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.
12（）
A.connection
B.reach
C.association
D.touch
参考答案：D
解析：
[考点] 词汇辨析
空格处填入的名词应与out of和with搭配，且符合文意。D选项out of touch with sb．意为“和……没有联系/脱节”，原文的含义是“官员们由于不听选民的意见而与选民失去了联系，不知民众疾苦”，D选项正确。
[干扰项分析] B选项reach不能与with搭配，常见用法为sth．is out of reach或sth．is out of the reach of sb．，意为“(某人)手不能及，够不到”。A选项connection和C选项association均不与out of搭配，A选项用法是in connection with sb．/sth．“与……有关/相关”，C选项用法是in association with sb．/sth．“与……一起联合”。