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【题目】 If a friend helps you a lot, what do you do in return? You could just say “thanks”, or you could write a(an) ______ note which is more polite. But most people don’t do this. Why don’t people like ______ thank-you notes? And how do most people react (反应) when they ______ one? Kumar from University of Texas made a study of it. He asked each student to write a thank-you note to another person ______ email. Then, they questioned both the writer and the recipient (接受者) about the note and how it made them feel. They found there were several ______ for people not to write thank-you notes. They feel like they have to think too much about it. They ______ what to say and how to say it. They also overthink the “correctness” of what they are writing. But people ______ like receiving thank-you notes. “As recipients, they pay attention to the ______ of the thank,” Kumar says. “Besides, they (recipients) feel positive (积极的) ______ they were receiving these expressions.” If people knew that writing a thank-you note can have such a big influence on the recipient, they would do it more ______. Kumar adds.

Kumar says this study told us that “simple, small changes in our everyday lives can make a big difference in how we treat other people and how we feel.”

【1】A. adviceB. thank-youC. instructionsD. sale

【2】A. readingB. copyingC. findingD. sending

【3】A. writeB. hearC. receiveD. offer

【4】A. byB. inC. atD. for

【5】A. formsB. reasonsC. skillsD. uses

【6】A. care forB. take downC. worry aboutD. make up

【7】A. easilyB. recentlyC. finallyD. really

【8】A. warmthB. timeC. resultD. spirit

【9】A. beforeB. whenC. ifD. though

【10】A. seldomB. hardlyC. oftenD. usually

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【6】C

【7】D

【8】A

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】

本文介绍了人们不喜欢写感谢信的原因以及收到感谢信的人的感受。从中我们知道在日常生活中，一些简单、微小的改变能在如何对待他人和我们的感受上，产生很大的影响。

【1】考查名词及语境的理解。A. advice建议，B. thank-you感谢，C. instructions指令，说明；D. sale销售。句意：你可以只说“谢谢”，或者你可以写一封更礼貌的感谢信。根据You could just say “thanks”,可知此处表示感谢，故选B。

【2】考查动词及语境的理解。A. reading 读，B. copying复制，C. finding 找到，D. sending发送。句意：人们为什么不喜欢发送感谢信呢？根据宾语thank-you notes可知此处表示发送感谢信，故选D。

【3】考查动词及语境的理解。A. write写，B. hear 听，C. receive收到，D. offer提供。句意：当他们收到一封感谢信时，大多数人如何反应呢？根据前文的Why don’t people like ___2___ thank-you notes?可知，有人发送了感谢信，故此处表示收到感谢信，故选C。

【4】考查介词及语境的理解。A. by通过，B. in在…..里，C. at在， D. for为了。句意：他要求每一名学生通过电子邮件写一封感谢信给另一个人。by email通过电子邮件，故选A。

【5】考查名词及语境的理解。A. forms形式，B. reasons 原因，C. skills技术，D. uses用途。句意：他们发现人们有几个不写感谢信的原因。根据后文的They feel like they have to think too much about it.可知，此处表示不写感谢信的原因，故选B。

【6】考查动词短语及语境的理解。A. care for 关心，B. take down记下，拿下；C. worry about担心，D. make up编造。句意：他们担心要说的内容和如何说它。根据They found there were several ___5___ for people not to write thank-you notes.可知，此处表示不写感谢信的原因，因此是担心要说的内容，故选C。

【7】考查副词及语境的理解。A. easily容易地，B. recently 最近地，C. finally 最后地，D. really真地。句意：但是人们非常喜欢收到感谢信。根据后文的Besides, they (recipients) feel positive (积极的)可知，此处表示收到感谢信的人非常喜欢收到它，故选D。

【8】考查名词及语境的理解。A. warmth温暖，B. time时间， C. result 结果，D. spirit精神。句意：作为接受者，他们关注感谢信的温暖。根据Besides, they (recipients) feel positive (积极的)可知，感谢信给接受者带来积极的感受，因此是温暖，故选A。

【9】考查连词及语境的理解。A. before在……之前，B. when当……时候，C. if如果，D. though尽管。句意：此外，当他们（接受者）收到这些感谢的表达，他们感到积极。此处表示收到感谢信的时候，故用连词when，故选B。

【10】考查副词及语境的理解。A. seldom 很少，B. hardly几乎不，C. often经常，D. usually经常。句意：如果人们知道写一封感谢信能对收信人产生如此大的影响，他们会做得更频繁。more often更多时候，更频繁，故选C。

根据前后文的语境，认真辨析选项里的单词或短语的词义，结合词性，短语，句型，时态，语态和主谓一致，选出正确的选项。例如小题1，句意：你可以只说“谢谢”，或者你可以写一封更礼貌的感谢信。根据You could just say “thanks”,可知此处表示感谢，故选B。