Question

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    (2012江苏苏州)

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

    We had a conversation，the kind of real，live conversation that was________when I was growing up，which seems all too rare these days．Today we have chat rooms，text messages，e-mails…but we seem to be losing the________of communicating face-to-face．We all know________young people are out on a date(约会)these days，they spend most of that time________their mobile phones．And teenagers nowadays seem to________communicating with their friends by sending text messages to actually_______to them．

    If we carry on like this，in the future，we’ll lose the use of our_______．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．collecting

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．voice

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.跳读下文可知，我的妻子和两个十几岁的孩子进行了一次交谈，my wife和two teenage children作并列主语。故用连词and。

2.句意：前几天，我的妻子和两个十几岁的孩子做了我们很长时间没有做过的事。故选C。

3.act意为“表演”；blame意为“责备”；decide意为“决定”；enjoy意为“享受”。这里是指我们很享受交流过程。故选D。

4.common意为“平常的，普通的”；careful意为“小心的，细心的”；extra意为“额外的”；enough意为“足够的”。在我的成长过程中，这种真实的、面对面的交谈是很平常的。故选A。

5.此处呼应开头。art在文中意为“技能，技巧”。

6.分析句意，空格处引导的应该是时间状语从句。故选C。

7.当前年轻人约会时，他们的大多数时间都花在了接电话上。answer the mobile phone意为“接电话”。故选D。

8.根据上文所述可知，现在的年轻人更喜欢发短消息与他们的朋友交流，prefer意为“更喜欢”。故选B。

9.根据前半句所述可知，现在的年轻人更喜欢发短消息与朋友交流，而不愿意面对面交谈，speak to sb．意为“和某人说话／交谈”。故选C。

10.针对上文所述现象，提醒我们将来会失去声音的功能。故选B。