Question

初中完形填空，拜托高手详细解答一下21、22、23题，多谢！

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. collecting 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. voices C. mouths D. hands

Answer 1

21、C 当……时候。我们都知道当现今的年轻人约会时，（他们花时间打电话）。
22、D 接听。年轻人花大量时间接打电话。
23、B 偏爱，更喜欢。现在的年轻人更喜欢给朋友发短信，而不是当面说话来交流。

追问

第23题那句话后面不是有一个‘rather than’吗？那么前面不是应该用would吗？求解答！

追答

不是很理解你问的意思。你是想说该填would吗？没这一项。
would rather do sth than sth, 宁愿……而不, 有这个词组，但没用在这里。

rather than 也可用在一起，表示“而不是”的意思。不是非要would不可。