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Twenty-first century humanity has mapped oceans and mountains, visited the moon, and surveyed the planets. But for all the progress, people __1 don’t know one another very well.
That brings about Theodore Zeldin’s “ 2 of conversation” — events 3 individuals sit in pairs with persons they don’ t know for three hours of 4 talk designed to help people know better about each other.
Mr. Zeldin heads Oxford Muse, a l0-year-old foundation based on the _5 that what people need is not more information, but more inspiration and encouragement.
The “feast” in London looks 6 at politics or events, but at how people have felt about work, relations among the sexes, hopes 7 fears, enemies and authority, the shape of their lives. The “menu of _8 ” includes topics like “How have your concerns changed 9 the years?” Or, “What have you done against the past?”
As participants gathered, Zeldin opened with a speech: that despite _10 communications like QQ and MSN in a globalized age, issues of human heart 11 . Many people are lonely, or occupied in dealing with their daily businesses that discourage knowing the _ 12 _ of one another. “We are trapped in _ 13 _ conversations and the whole point now is to think, which is sometimes painful,”he says. “But 14 _ interaction is what separates us from other species, __15 maybe dogs that do have interactions with humans.”
The main rules of the “feast”: Don’t 16 _ with someone you know or ask questions you would not answer. The only awkward moment came when the multi-racial crowd of people of different ages, in sun hats, ties and __17_, looked to see 18 they would talk with for hours. 19 15 minutes later, everyone was seated and talking, continuing full force until organizers interrupted them 180 minutes later.
Some said they felt free to talk on 20 topics. Thirty-something Peter, from East London, said that “it might take weeks or months to get to the level of interaction we suddenly opened up.”
小题1:A．stillB．alreadyC．evenD．yet
小题2:A．topicB．subjectC．ideaD．feast
小题3:A．whatB．whenC．thatD．where
小题4:A．freeB．organizedC．guidedD．random
小题5:A．theoryB．ideaC．opinionD．fact
小题6:A．notB．not onlyC．neverD．ever
小题7:A．butB．andC．orD．with
小题8:A．talkB．speechC．conversationD．communication
小题9:A．duringB．overC．forD．within
小题10:A．convenientB．accessibleC．immediateD．instant
小题11:A．leaveB．appearC．disappearD．remain
小题12:A．depthB．wellC．truthD．good
小题13:A．smallB．dailyC．deepD．shallow
小题14:A．thinkingB．talkingC．communicatingD．lecturing
小题15:A．withB．besidesC．exceptD．from
小题16:A．talkB．pairC．involveD．sit
小题17:A．dressesB．skirtsC．T-shirtsD．coats
小题18:A．whichB．whomC．whoD．that
小题19:A．SoB．AndC．ButD．Then
小题20:A．hotB．popularC．sensitiveD．private
题型：完形填空难度：中档不详
答案
小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:D
小题4:C
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:B
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:D
小题12:A
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:C
小题16:B
小题17:A
小题18:B
小题19:C
小题20:C
试题分析：本文主要介绍了一个聊天组织，它的建立初衷以及适合人群等。
小题1:根据But for all the progress,故选A，still仍然。
小题2:根据The “feast” in London looks not at politics or events, 故选D。
小题3:这个句子中含有一个定语从句，且关系词在从句中作地点状语，故用where，所以选D。
小题4:根据designed to help people know better about each other，故选C，guided指导的。
小题5:根据that what people need is not more information, but more inspiration and encouragement，故选B，idea主意，想法。
小题6:根据but at how people have felt about work, relations among the sexes，故选A。
小题7:这里想说希望和害怕，故选B。
小题8:根据That brings about Theodore Zeldin’s “feast of conversation”，故选C。
小题9:表示“在……之间”，故选B。
小题10:根据like QQ and MSN in a globalized age ,故选D，instant立即的。
小题11:根据communications like QQ and MSN in a globalized age, issues of human heart，故选D，remain
剩余。
小题12:这里想说阻碍了知道相互的深度，故选A，depth深度。
小题13:根据conversations and the whole point now is to think, which is sometimes painful，故选D，shallow
浅滩。
小题14:根据“We are trapped in shallow conversations and the whole point now is to think, which is sometimes painful,”he says，故选A，thinking思考。
小题15:根据maybe dogs that do have interactions with humans，故选C，except除了。
小题16:根据with someone you know or ask questions you would not answer.故选B，pair使成对。
小题17:根据in sun hats, ties，故选A，dresses衣服。
小题18:这里含有一个宾语从句，且引导词在从句中作宾语，故选B。
小题19:这里表示转折关系，故选C，But但是。
小题20:这里想说有些人说他们对于谈论敏感的话题很轻松，故选C，sensitive敏感的。
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