交谈。。

10.考查名词，A是眼睛，B是声音，C是口,D是手，根据题意，失去我们的声音的使用，指的就是少对话，不能先C，太抽象了。