【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 oliticians 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 sixpage release，__19__ with the statement that he“was repeatedly __20__by applause.” 　　1.[A] scarce [B] little [C] rare [D] poor 2.[A] malignant [B] deficient [C] ineffective [D] feeble 3.[A] case [B] example [C] lesson [D] suggestion 4.[A] audio [B] aural [C] hearing [D] listening 5.[A] believing [B] convinced [C] assured [D] doubtless 6.[A] turning [B] tuning [C] tucking [D] tugging 7.[A] rising [B] arising [C] raising [D] arousing 8.[A] exchange [B] interchange [C] encounter [D] interact 9.[A] relates [B] refers [C] responds [D] resorts 10.[A] like [B] alike [C] likely [D] likewise 11.[A] nominated [B] selected [C] appointed [D] supported 12.[A] connection [B] reach [C] association [D] touch 13.[A] leading [B] representing [C]delegating [D] supporting 14.[A] legislative [B] legitimate [C] legalized [D] liberal 15.[A] distributed [B] awarded [C] handed [D] submitted 16.[A] present [B] publish [C] deliver [D] pursue 17.[A] to [B] with [C] for [D] on 18.[A] joy [B] enjoyment [C] amusement [D] delight 19.[A] conclude [B] to conclude [C] concluding [D] concluded 20.[A] disrupted [B] interfered [C] interrupted [D] 。文章第一段從父母和子女之間的交流出發(fā)，說明兒女不聽父母的話造成了他們之間的隔閡。第二段從婚姻的角度出發(fā)，說明夫妻雙方的互不理睬造成交流不暢，從而使離婚率上升。第三段從政治的角度出發(fā)，說明政府官員不聆聽選民甚至不在意自己所說的話，造成官民隔閡。例證法是本文采用的主要的論證方法。 　　全文翻譯最近的一項民意測驗顯示：美國一半的青少年認為他們與父母的交流不好，而且造成這種隔閡的一個首要原因是有不理想的傾聽行為。一個典型的例子是，一位母親認為她女兒有嚴重的聽力問題。她對此確信無疑，于是就帶著女兒去聽覺病矯治專家那兒檢查她的耳朵。專家仔細檢查了兩只耳朵，然后告訴這位母親說：“她的聽力沒問題，只是不理睬你而已?！?　　離婚率上升（一半以上的婚姻以離婚告終）的一個首要原因是夫妻間不能有效地交流。他們彼此充耳不聞。兩人對對方發(fā)出的確切信息都毫無反應(yīng)。 　　同樣地，據(jù)政治科學(xué)家報道，越來越多的人相信他們選舉指派的官員與其本應(yīng)代表的選民失去了聯(lián)系。為什么呢？因為這些人認為他們不需要傾聽選民的意見。實際上，有時我們的政治家們似乎連自己的聲音都不聽。下面是一個真實的例子：在幾年前亞柏克爾克舉行的全國立法會議上，一位新聞助理在當時的參議員約瑟夫。蒙圖亞演講前交給了他一份新聞稿。令該新聞助理大吃一驚而使聽眾感到有趣的是，當蒙圖亞起來講話時，他讀的不是演講稿而是那份新聞稿。蒙圖亞先生以“即時新聞稿。新墨西哥州的民主黨參議員約瑟夫。蒙圖亞昨晚在全國……上說……”開始，讀完了全部的六頁新聞稿，并以他“不時被掌聲打斷”結(jié)尾。五、失眠　　Chronic insomnia is a major public health problem. And too many people are using__1__ therapies，even while there are a few treatments that do work. Millions of Americans __2__awake at night counting sheep or have a stiff drink or __3__an pill，hoping it will make them experts agree all that selfmedicating is a bad idea，and the causes of chronic insomnia remain__5__. Almost a third of adults have trouble sleeping，and about 10 percent have__6__ of daytime impairment that signal true insomnia. But __7__the plaints，scientists know surprisingly little about what causes chronic insomnia，its health consequences and how best to treat it，a panel of specialists __8__together by the National Institutes of Health concluded Wednesday. The panel called__9__a broad range of research into insomnia，__10__that if scientists understood its __11__causes，they could develop better treatments. Most，but not all，insomnia is thought to __12__other health problems，from arthritis and depression to cardiovascular disease. The question often is whether the insomnia came first or was a result of the other diseases and how trouble sleeping in__13__plicates those other problems. Other diseases __14__，the risk of insomnia seems to increase with age and to be more __15__among women，especially after their 50s. Smoking，caffeine and numerous __16__drugs also affect sleep. The NIH is spending about $200 million this year on sleeprelated research，some__17__to specific disorders and others __18__the underlying scientific laws that control the nervous system of sleep. The agency was__19__the panel‘s revi