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Millions of British people have ditched the traditional “thank you” and took the place of it with the less formal “cheers”, according to a survey.
Although the common person will say “thank you” nearly 5,000 times a year, one in three are more likely to add a “cheers” or “ta” where it’s needed to show they are fashionable.
One in twenty now say “nice one” instead, while the younger are more likely to offer a “cool” than a “thank you”.
“Merci”, “fab” and even “gracias” were also listed as common phrases to use, as “much appreciated(感激)”.
One in twenty who took part in the survey of 2,000 people by the Food Network UK for Thank You Day, which is marked on November 24, 2011, said a formal “thank you” was now not often needed in everyday conversation. More than one in ten adults said they regularly won’t say thank you if they are in a bad mood. Most people stated that saying thank you was something that their parents trained them. A huge 70 percent of those questioned will say thank you to a person’s face without even meaning it, while one fifth avoid(避免)saying it when they know they should.
It seems our friends and family get the stress of our bad manners. Half of them admit (承认) they’re not good at thanking those closest to them. Many of them explain that they don’t say thank you because their family “already know I’m grateful”.
When spoken words won’t do, it falls to a nice text to do the job for most people.
One third will still send a handwritten thank-you note---but 45 percent admit it’s been more than six months since they tried to send one.
A quarter of British people say “thank you” with food, with 23 percent cooking a meal to show their appreciation to someone. Another 15 percent bake a cake.
It follows that 85 percent of people will be angry because of not getting the gratitude (感激)
they feel they should receive.
小题1:Most of the people who took part in the survey say that they say “thank you” _______.
A.when they are in good moodB.completely out of habit
C.when they feel truly gratefulD.purely out of politeness
小题2:The underlined word “ditched” in Paragraph 1 means “________”.
A.gave upB.usedC.sharedD.knew
小题3:It can be learned from the passage that _______.
A.different ways of expressing gratitude are all fashionable
B.people should avoid saying “thank you” nowadays
C.a thank-you note is still appreciated by most people
D.people in a bad mood never say “thank you”
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Most people express their gratitude to others by buying food for them.
B.About fifty percent of people try not to say thank you when they should.
C.Most people may feel natural when they fail to receive others’ gratitude.
D.Many people think it unnecessary to say thanks to their family members.

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D

试题分析:短文大意:文章介绍了美国人现在表示感谢的方式在改变,人们会说“cheers”代替“thank you”或写感谢信,也有人认为没有必要向家人说谢谢。
小题1:推理判断题。从第四段的句子:Most people declared that saying thank you was something drilled into them by their parents. 可以推断出,大多数人说:Thank you是出于习惯。所以选B。
小题2:词义猜测题。从后面的句子:replaced it with the less formal ‘cheers’, according to a survey.可知这里指的是放弃说“thank you”。所以选A。
小题3:推理判断题。从倒数第三段的句子:When spoken words won’t do, it falls to a nice text to do the job for most people. A third will still send a handwritten thank-you note —可知大部分人还是喜欢用感谢信的。所以选C。
小题4:推理判断题。从第五段的句子:many justifying (为……辩解) the lack of thanks because their family ‘already know I’m grateful’可知很多人认为没有必要向家人表示感谢。所以选D。
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