Question

Twenty-first century humanity has mapped oceans and mountains, visited the moon, and surveyed the planets. But for all the progress, people __1  don’t know one another very well.

That brings about Theodore Zeldin’s “  2  of conversation” — events   3  individuals sit in pairs with persons they don’ t know for three hours of  4  talk designed to help people know better about each other.

Mr. Zeldin heads Oxford Muse, a l0-year-old foundation based on the  _5  that what people need is not more information, but more inspiration and encouragement.

The “feast” in London looks  6 at politics or events, but at how people have felt about work, relations among the sexes, hopes  7   fears, enemies and authority, the shape of their lives. The “menu of _8  ” includes topics like “How have your concerns changed   9  the years?” Or, “What have you done against the past?”

As participants gathered, Zeldin opened with a speech: that despite  _10  communications like QQ and MSN in a globalized age, issues of human heart   11 . Many people are lonely, or occupied in dealing with their daily businesses that discourage knowing the _ 12 _ of one another. “We are trapped in _ 13 _ conversations and the whole point now is to think, which is sometimes painful,”he says. “But   14 _ interaction is what separates us from other species, __15  maybe dogs that do have interactions with humans.”

The main rules of the “feast”: Don’t   16 _ with someone you know or ask questions you would not answer. The only awkward moment came when the multi-racial crowd of people of different ages, in sun hats, ties and   __17_, looked to see   18  they would talk with for hours.   19  15 minutes later, everyone was seated and talking, continuing full force until organizers interrupted them 180 minutes later.

Some said they felt free to talk on   20   topics. Thirty-something Peter, from East London, said that “it might take weeks or months to get to the level of interaction we suddenly opened up.”

1.                A．still            B．already         C．even D．yet

2.                A．topic           B．subject         C．idea D．feast

3.                A．what           B．when          C．that  D．where

4.                A．free           B．organized       C．guided   D．random

5.                A．theory         B．idea           C．opinion   D．fact

6.                A．not            B．not only        C．never    D．ever

7.                A．but            B．and            C．or   D．with

8.                A．talk            B．speech         C．conversation   D．communication

9.                A．during         B．over           C．for  D．within

10.               A．convenient      B．accessible       C．immediate D．instant

11.               A．leave          B．appear         C．disappear  D．remain

12.               A．depth          B．well           C．truth D．good

13.               A．small          B．daily           C．deep D．shallow

14.               A．thinking        B．talking         C．communicating  D．lecturing

15.               A．with           B．besides         C．except    D．from

16.               A．talk            B．pair           C．involve    D．sit

17.               A．dresses        B．skirts          C．T-shirts    D．coats

18.               A．which          B．whom          C．who  D．that

19.               A．So            B．And           C．But   D．Then

20.               A．hot            B．popular        C．sensitive   D．private

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要介绍了一个聊天组织，它的建立初衷以及适合人群等。

1.根据But for all the progress,故选A，still仍然。

2.根据The “feast” in London looks not at politics or events, 故选D。

3.这个句子中含有一个定语从句，且关系词在从句中作地点状语，故用where，所以选D。

4.根据designed to help people know better about each other，故选C，guided指导的。

5.根据that what people need is not more information, but more inspiration and encouragement，故选B，idea主意，想法。

6.根据but at how people have felt about work, relations among the sexes，故选A。

7.这里想说希望和害怕，故选B。

8.根据That brings about Theodore Zeldin’s “feast of conversation”，故选C。

9.表示“在……之间”，故选B。

10.根据like QQ and MSN in a globalized age ,故选D，instant立即的。

11.根据communications like QQ and MSN in a globalized age, issues of human heart，故选D，remain

剩余。

12.这里想说阻碍了知道相互的深度，故选A，depth深度。

13.根据conversations and the whole point now is to think, which is sometimes painful，故选D，shallow

浅滩。

14.根据“We are trapped in shallow conversations and the whole point now is to think, which is sometimes painful,”he says，故选A，thinking思考。

15.根据maybe dogs that do have interactions with humans，故选C，except除了。

16.根据with someone you know or ask questions you would not answer.故选B，pair使成对。

17.根据in sun hats, ties，故选A，dresses衣服。

18.这里含有一个宾语从句，且引导词在从句中作宾语，故选B。

19.这里表示转折关系，故选C，But但是。

20.这里想说有些人说他们对于谈论敏感的话题很轻松，故选C，sensitive敏感的。

考点：日常生活类短文完形填空