[中学联盟]初三英语阅读11.doc

二、完形填空 Is the art of conversation dying? The other day, my wife 16 two teenage children did something we haven’t 17 for ages. It didn’t require the Internet, a TV screen, batteries… or anything else for that matter. But we all 18 it so much we’re thinking of doing it again sometime. We had a conversation. The kind of real, live conversation that was 19 when I was growing up, but which seems all too rare these days. Today we have chat rooms, text messages, e-mails but we seem to be losing the 20 of communicating face-to-face. We all know 21 young people are out on a date(约会）these days, they spend most of that time 22 their mobile phones. And teenagers nowadays seem to 23 communicating with their friends by sending text messages rather than actually 24 to them. If we carry on like this，in the future, we’ll lose the use of our 25 . What do you think? E-mail me, and who knows? Maybe we could even have a real conversation about it! 16. A. and B. or C. but D. after 17. A. made B. known C. done D. seen 18. A. acted B. blamed C. decided D. enjoyed 19.A.common B. careful C. extra D. enough 20.A.name B. art C. attention D. aim 21. A. because B. how C. when D. unless 22. A. buying B. collccting C. repairing D. answering 23.A.dislike B. prefer C. admire D. believe 24.A.writing B. introducing C. speaking D. hurrying 25. A. eyes B. voiccs C. mouths D. hands 三、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分} A You may not have heard the words “freshman fifteen” before, but they are very important for students who are entering university. A freshman is a first-year college student. “Fifteen” refers to fifteen pounds—the fifteen pounds added to a student’s weight in his or her first year. There are a number of reasons why first-year university students gain (增力n) weight; b