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8.Lost in the Post
How would you feel if the letter you penned carefully and posted to your favorite star ended up in the recycling bin?That's where unopened fan mail sent to singer Taylor Swift was found in Nashville.(71)G
Swift's management said it was an accident,but dealing with piles of letters is a burden for most public figures.According to te BBC reporter Jon Kelly,at the height of his fame,Johnny Depp was said to receive up to 10,000letters a week.(72)C
The dawn of the digital age in which public figures with a Twitter account can be messaged directly has made the process easier.The White House says it deals with 20,000messages addressed to President Barack Obama each day.
Some celebrities don't want letters.In 2008,Beatles drummer Ringo Starr said that he would throw them out because he was too busy.(73)A Robert Pattinson,star of the Twilight films,claims that he reads tonnes and tonnes of letters from fans,which takes up almost all his free time.
Many artists,however,outsource(外包) the task of opening,reading and replying.Sylvia"Spanky"Taylor,58,has run a service in California that does just that since 1987.(74)F Most letters are simply declarations of affection and admiration,she says.A few ask for money.A small number contain threats which require her to contact the celebrity's security team and law enforcement.
The biggest problem for Taylor is working out how to deal with the correspondence(通信).Presents such as soft toys are sent to local hospitals,and most of the letters just get shredded and recycled.
(75)D For some,this is enough,according to Lynn Zubernis,an expert at West Chester University.She says that the relationship between fan and celebrity may exist only in the mind of the former but it comes from a deeply-rooted human need for community.

A.Others do attempt to get through it themselves.
B.In fact,there is no alternative to deal with the problem.
C.How could he have enough time to skim through these letters one by one?
D.Typically,correspondence is acknowledged by a photo with a printed"signature".
E.Accordingly,the correspondence problem has been difficult for the computer to automate.
F.She and her staff deal with up to 20,000items of mail a month on behalf of 26celebrities.
G.This incident has caused a wide public concern about how the public figures deal with the   letters or mails from the fans.

分析 本文为一篇议论文,讨论了偶像们应该如何处理收到的粉丝信件这一主题.文中提到了著名歌手Taylor Swift,BBC的记者,美国总统奥巴马等不同的名人,以及他们对待粉丝信件的不同方式.

解答 71.答案G.此空设在段末,考虑承上启下的过渡句.上文以著名的歌手Taylor Swift的粉丝给她写的信被发现在回收桶开始,引出了下文的议论,G选项的"This incident"指代上文提及的"That's where unopened fan mail sent to singer Taylor Swift was found in Nashville",同时开启下文,照应下一段的"Swift's management said it was an accident",故选G.
72.答案C.根据本空格前的一句"Johnny Depp was said to receive up to 10,000letters a week",表述一天收到了将近10000封粉丝的来信,故可推断后一句说的应该是这些信将会如何被处理好,可知应选C.
73.答案A.根据前面一句"Some celebrities don't want letters"中出现的some,可知此句中会出现others.some…others 表示"一些…另一些".由此分析可知A为正确答案.
74.答案F.根据此题前面的一句话"Sylvia"Spanky"Taylor,58,has run a service in California that does just that since 1987"以及空格后的"she says"可知,此处对应F选项的"She and her staff",应选F.
75.答案D.由于此空格是文章最后一段的首句,同时根据此段的"For some,this is enough"可推断,这一空应该提到偶像对粉丝信件的回复.对应D选项,回复一张照片及打印的签名.故选D.

点评 任务型阅读主要考察两方面的能力:(1)把握整篇文章的布局和逻辑层次关系的能力;(2)把握微观信息间关联性(即空格前后句间关系)的能力.解题方法:词汇同现、词汇复现、代词妙用、数字线索、逻辑线索.

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