Question

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, but 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 rather than 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.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.voices       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】

试题分析：本文介绍了谈话的艺术，我们都知道以前的青年男女非常愿意在外面的环境中约会和谈情说爱，而现在的青年男女们更愿意借助于网络或智能手机来约会见面和交流，而不再借用那种传统的约会聊天的方式。

1.A 考查连词辨析及语境的理解。本空用的是连词and，wife ，children是并列成分，所以用and；根据句意，故选A。

2.C 考查动词辨析及语境的理解。由上文did可知本题答案为done 意为做的意思，故选C。

3.D考查动词辨析及语境的理解。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。根据句意，故选D。

4.A考查形容词短语辨析及语境的理解。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，根据句意，故选A。

5.B考查名词辨析及语境的理解。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。根据句意，故选B。

6.C考查连词辨析及语境的理解。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。根据句意，故选C。

7.D考查动词辨析及语境的理解。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。根据句意，故选D。

8.B考查动词辨析及语境的理解。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。根据句意，故选B。

9.C考查动词短语辨析及语境的理解。speak to sb ，与某人说话，交谈。根据句意，故选C。

10.名词及语境的理解。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。根据句意，故选B。

考点：考查社会现象类短文。