Read the following text.Choose the best word(s)for each numbered blank and mark A,B,C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
A recent poll indicated that half the teenagers in the United States believe that communication between them and their parents is__1__and further that one of the prime causes of this gap is __2__listening behavior.As a(an)__3__ in point,one parent believed that her daughter had a severe__4__problem.She was so __5__that she took her to an audiologist to have her ear tested.The audiologist carefully tested both ears and reported back to the parent:“There’s nothing wrong with her hearing.She’s just __6__you out.”
A leading cause of the __7__divorce rate(more than half of all marriages end in divorce)is the failure of husbands and wives to __8__effectively.They don’t listen to each other.Neither person__9__to the actual message sent by the other.
In __10__fashion,political scientists report that a growing number of people believe that their elected and __11__officials are out of__12__with the constituents they are supposedly __13__.Why?Because they don’t believe that they listen to them.In fact,it seems that sometimes our politicians don’t even listen to themselves.The following is a true story:At a national__14__conference held in Albuquerque some years ago,then Senator Joseph Montoya was__15__a copy of a press release by a press aide shortly before he got up before the audience to__16__ a speech.When he rose to speak,__17__the horror of the press aide and the__18__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 entire six-page release,__19__ with the statement that he“was repeatedly __20__by applause.”
1.[A]scarce<B>little[C]rare[D]poor
2.[A]malignant<B>deficient[C]ineffective[D]feeble
3.[A]case<B>example[C]lesson[D]suggestion
4.[A]audio<B>aural[C]hearing[D]listening
5.[A]believing<B>convinced[C]assured[D]doubtless
6.[A]turning<B>tuning[C]tucking[D]tugging
7.[A]rising<B>arising[C]raising[D]arousing
8.[A]exchange<B>interchange[C]encounter[D]interact
9.[A]relates<B>refers[C]responds[D]resorts
10.[A]like<B>alike[C]likely[D]likewise
11.[A]nominated<B>selected[C]appointed[D]supported
12.[A]connection<B>reach[C]association[D]touch
13.[A]leading<B>representing[C]delegating[D]supporting
14.[A]legislative<B>legitimate[C]legalized[D]liberal
15.[A]distributed<B>awarded[C]handed[D]submitted
16.[A]present<B>publish[C]deliver[D]pursue
17.[A]to<B>with[C]for[D]on
18.[A]joy<B>enjoyment[C]amusement[D]delight
19.[A]conclude<B>to conclude[C]concluding[D]concluded
20.[A]disrupted<B>interfered[C]interrupted[D]stopped
 
SectionⅠUse of English答案
1.D 2.B 3.A 4.C 5.B 6.B 7.A 8.D 9.C 10.A
11.C 12.D 13.B 14.A 15.C 16.C 17.A 18.C 19.C 20.C
1.【精解】本题考查考生通过上下文选择适当的形容词的能力。空格处填入的形容词在句子中充当表语,说明“青少年与父母的交流是__1__”。首先排除[C]项rare“希罕的,珍贵的”,因为它强调事物因罕见而珍贵,而文中需要的是表贬义的词。空格后面部分提到,造成这种隔阂(gap)的首要原因是听的行为。由此可知,这里讨论的是听对人与人之间交流效果的影响,不是交流少,而是交流不好,所以[D]项poor“质差的,效率低的,不理想的”正确。scarce“缺乏的,不足的”;little“很少的,几乎无”。
2.【精解】本题考查考生通过上下文选择适当的形容词的能力。空格处填入的形容词修饰listening behavior,说明“__2__听的行为会造成父母和孩子之间沟通不好”。[A]项malignant“恶性的,恶意的”贬义程度太深,不适合描述父母和孩子之间的行为。[D]项feeble“无效的,无力的”,形容人时表示“虚弱无力的”,形容事物时表示“无效的,无力的”,和[C]项ineffective“无效的,无能的”近义,如a feeble argument/joke无力的证据/干巴巴的笑话。由紧接着的下文的举例可知,这里说的听的行为是指主观上拒绝倾听。因此强调客观效度的[C]、[D]项也不适合。<B>项deficient“不完善的,有缺点的,有缺陷的”,意为not good enough,在文中指“不完善的听的行为”。符合文意。
例句补充:She developed a malignant tumor in her breast(她得了恶性乳腺癌);Our prisons are our most deficient social service(监狱是我们社会服务中最不完善的地方);This plan is ineffective(这个计划不奏效);Some Party organizations are feeble and lax(一些党的组织松散而无力)。
3.【精解】本题考查考生对固定搭配的掌握程度。a case in point“典型的例子”是固定搭配,指a clear example of something that you are discussing or explaining,相当于for example,引出下文的例子。An example“一个例子”,a lesson“一课,一次教训”;a suggestion“一个建议”,均不与in point搭配。
4.【精解】本题考查考生对固定搭配的掌握程度。由上下文语义可知,该处意为:一位母亲认为她女儿有严重的听力问题。表达这个含义的固定搭配是hearing problem。[A]项audio“音频的,声频的”,如audio and video equipment(视听设备);<B>项aural“听觉的”,a musical with plenty of visual and aural appeal(一出颇娱人耳目的音乐喜剧);[D]项listening“收听的,注意的”。
5.【精解】本题考查分词词义和用法的辨析。空格处的形容词与so…that结构搭配,作句子的表语。该句与前一句属于一个意群,都是举例中的叙述内容。根据语义,空格处的词与上句的谓语believe呼应,即she was…结构表示“她相信”。[A]项Believing“有信仰的”无法表达这种含义。<B>项convinced和be搭配,表示“确信的,深信的”,因此原文意为:她(母亲)(对女儿有严重听力问题)如此确信不疑,于是就带着女儿去看听觉病矫治专家……。[C]项assured“确实的,确定的”,修饰人作表语时,一般后面接有of短语或that从句,表示“肯定得到某物或达到某个目标”,如He is assured of a place in the final(他在决赛中肯定有一席之地);[D]项doubtless“无疑的(地),确定的(地)”,多用作副词,做形容词修饰人时指“免除危险的恐惧,感到安全”,如The child slept doubtless and secure.
