Question

请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺， 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 选项中有一项为多余项。

If a friend gives us a hand when we are in need, it’s a good idea to write him a thank-you note.

1.

“People don’t seem to walk around giving thanks to people quite often,” Amit Kumar from University of Texas said.2.And how do people feel when they receive 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 receiving these notes made them feel.

They found that the students didn’t like to write the notes because they felt like they had to think too much about them.3.

The receiver, however, enjoyed the notes. “When you are a receiver, you focus on the warmth of the note.” Kumar says. “How heartfelt was it? How friendly and warm? ”

The writers also thought the receiver might be shy for receiving a thank-you note. 4.“The receiver feels quite happy,” Kumar says.“They don't really feel shy at all.”

Writing a thank-you note does have such a big influence on others.5.Simple and small changes in our everyday lives can make a big difference to the way we treat other people and how we feel.

A. If people knew this, they would do it more often.

B. Thank-you notes can show our great love.

C. Why are people shy about sending thank-you notes?

D. They worried about what to say and how to say it.

E. But this was not true.

F. However, how many of us actually sit down to do this?

Answer

1.F

2.C

3.D

4.E

5.A

【解析】

本文介绍了如果朋友在我们需要帮助的时候伸出援助之手，给他写一封感谢信是个好主意。但是很多学生不喜欢写感谢信。写感谢信对其他人会有很大的影响。如果人们知道这一点，他们会经常写感谢信。

1.根据“People don’t seem to walk around giving thanks to people quite often,” Amit Kumar from University of Texas said.可知，人们似乎不经常道谢。因此道谢的人少，故选F。

2.根据“People don’t seem to walk around giving thanks to people quite often,” Amit Kumar from University of Texas said.可知，此处道谢的人少，因此询问为什么人们羞于发送感谢信?故选C。

3.根据“They found that the students didn’t like to write the notes because they felt like they had to think too much about them.”可知，学生们不喜欢写感谢信，他们觉得必须想很多关于感谢信的内容，因此他们担心要写的内容。故选D。

4.根据The writers also thought the receiver might be shy for receiving a thank-you note.可知，写感谢的人会认为收到感谢信的人可能会不好意思收到感谢信，根据“The receiver feels quite happy,” Kumar says.“They don't really feel shy at all.”可知，实际上收到感谢信的人一点也不害羞，因此认为那些人的说法是不对的，故选E。

5.根据“Writing a thank-you note does have such a big influence on others.”可知，写感谢信对其他人会有很大的影响，因此如果人们知道写感谢信的好处，他们会经常写的，故选A。