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.
2（）
A.malignant
B.deficient
C.ineffective
D.feeble
参考答案：B
解析：
[考点] 词汇辨析
空格处填入的形容词修饰listening behavior，说明“______聆听的行为会造成父母和孩子之间沟通不好”。B选项deficient意为not good enough，在文中指“不完善的聆听的行为”，符合文意。
[干扰项分析] A选项malignant贬义程度太深，不适合描述父母和孩子之间的行为。D选项feeble形容人时表示“虚弱无力的”，形容事物时表示“无效的，无力的”，和C选项ineffective近义，如a feeble argument/joke无力的证据/干巴巴的笑话。由紧接着的下文的举例可知，这里说的聆听的行为是指主观上拒绝倾听。因此强调客观效度的C、D选项也不适合。