Question

Twenty-first century humanity has mapped oceans and mountains, visited the moon, and surveyed the planets. But for all the progress, people __1  don’t know one another very well.

That brings about Theodore Zeldin’s “  2  of conversation” — events   3  individuals sit in pairs with persons they don’ t know for three hours of  4  talk designed to help people know better about each other.

Mr. Zeldin heads Oxford Muse, a l0-year-old foundation based on the  _5  that what people need is not more information, but more inspiration and encouragement.

The “feast” in London looks  6 at politics or events, but at how people have felt about work, relations among the sexes, hopes  7   fears, enemies and authority, the shape of their lives. The “menu of _8  ” includes topics like “How have your concerns changed   9  the years?” Or, “What have you done against the past?”

As participants gathered, Zeldin opened with a speech: that despite  _10  communications like QQ and MSN in a globalized age, issues of human heart   11 . Many people are lonely, or occupied in dealing with their daily businesses that discourage knowing the _ 12 _ of one another. “We are trapped in _ 13 _ conversations and the whole point now is to think, which is sometimes painful,”he says. “But   14 _ interaction is what separates us from other species, __15  maybe dogs that do have interactions with humans.”

The main rules of the “feast”: Don’t   16 _ with someone you know or ask questions you would not answer. The only awkward moment came when the multi-racial crowd of people of different ages, in sun hats, ties and   __17_, looked to see   18  they would talk with for hours.   19  15 minutes later, everyone was seated and talking, continuing full force until organizers interrupted them 180 minutes later.

Some said they felt free to talk on   20   topics. Thirty-something Peter, from East London, said that “it might take weeks or months to get to the level of interaction we suddenly opened up.”

1.                A．still            B．a(chǎn)lready         C．even D．yet

 

2.                A．topic           B．subject         C．idea D．feast

 

3.                A．what           B．when          C．that  D．where

 

4.                A．free           B．organized       C．guided   D．random

 

5.                A．theory         B．idea           C．opinion   D．fact

 

6.                A．not            B．not only        C．never    D．ever

 

7.                A．but            B．a(chǎn)nd            C．or   D．with

 

8.                A．talk            B．speech         C．conversation   D．communication

 

9.                A．during         B．over           C．for  D．within

 

10.               A．convenient      B．a(chǎn)ccessible       C．immediate D．instant

 

11.               A．leave          B．a(chǎn)ppear         C．disappear  D．remain

 

12.               A．depth          B．well           C．truth D．good

 

13.               A．small          B．daily           C．deep D．shallow

 

14.               A．thinking        B．talking         C．communicating  D．lecturing

 

15.               A．with           B．besides         C．except    D．from

 

16.               A．talk            B．pair           C．involve    D．sit

 

17.               A．dresses        B．skirts          C．T-shirts    D．coats

 

18.               A．which          B．whom          C．who  D．that

 

19.               A．So            B．And           C．But   D．Then

 

20.               A．hot            B．popular        C．sensitive   D．private

 

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.A

13.D

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.B

19.C

20.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要介紹了一個(gè)聊天組織，它的建立初衷以及適合人群等。

1.根據(jù)But for all the progress,故選A，still仍然。

2.根據(jù)The “feast” in London looks not at politics or events, 故選D。

3.這個(gè)句子中含有一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，且關(guān)系詞在從句中作地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)，故用where，所以選D。

4.根據(jù)designed to help people know better about each other，故選C，guided指導(dǎo)的。

5.根據(jù)that what people need is not more information, but more inspiration and encouragement，故選B，idea主意，想法。

6.根據(jù)but at how people have felt about work, relations among the sexes，故選A。

7.這里想說(shuō)希望和害怕，故選B。

8.根據(jù)That brings about Theodore Zeldin’s “feast of conversation”，故選C。

9.表示“在……之間”，故選B。

10.根據(jù)like QQ and MSN in a globalized age ,故選D，instant立即的。

11.根據(jù)communications like QQ and MSN in a globalized age, issues of human heart，故選D，remain

剩余。

12.這里想說(shuō)阻礙了知道相互的深度，故選A，depth深度。

13.根據(jù)conversations and the whole point now is to think, which is sometimes painful，故選D，shallow

淺灘。

14.根據(jù)“We are trapped in shallow conversations and the whole point now is to think, which is sometimes painful,”he says，故選A，thinking思考。

15.根據(jù)maybe dogs that do have interactions with humans，故選C，except除了。

16.根據(jù)with someone you know or ask questions you would not answer.故選B，pair使成對(duì)。

17.根據(jù)in sun hats, ties，故選A，dresses衣服。

18.這里含有一個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句，且引導(dǎo)詞在從句中作賓語(yǔ)，故選B。

19.這里表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選C，But但是。

20.這里想說(shuō)有些人說(shuō)他們對(duì)于談?wù)撁舾械脑掝}很輕松，故選C，sensitive敏感的。

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