2012年南京财经大学考研试题263英语二外A.doc

南京财经大学 2012年硕士研究生入学考试初试试题（ A 卷） 科目代码： 263 科目名称： 英语二外 满 分： 100 分 注意: ①认真阅读答题纸上的注意事项；②所有答案必须写在答题纸上，写在本试题纸或草稿纸上均无效；③本试题纸须随答题纸一起装入试题袋中交回！ Section I Use of English Directions：Read the following text. Choose the best word（s） for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. （10 points） 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 sixrelease, __19__ with the statement tha