Question

【題目】 If a friend helps us, it’s a good idea to write him a thank-you note. But in fact, how many of us sit down to do this? “People don’ t seem to walk around giving thanks to people quite often,” Professor Kumar said. Why don’t people like to send thank-you notes? And how do people feel when they get one?

Kumar and his team asked some students to write a thank-you note to another person by email. Then, they asked both the writer and the receiver how sending or getting these notes made them feel. Here is the result.

They found that these writers didn’t like to write the notes because they felt like they had to think too much about them. They worried about what to say and how to say it. The receivers, however felt enjoyable when they got the notes. When you are a receiver, you really care about the warmth of the note, “Kumar says. “How friendly and warm was it?”

Also, the writers didn’t like to write the notes because they thought it might be awkward (尷尬的) for the receiver to get a thank-you note. But in fact, it’s not true. “They feel quite happy,” Kumar says. “They don’t really feel awkward at all.” If people knew that writing a thank-you note could be so important to others, they would do it more often, Kumar says.

In a word, simple and small changes in our everyday lives can make a big difference in how we treat (對待) other people and how we feel.

【1】We know from the passage that if a friend helps us, it’s a good idea to ________.

A.just say thank youB.write him a thank-you note

C.sit down with himD.get a thank-you note from him

【2】According to the passage, ________ can make a big difference in how we treat other people and how we feel.

A.the warmth of notesB.not writing and sending thank-you letters

C.the writers and receiversD.simple and small changes in our daily lives

【3】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A.Writing a thank-you note isn’t important to others at all.

B.People like to write thank-you notes when someone helps them.

C.Kumar says that people don’t feel awkward getting thank-you notes.

D.When getting thank- you notes, people don’t care about the warmth of them.

【4】If you are to put the passage into parts, which of the following is the best?

(①=Para. (自然段)1；②=Para.2；③=Para. 3；④=Para. 4；⑤=Para. 5

A.B.C.D.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文講述了在我們需要幫助的時候朋友幫助了我們，最后給他寫封感謝信，并詳細講述了這樣做的好處。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)上文If a friend helps us, it’s a good idea to write him a thank-you note. 如果一個朋友幫我們，那是個好主意給他寫一封感謝信。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)上文simple and small changes in our everyday lives can make a big difference in how we treat (對待) other people and how we feel.在我們的日常生活中，簡單而微小的變化會對我們對待他人的方式和我們的感受產(chǎn)生很大的影響。故選D。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)上文“They feel quite happy,” Kumar says. “They don’t really feel awkward at all.” “他們感到很高興，”庫馬爾說。“他們一點也不覺得尷尬。”故選C。

【4】篇章結(jié)構(gòu)題。第一自然段提出問題：為什么人們不喜歡寄感謝信呢？當人們得到感謝信時，他們會有什么感覺？；第二自然段寫了就這些問題Kumar和他的團隊做實驗，想驗證寫信人和接受者發(fā)送或收到這些便條的感受；第三、四自然段詳細分說了第二段做實驗的結(jié)果，第四自然段總說簡單而微小的變化會對我們對待他人的方式和我們的感受產(chǎn)生很大的影響。所以篇章結(jié)構(gòu)為①②屬于并列關系，③④分說②，⑤總結(jié)全文，故選A。