Dear Hamilton, We are fortunate that in such a large, high-pressure office we all get along so well. You are one of the people who keep the social temperature at such a comfortable setting. I don’t k 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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Dear Hamilton,

We are fortunate that in such a large, high-pressure office we all get along so well. You are one of the people who keep the social temperature at such a comfortable setting. I don’t know anyone in the office who is better liked than you.

You can perhaps help with this. The collection of contributions towards gifts for employees’ personal-life events is becoming a little troubling. Certainly, the group sending of a gift is reasonable now and then. In the past month, however, there have been collections for two baby shower gifts, one wedding shower gift, two wedding gifts, one funeral（葬礼）remembrance, four birthday gifts, and three graduation gifts.

It’s not only the collected-from who are growing uncomfortable (and poor), but the collected-for feel uneasy receiving gifts from people who don’t know them outside the office, who wouldn’t even recognize their graduating children, their marrying daughters and sons, or their dead relatives.

This is basically a kind gesture (and one that people think well of you for), but the practice seems to have become too wide-ranging and feels improper in today’s office setting.

Thank you for understanding.

1．The underlined word “contributions” probably means ________.

A．money B．suggestions C．reports D．understanding

2．Hamilton is expected to _______.

A．show more kindness. B．discontinue the present practice

C．quit being the organizer for gift giving

D．know more about co-workers’ families

3．This is basically a letter of ________.

A．apology B．sympathy

C．appreciation D．dissatisfaction

这是一篇书信，作者提出办公室里存在一种不好的现象：无论有什么事，办公室里所有人都凑份子钱。作者对这种做法提出质疑，说这种风气不好，并希望收信人能够关注此事。文章篇幅很短，只有不到200宇，但是有很多长、难句，要注意领会。

1．A 考查词义猜测。语境说凑份子是为了买礼物庆祝职员个人生活中的大事，比如婚礼、葬礼等。结合选项判断，画线部分的含义应该是A。

2．B 考查推理判断。文章在谈到办公室里收钱买礼品的情况后说，“不仅被收钱的人觉得不自在，而且接收礼品的人（the collected-for）在接收礼品的时候也不自在，因为他们可能不认识送礼品的人，这些人甚至可能不认识他们即将毕业的孩子，要嫁娶的儿女，或者他们故去的亲人”。“这种做法涉及的范围太广，在今天的办公室环境中有点不适合”。第二段说“你可以帮忙处理这件事”。从这些信息可知本题选B，作者写这封信的日的是希望Hamilton关注这件事，取消日前这种凑份子钱的做法。

3．D 考查主旨大意。从全文内容看，写信人首先肯定办公室里友好的氛围：在这个压力很大的办公室里我们都相处得很好；然后讲述问题：收份子钱的做法由来已久，使收礼钱的人和送礼钱的人都不自在，并提出希望Hamilton关注这件事。显然全文的基调是D，对这一做法的不满。

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We're students from No.2 Middle School. Our teacher, Ms Wu, told us that we may write to you for help. Here's the problem. _________________________________________

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Sincerely yours,

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Love COL Bright .
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