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

　參考答案：

　　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