6.【精解】本题考查短语动词词义的辨析。四个选项中只有[C]项的核心动词tuck“把……夹入,把……藏入”不能与空格后的sb.out结构搭配,如He tucked the letter in a book so he wouldn’t lose it(他把那封信夹在一本书里以免丢失)。但其他三个选项的含义符合上下文的只有<B>项,tune sb.out“不理睬,不注意”,文中表示“女儿不理睬她的母亲”。Turn sb out“赶出,解雇,罢免”,如The voters turned out their local representatives(选民把他们的当地代表给罢免了);tug sb out“费力拉出或拖出”,如We tugged her out(我们费力地把她拉了出来)。
7.【精解】本题考查形容词词义的辨析。空格处填入的形容词修饰divorce rate,在含义上是指夫妻间倾听失败的结果。[A]项Rising与divorce rate搭配意为“上升的离婚率”,符合文意。<B>项arising多作后置定语,接out of或from sth.,表示“由...引起/产生的”,如injuries arising out of an accident(由事故造成的伤害)。[C]项raise是及物动词,因此作定语表达“提高的,提升的”含义时,常用过去分词,如raised eyebrow;[D]项arouse“激起,唤醒”,也是及物动词,因此也常用过去分词作定语,如aroused curiosity(激起的兴趣)。它们的现在分词形式raising和arousing多在句中作状语。
8.【精解】本题考查动词词义的辨析。空格处填入的动词是说明“夫妻之间8的失败导致了离婚率的上升”。全文主要讨论了人与人之间的交流问题,所以[D]项interact“交流,相互作用”正确,如Playing a game is a way for a family to interact(一起做游戏是家庭交流的一种方法)。[A]项exchange“交换,兑换”,如They exchanged heated words(他们激烈争吵);<B>项interchange“互换,使相互易位”,如The two boys interchanged caps(两个孩子把帽子换着戴);[C]项encounter“遭遇,遇到”,如I encountered a former classmate in the theatre(我在戏院里偶然遇到一位老同学)。
9.【精解】本题考查动词词义的辨析。空格处填入的动词应与to搭配,并符合文意。由前文的They don’t listen to each other(他们对对方的话充耳不闻)可知,[C]项responds“作答,作出反应,响应”符合文意,如The government responded to pressure and dropped the proposal(政府感受到压力之后撤销了那项提议),原文意为:每个人对对方传达的确切信息都毫无反应。Relate to“和……有关;欣赏,领略”,如I can’t relate to that kind of music(我不能欣赏那种音乐);refer to“提到,指称;参考”,如He often referred to notes while speaking(他演讲时常看讲稿);resort to“常去;求助,诉诸”,如If persuasion won’t work,we may have to resort to force(如果说服工作不见效,我们可能只得诉诸武力)。
10.【精解】本题考查形近词的辨析。第二段和第三段分别论述了听的行为影响交流效果的例子。空格所在短语起过渡作用,表达“类似的,相似的”意思。[A]项like“相似的,同样的”构成的搭配in like fashion意为“以同样的方式”。<B>项alike“相同的,相似的”多做表语,不在名词前做定语,如My mother and I are alike in many ways(我和妈妈有很多相似之处);[C]项likely“很可能的,可靠的”语义与文意不符;[D]项likewise“同样地,照样地,又”是副词,不能直接修饰名词,也应排除。
11.【精解】本题考查考生通过上下文选择适当的形容词的能力。空格处的形容词与elected并列,一起修饰officials,是同时存在或前后相继的关系。[C]项appointed“指定的”符合文意,即“选举后被指派的官员”。[A]项nominated“提名的,推荐的”,其动作应发生在elect之前;<B>项selected“挑选的”、[D]项supported“支持的,拥护的”与elected(选举的)意思重叠。
