2015年山東大學考博英語部分試題

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A recentpoll indicated that half the teenagers in the United States believe thatcommunication between them and their parents is__1__and further that one of theprime causes of this gap is __2__listening behavior. As a(an)__3__ in point，one parent believedthat her daughter had a severe__4__problem. She was so __5__that she took herto an audiologist to have her ear tested. The audiologist carefully tested bothears 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__divorcerate(more than half of all marriages end in divorce)is the failure of husbandsand wives to __8__effectively. They don‘t listen to each other. Neitherperson__9__to the actual message sent by the other.