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【题目】 “Don’t tell anyone”. We hear these words when someone tells a secret to us. But it can be hard to keep a secret. We’re often tempted to “spill the beans”, even if we regret it later.

According to Asim Shah, professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Bchavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, US, keeping a secret may well “become a burden”. This is because people often have an “obsessive (无法摆脱的) and anxious urge to share it with someone”.

An earlier study, led by Anita E. Kelly, a scientist at the University of Notre Dame, US, suggested that keeping a secret could cause stress. People entrusted with secrets can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches, reported the Daily Mail.

But with secrets so often getting out, why do people share them at all? Shah explained that people often feel that it will help them keep a person as a friend. Another reason people share secrets is guilt over keeping it from someone close to them. A sense of distrust can develop when people who are close do not share it with each other. “Keeping or sharing secrets often puts people in a position of either gaining or losing the trust of someone.” according to Shah.

He added that talkative people could let secrets slip out. But this doesn’t mean that it is a good idea only to share secrets with quiet people. A quiet person may be someone who keeps everything inside. To tell such a person a secret may cause them stress, and make them talk about the secret.

Shah said that to judge whether to tell someone a secret, you’d better put yourself in their position. Think about how you would feel to be told that you mustn’t give the information away. Shah also recommended that if you accidentally give up someone’s secret you should come clean about it. Let the person know that their secret isn’t so secret anymore.

【1】The underlined phrase “spill the bean” is closest in meaning to ________.

A.let out a secretB.tell the truth

C.eat our wordsD.take gossip

【2】A person who is entrusted with a secret ________.

A.is oft often obsessed with a certain threat

B.often would rather not have been told about it

C.usually has a strong desire to keep it until death

D.may suffer from physical or psychological problems

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A.Quiet people are more likely to keep the secrets to themselves.

B.Sharing secrets helps establish friendship or get over the sense of guilt.

C.It’s better to inform others of the chances of your leaking secrets beforehand.

D.Putting yourself in others’ shoes helps realize the difficulty of keeping secrets.

【4】What’s the best title for the passage?

A.Walls have ears.

B.Still tongues make wise heads.

C.A word spoken is past recalling.

D.Every wall has a crack.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】D

【4】D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章提到保守秘密的人会因为秘密而造成压力，从而可能会有心理和生理方面的问题。且分析了人们为何要分享秘密的原因，以及建议人们不要和他人分享秘密，和如果偶然泄露了别人的秘密，一定要及时告知受到影响的人。

【1】词义猜测题。根据上文"Don't tell anyone", We hear these words when someone tells a secret to us. But it can be hard to keep a secret.可知,“不要告诉任何人”，当有人告诉我们一个秘密时，我们会听到这些话，但是很难保守秘密，即使我们后来后悔了，我们也经常想把保守的秘密透露出去。故推知划线短语意思为“泄露秘密”，故选A。

【2】细节理解题。根据文章第三段中People entrusted with secrets can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches.（被托付秘密的人可能会遭受抑郁、焦虑和身体疼痛。）可知，一个被赋予秘密的人可能会遭受身体或心理上的问题。故选D。

【3】细节理解题。根据文章最后一段Shah said that to judge whether to tell someone a secret, you'd better put yourself in their position. Think about how you would feel to be told that you mustn't give the information away.（沙阿说，要判断是否要告诉别人一个秘密，你最好设身处地地为他们着想。想想如果你被告知不能泄露信息，你会有什么感觉。）可知，设身处地地为别人着想有助于认识到保守秘密的困难。故选D。

【4】主旨大意题。根据文章内容，主要讲述了每个人都有秘密，每个人都会替别人保守秘密，可是心中的秘密过多是对身体不好的，会造成压力，同时秘密也不可能被永远保守，只要是发生了的事情总是会被他人知道的。A选项Walls have ears.“隔墙有耳”；B选项Still tongues make wise heads.“智者寡言。”；C选项A word spoken is past recalling.“一言既出，驷马难追。”；D选项Every wall has a crack.“每面墙都有裂缝。”，故D选项最符合文章主旨。故选D。

关于词义猜测题做题技巧。词义猜测题是阅读理解中常见的一种题型，主要有对生词的词义猜测，熟词新义以及代词的猜测。其关键是根据上下文的逻辑关系，利用已掌握的信息，有必要的时候，借助生活或者文化常识，确定单词的词义。如第一小题，根据上文"Don't tell anyone", We hear these words when someone tells a secret to us. But it can be hard to keep a secret. 可知“不要告诉任何人”，当有人告诉我们一个秘密时，我们会听到这些话，但是很难保守秘密，即使我们后来后悔了，我们也经常想把保守的秘密透露出去。可知划线短语意思为“泄露秘密”，故选A。