12.【精解】本题考查考生通过上下文选择适当的名词的能力。空格处填入的名词应与out of和with搭配,且符合文意。<B>项reach“范围,影响”不能与with搭配,常见用法为sth.is out of reach或sth.is out of the reach of sb.,意为“(某人)手不能及,够不到”。[A]项connection“关系,连接”、[C]项association“联合,联想”均不与out of搭配,[A]项用法是in connection with sb./sth.“与...有关/相关”,[C]项用法是in association with sb./sth.“与...一起联合”。[D]项out of touch with sb.意为“和...没有联系/脱节”,原文的含义是“官员们由于不听选民的意见而与选民失去了联系,不知民众疾苦”,[D]项正确。
13.【精解】本题考查通过上下文选择适当的动词的能力。空格处所在部分“they are 13”是定语从句,修饰先行词constituents.填入的分词形式所表示的是代词they即上文的officials对constituents所做的动作。西方国家的政府官员是由选民选举产生,理论上是选民的代表,为人们服务,represent意为“代表,表现”,所以<B>项正确。lead“**”;delegate“委派……为代表”;support“支持”。
14.【精解】本题考查通过上下文选择适当的形容词的能力。空格处的形容词与conference搭配。由下文参议员的讲话等可知,该处意为“立法会议”,[A]项legislative“立法的,立法机关的”正确。<B>项legitimate意为“合法的,正统的”;[C]项legalized“使合法化的”;[D]项liberal“自由主义的,不拘泥的”显然不合文意。
15.【精解】本题考查通过上下文选择适当动词的能力。空格处填入动词的被动形式,该动作的实际发出者是a press aide,直接宾语是a copy of a press release,间接宾语是Senator Joseph Montoya,含义为“一份新闻稿被新闻助理...给参议员”。由于新闻助理与参议员没有直接的上下级关系,award“授于,判给”、submit“提交,递交”分别表示上对下和下对上的动作,所以<B>、[D]项不正确。又由于文章没有分发新闻稿的语境,所以[A]项distribute“分发,分配”也不能用。只有[C]项hand“交给,递给”符合语意。
16.【精解】本题考查动词词义的辨析。[A]、<B>和[C]项都能与speech搭配,[C]项deliver“发表(一篇演说等),陈述”,指口头发表,符合文意。[A]项present“介绍,赠送,呈现”,放入文中指再度呈现或演示别人(一般为名人)的演说;<B>项publish“公布,发表”,指在报刊、杂志等上发表;pursue“追赶,从事”,不与speech搭配。与speech搭配的动词还有make,give。
17.【精解】本题考查介词的用法。介词to“致,致使(表结果)”的一个搭配是“to one’s+情感名词”用作结果状语,意为“令人(喜、怒、哀、乐……)的”。One’s既可是形容词性物主代词,也可以是名词所有格。文中to the horror of the press aide意为“使新闻助理大吃一惊的是”。<B>项with“同……,和……”表伴随;[C]项for“为了”,表目的;[D]项on“关于,涉及”,表主题。
18.【精解】本题考查名词词义的辨析。空格处填入的名词与of the audience搭配,表明听众对参议员这一举动的反应。[A]项joy“欢乐,喜悦”、<B>项enjoyment“享乐,快乐”、[D]项delight“高兴,喜悦”三个备选项都有“愉快、高兴”的意思,相当于pleasure。显然均不合文意。[C]amusement“乐,趣味”,指the feeling you have when you think something is funny,文中to sb’s amusement意为:令某人觉得有趣的是。
19.【精解】本题考查分词短语作状语。空格所在部分和主语谓语read都是主语Montoya发出的动作,空格所在的动作做状语,即“他在新闻稿的末尾总结到...”,能够担任此语法功能的只有现在分词,所以[C]项concluding正确,相当于and he concluded with…。
20.【精解】本题考查动词词义的辨析。空格处填入的动词被动式应表达掌声对参议员讲话的影响。[A]、[C]两项都有“中断”的意思,但disrupt“使中断,使陷入混乱,破坏”,意为to prevent something from continuing in its usual way by causing problems,常指不好事件的发生,如Traffic was disrupted by floods(交通因洪水而中断),不合文意;interrupt“(使)中断”,指to stop someone from continuing what they are saying or doing by suddenly speaking to them,making a noise etc,符合文意。interfer“干涉,干预”;stop“使停止,使停下来”。