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.
In __10__fashion，political scientistsreport 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 listento them. In fact，it seems that sometimes ourpoliticians don’t even listen to themselves. Thefollowing is a true story：At a national__14__conferenceheld in Albuquerque some years ago，then Senator JosephMontoya was__15__a copy of a press release by a press aide shortly before hegot 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，nothis speech. He began，“For immediate release. Senator JosephM. Montoya，Democrat of New Mexico，last night told the National……”Montoya readthe entire six-page release，__19__ with the statementthat 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