单选题
A recent poll indicated that half the teenagers in the United States believe that communication between them and their parents is poor and further that one of the prime causes of this gap is deficient listening behavior. As a case in (62) , one parent believed that her daughter had a (63) hearing problem. She was so (64) that she took her to an audiologist to have her ear tested. The audiologist carefully tested both ears and (65) back to the parent: "There's nothing wrong with her hearing. She's just tuning you (66) ." A (67) cause of the rising divorce rate (more than half of all marriages end in divorce) is the (68) of husbands and wives to interact effectively. They don't listen to each other. Neither person (69) to the actual message sent by the other. (70) like fashion, political scientists report that a growing number of people believe that their elected (71) are out of touch with the constituents they are (72) representing. Why? (73) they don't believe that they listen to them. (74) , it seems that sometimes our politicians don't (75) listen to themselves. The following is a(n) (76) story: At a national legislative conference held in Albuquerque some years ago, Senator Joseph Montoya was handed a copy of a press (77) by a press aide shortly before he got up before the audience to (78) a speech. When he (79) to speak, to the horror of the press aide and the amusement of his audience, Montoya began reading the press release, not his speech. He began, "For immediate release. Senator Joseph M. Montoya, Democrat of New Mexico, last night told the National..." Montoya read the (80) six-page release, concluding with the statement that he "was repeatedly (81) by applause./
单选题
A. spot B. point C. lead D. sense
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 惯用衔接题。a case in point为固定搭配,表示“与所谈论的事有关的事例;例证”,故答案为[B]point。
【答案解析】[解析] 语义衔接题。由夫妻离婚和后面提到的They don't listen to each other(他们彼此充耳不闻)可推知,他们应该是不能进行有效的交流,即有效交流的失败,故答案为[A]failure“失败”。[B]lack“缺乏,缺失”、[C]absence“缺乏;缺席”、[D]drop“下降;下跌”。
单选题
A. responds B. recommends C. recalls D. returns
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 语义衔接题。由前面提到的“有效交流的失败”以及They don't listen to each other可推知,他们对对方发出的信息也应该是不予理睬的,即不作回应的,故答案为[A]responds“回应,响应”。[B]recommends“推荐;建议”;[C]recalls“召回:回忆”:[D]returns“归还;回报”。
【答案解析】[解析] 逻辑衔接题。后面提到的they don't believe that they listen to them(选民认为选举的官员不听取他们的意见)是前面提到的“越来越多的人相信他们选举的官员与他们本应代表的选民失去了联系”的原因,即对Why的回答,故答案为[D]Because“因为”,表原因。 [点晴][A]If“如果”表条件;[B]While“然而”表对比;[C]Hence“因此,所以”表结果。
单选题
A. In fact B. In turn C. In addition D. In brief