Question

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

We had a conversation，the kind of real，live conversation that was _____ when I was growing up，which seems all too rare these days．Today we have chat rooms，text messages，e-mails...but we seem to be losing the _____ of communicating face-to-face．We all know _____ young people are out for a date(约会) these days，they spend most of that time _____ their mobile phones．And teenagers nowadays seem to _____ communicating with their friends by sending text messages to actually _____ to them．

If we carry on like this，in the future．we’ll lose the use of our ______．What do you think? E-mail me，and who knows? Maybe we could even 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. common B. careful C. extra D. enough

5.A. name B. art C. attention D. aim

6.A. because B. how C. when D. unless

7.A. buying B. collecting C. repairing D. answering

8.A. dislike B. prefer C. admire D. believe

9.A. writing B. introducing C. speaking D. hurrying

10.A. eye B. voice C. mouths D. hands

Answer 1