Question

【題目】 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 (反應(yīng)) 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 (積極的) ______ 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】

本文介紹了人們不喜歡寫感謝信的原因以及收到感謝信的人的感受。從中我們知道在日常生活中，一些簡單、微小的改變能在如何對待他人和我們的感受上，產(chǎn)生很大的影響。

【1】考查名詞及語境的理解。A. advice建議，B. thank-you感謝，C. instructions指令，說明；D. sale銷售。句意：你可以只說“謝謝”，或者你可以寫一封更禮貌的感謝信。根據(jù)You could just say “thanks”,可知此處表示感謝，故選B。

【2】考查動詞及語境的理解。A. reading 讀，B. copying復(fù)制，C. finding 找到，D. sending發(fā)送。句意：人們?yōu)槭裁床幌矚g發(fā)送感謝信呢？根據(jù)賓語thank-you notes可知此處表示發(fā)送感謝信，故選D。

【3】考查動詞及語境的理解。A. write寫，B. hear 聽，C. receive收到，D. offer提供。句意：當他們收到一封感謝信時，大多數(shù)人如何反應(yīng)呢？根據(jù)前文的Why don’t people like ___2___ thank-you notes?可知，有人發(fā)送了感謝信，故此處表示收到感謝信，故選C。

【4】考查介詞及語境的理解。A. by通過，B. in在…..里，C. at在， D. for為了。句意：他要求每一名學(xué)生通過電子郵件寫一封感謝信給另一個人。by email通過電子郵件，故選A。

【5】考查名詞及語境的理解。A. forms形式，B. reasons 原因，C. skills技術(shù)，D. uses用途。句意：他們發(fā)現(xiàn)人們有幾個不寫感謝信的原因。根據(jù)后文的They feel like they have to think too much about it.可知，此處表示不寫感謝信的原因，故選B。

【6】考查動詞短語及語境的理解。A. care for 關(guān)心，B. take down記下，拿下；C. worry about擔(dān)心，D. make up編造。句意：他們擔(dān)心要說的內(nèi)容和如何說它。根據(jù)They found there were several ___5___ for people not to write thank-you notes.可知，此處表示不寫感謝信的原因，因此是擔(dān)心要說的內(nèi)容，故選C。

【7】考查副詞及語境的理解。A. easily容易地，B. recently 最近地，C. finally 最后地，D. really真地。句意：但是人們非常喜歡收到感謝信。根據(jù)后文的Besides, they (recipients) feel positive (積極的)可知，此處表示收到感謝信的人非常喜歡收到它，故選D。

【8】考查名詞及語境的理解。A. warmth溫暖，B. time時間， C. result 結(jié)果，D. spirit精神。句意：作為接受者，他們關(guān)注感謝信的溫暖。根據(jù)Besides, they (recipients) feel positive (積極的)可知，感謝信給接受者帶來積極的感受，因此是溫暖，故選A。

【9】考查連詞及語境的理解。A. before在……之前，B. when當……時候，C. if如果，D. though盡管。句意：此外，當他們（接受者）收到這些感謝的表達，他們感到積極。此處表示收到感謝信的時候，故用連詞when，故選B。

【10】考查副詞及語境的理解。A. seldom 很少，B. hardly幾乎不，C. often經(jīng)常，D. usually經(jīng)常。句意：如果人們知道寫一封感謝信能對收信人產(chǎn)生如此大的影響，他們會做得更頻繁。more often更多時候，更頻繁，故選C。

根據(jù)前后文的語境，認真辨析選項里的單詞或短語的詞義，結(jié)合詞性，短語，句型，時態(tài)，語態(tài)和主謂一致，選出正確的選項。例如小題1，句意：你可以只說“謝謝”，或者你可以寫一封更禮貌的感謝信。根據(jù)You could just say “thanks”,可知此處表示感謝，故選B。