英语四级考试完形填空的模拟练习题（48）

　　Silence is unnatural to man. He begins his life with a cry and __1__ it in stillness. In the __2__ he does all he can to make a noise and there are few things of which he stands in more fear than the __3__ of noise. Even his conversation is in great measure a desperate attempt to __4__ a dreadful silence. If he is introduced to someone, and a number of __5__ occur in the conversation he regards himself as a failure and is full of __6__ of the empties-headed chatterbox. He knows that 99% of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he __7__ to join in the buzz, and to __8__ that he is a man and not a wax-work figure.

　　The __9__ of a conversation is usually not to communicate ideas, but to __10__ up all the buzzing sound. __11__, most buzzing is agreeable to the ear, and some of it is agreeable to the __12__. A man would be very __13__ if he waited until he had a wise thought before taking part in the buzzing with others. Those who despise the weather as a conversational __14__ seem to me to be __15__ of the reason why human beings wish to talk. __16__, very few human beings join in a conversation in which they are __17__ allowed to go on making a noise into other peoples ears, though they have nothing to tell them __18__ that they have seen two or three new plays or __19__ they have had bad food in a Swiss hotel. At the end of the evening during which they have said nothing meaningful __20__ immense length they congratulate themselves on their success as talkers.

　　1. A) ends B) finishes C) consumes D) renews

　　2. A) interpretation B) interval C) process D) life

　　3. A) disturbance B) avoidance C) presence D) absence

　　4. A) cause B) make C) prevent D) forbid

　　5. A) interruptions B) mistakes C) intervals D) pauses

　　6. A) envy B) hatred C) love D) anger

　　7. A) longs B) thinks C) dislikes D) agrees

　　8. A) mean B) find C) say D) prove

　　9. A) meaning B) object C) topic D) obligation

　　10. A) get B) turn C) keep D) take

　　11. A) Fortunately B) Unfortunately C) Surprisingly D) Terribly

　　12. A) mentality B)spirit C) mind D) belief

　　13. A) sensible B) insensitive C) foolish D) wise

　　14. A) opening B) vacancy C) hole D) content

　　15. A) ignorant B) conscious C) aware D) regardless

　　16. A) Therefore B) Accordingly C) However D) Furthermore

　　17. A) completely B) totally C) luckily D) merely

　　18. A) except B) for C) in D) besides

　　19. A) which B) how C) if D) that

　　20. A) with B) at C) to D) toward