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Millions of British people have ditched the traditional “thank you” and replaced it with the less formal “cheers”, according to a survey.

Although the average person will say “thank you” nearly 5,000 times a year, one in three are more likely to throw in a “cheers” or “ta” where it’s needed, rather than risk sounding old fashioned.

One in 20 now say “nice one” instead, while younger generations are more likely to offer a “cool” than a “thank you”. “Merci”, “fab” and even “gracias” were also listed as common phrases to use, as was “much appreciated”.

One in twenty who took part in the survey of 2,000 people by the Food Network UK for Thank You Day, which is marked on November 24, 2011, said a formal “thank you” was now not often needed in everyday conversation. More than one in ten adults said they regularly wouldn’t say “thank you” if they were in a bad mood.

Most people declared that saying “thank you” was something drilled into them by their parents. A huge 70 percent of those questioned will say “thank you” to a person’s face without even meaning it, while a fifth avoid saying it when they know they should — on at least two occasions every day.

It seems our friends and family get the brunt (壓力) of our bad manners with half admitting they’re not good at thanking those closest to them — many justifying (為……辯解) the lack of thanks because their family “already know I’m grateful”.

When spoken words won’t do, it falls to a nice text to do the job for most people. A thank you email is also popular, while a quarter turn to social networks to express gratitude. A quarter of British people say thank you with food, with 23 percent cooking a meal to show their appreciation to someone. Another 15 percent bake a cake. A third will still send a handwritten thank-you note — but 45 percent admit it’s been more than six months since they bothered to send one.

It follows that 85 percent of people will be annoyed at not getting the gratitude they feel they should receive. 

1.Most of the people who took part in the survey say that they say “thank you” _____.

A．when they are in good mood              B．completely out of habit

C．when they feel truly grateful               D．purely out of politeness

2.The underlined word “ditched” in Paragraph 1 means “_____”.

A．a(chǎn)bandoned        B．used             C．shared            D．grasped

3.It can be learned from the passage that _____.

A．different ways of expressing gratitude are all fashionable

B．people should avoid saying “thank you” nowadays

C．a(chǎn) thank-you note is still appreciated by most people

D．people in a bad mood never say “thank you”

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Most people express their gratitude to others by buying food for them.

B．About fifty percent of people try not to say thank you when they should.

C．Most people may feel natural when they fail to receive others’ gratitude.

D．Many people think it unnecessary to say thanks to their family members.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了美國人現(xiàn)在表示感謝的方式在改變，人們會(huì)說“cheers”代替“thank you”或?qū)懜兄x信，也有人認(rèn)為沒有必要向家人說謝謝。

1.推理題：從第四段的句子：Most people declared that saying thank you was something drilled into them by their parents. 可以推斷出，大多數(shù)人說：Thank you是出于習(xí)慣。選B

2.猜詞題：從后面的句子：replaced it with the less formal ‘cheers’, according to a survey.可知這里指的是放棄說“thank you”。選A

3.推理題：從倒數(shù)第三段的句子：When spoken words won’t do, it falls to a nice text to do the job for most people. A third will still send a handwritten thank-you note —可知大部分人還是喜歡用感謝信的。選C

4.推理題：從第五段的句子：many justifying (為…辯解) the lack of thanks because their family ‘a(chǎn)lready know I’m grateful’可知很多人認(rèn)為沒必要向家人表示感謝。選D

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點(diǎn)評(píng)：文章介紹了美國人現(xiàn)在表示感謝的方式在改變，人們會(huì)說“cheers”代替“thank you”或?qū)懜兄x信，也有人認(rèn)為沒有必要向家人說謝謝。這篇文章觀點(diǎn)明確，通過舉例更易于理解，推理題要求考生仔細(xì)閱讀文本，耐心審題，結(jié)合題目到文章中找到關(guān)鍵的句子做出準(zhǔn)確的判斷。猜詞題可以在前后文找出答案。