Question

In the age of the smart phone, there seems no reason to ask questions about: the weather forecast, a business’s phone number or directions, 1.can all easily be found on Google, but very often people 2.(actual) ask these things by telephoning. Your answer may be replied to with a thank-you e-mail.

This isn’t the first time that great changes 3.(take) place in our manners due to technology. In 4.late 1870s, when the telephone5.(invent), people didn’t know how6.(greet) a caller. Often there is just 7.(silent). Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor, suggested people saying “Ahoy”, but finally “Hello” went out, the greeting 8.(use) in everyday face-to-face communications now.

Try to be respectful no matter who you communicate 9.. Just keep it in mind that10.(polite) never goes out of fashion.

Answer

1.which

2.actually

3.have taken

4.the

5.was invented

6.to greet

7.silence

8.used

9.with

10.politeness

【解析】试题这是一篇说明文。本文主要介绍了技术的进步改变了人们交流的方式，但礼貌不可随着交流工具的改变而丢失。作者建议人们无论与谁交流都要有礼貌，礼貌从不过时。

1.考查定语从句。“___1___can all easily be found on Google”是定语从句，先行词是the weather forecast, a business’s phone number or directions，从句中作主语，指物，引导非限制性定语从句用which。故填which。

2.考查副词。修饰动词ask用副词作状语，actual是形容词，副词形式是actually。故填actually。

3.考查动词的时态。“This is the first time+that从句”是固定句型，如果主句是一般现在时，从句用现在完成时，故填have taken。

4.考查冠词。in the late 1870s“在十九世纪70年代晚期”是固定用法，故填the。

5.考查动词的时态和语态。主语the telephone与谓语动词invent是被动关系，由时间状语In ___4___late 1870s可推断，用一般过去时，且主语the telephone是第三人称单数。故填was invented。

6.考查不定式。句意：人们不知道如何欢迎一个打电话的人。此处用“疑问词+不定式”作宾语，故填to greet。

7.考查名词。There be句型中，be动词后是真正的主语，作主语用名词形式。silent是形容词，名词形式是silence。故填silence。

8.考查非谓语动词。“__8___(use) in everyday face-to-face communications now”作定语，修饰the greeting，use与逻辑主语the greeting是被动关系，用过去分词作定语表示被动关系。故填used。

9.考查介词。句意：无论你和谁交往，都要保持尊重。communicate with“与……交往”是常用搭配。故填with。

10.考查名词。句意：记住礼貌从来不过时。空格处是主语，作主语用名词形式，polite是形容词，名词形式是politeness。故填politeness。