Ⅰ.完形填空阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。Istheartofconversationdying?Theotherdaymywife1twoteenagechildrendidsomethingwehaven’

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Ⅰ.完形填空阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

       Is the art of conversation dying? The other day my wife 1 ____ two teenage children did something we haven ’ t 2 ____ for ages. It didn ’t need the Internet ? a TV screen ? batteries. . . or anything else for that matter. But we all 3 ____ it so much that we ’ re thinking of doing it again sometime.

       We had a 4 ____ . The kind of real ? live conversation was nothing 5 ____ when I was growing up ? but which seems all too rare these days. Today we have chat rooms ? text messages ? emails but we seem to be losing the 6____ of communicating face-to-face. We all know 7 ____ young people are out on a date (约会) these days they spend most of that time 8 ____ their mobile phones.And teenagers nowadays seem to 9 ____ communicating with their friends by sending text messages but not 10 ____ to them.

        If we carry on like this ? in the future ? we   11 lose the use of our 11 ____ What do you think? Email me and who knows? Maybe we could 12 ____ 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. game   B. report   C. conversation   D. meeting

( ) 5. A. common   B. special   C. usual   D. new

( ) 6. A. name   B. art   C. attention   D. aim

( ) 7. A. because   B. how   C. when   D. unless

( ) 8. A. buying   B. collecting   C. repairing   D. answering

( ) 9. A. dislike   B. like   C. think   D. believe

( ) 10. A. writing   B. introducing   C. speaking   D. hurrying

( ) 11. A. eyes   B. voices   C. mouths   D. hands

( ) 12. A. still   B. always   C. even   D. never

Answer 1

1. A    2. C    3. D    4. C    5. B     6. B    7. C    8. D    9. B     10. C    11. B     12. C