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.
7（）
A.rising
B.arising
C.raising
D.arousing
参考答案：A
解析：
[考点] 词汇辨析
空格处填入的形容词修饰divorce rate，在含义上是指夫妻间倾听失败的结果。A选项 rising与divorce rate搭配意为“上升的离婚率”，符合文意。
[干扰项分析] B选项arising多作后置定语，接out of或from sth．，表示“由……引起/产生的”，如injuries arising out of an accident(由事故造成的伤害)。C选项raise是及物动词，因此作定语表达“提高的，提升的”含义时，常用过去分词，如raised eyebrow；D选项arouse也是及物动词，因此也常用过去分词作定语，如aroused curiosity(激起的兴趣)。它们的现在分词形式raising和arousing多在句中作状语。