题文
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 won’t say thank you if they are 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 (压力) of our bad manners with half admitting they’re not good at thanking those closest to them — many justifying (为…辩解) 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 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.
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.
It follows that 85 percent of people will be annoyed at not getting the gratitude (感激) they feel they should receive.
小题1:Most of the people who took part in the survey say that they say “thank you” _____.A．when they are in good moodB．completely out of habitC．when they feel truly grateful D．purely out of politeness小题2:The underlined word “ditched” in Paragraph 1 means “________”.A．given upB．usedC．sharedD．grasped小题3:It can be learned from the passage that _______.A．different ways of expressing gratitude are all fashionableB．people should avoid saying “thank you” nowadaysC．a thank-you note is still appreciated by most peopleD．people in a bad mood never say “thank you”小题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. 题型：未知 难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
解析
文章介绍了美国人现在表示感谢的方式在改变，人们会说“cheers”代替“thank you”或写感谢信，也有人认为没有必要向家人说谢谢。
小题1:推理题：从第四段的句子：Most people declared that saying thank you was something drilled into them by their parents. 可以推断出，大多数人说：Thank you是出于习惯。选B
小题2:猜词题：从后面的句子：replaced it with the less formal ‘cheers’, according to a survey.
可知这里指的是放弃说“thank you”。选A
小题3:推理题：从倒数第三段的句子：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 —可知大部分人还是喜欢用感谢信的。选C
小题4:推理题：从第五段的句子：many justifying (为…辩解) the lack of thanks because their family ‘already know I’m grateful’可知很多人认为没有必要向家人表示感谢。选D
点评：这篇文章观点明确，通过举例更易于理解，推理题要求考生仔细阅读文本，耐心审题，结合题目到文章中找到关键的句子做出准确的判断。猜词题可以在前后文找出答案。
考点
据考高分专家说，试题“Millions of British .....”主要考查你对 [社会现象类阅读 ]考点的理解。社会现象类阅读
社会现象类阅读概念：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。
社会现象类阅读解题技巧：
这类文章通过写人记事来揭示文章的主题，显示其社会意义，一般采用顺序或倒叙来叙述。题目经常是一些细节问题。考查的方面可以是原因和其中引发的思考。阅读这类文章要理清思路。
1、浏览试题，明确要求。
在阅读文章前，最好先浏览一下文章后面的题干和选项。知道了问题后再去看文章，可使思路更敏捷，而且也便于阅读时留意文中出现的与选项有关的信息。
2、通读全文，抓住主要内容。
在不影响理解的前提下，尽可能地阅读以便在尽可能短的时间内理解文章或段落的内容。阅读时，如遇到不熟悉的单词、词组或一时看不懂的句子，不要停下来苦思冥想，继续读下去，通过上下文的词语和句子可能就理解了。
3、抓住中心思想和段落大意。
通读全文时，要特别注意主题句。每篇文章或每个段落都有与文章有关的句子，尤其是科技、政论性文章的主题句一般都在文章的开头或结尾，插在中间的很少。所以，文章的第一段或开头的第一、二个句子往往包含着文章的中心思想、作者的意图或全文的概述，因此要特别注意，彻底理解。
4、有针对性地仔细阅读，找寻所需信息。
在前面的基础上，可进行有针对性地阅读了。把与问题无关的内容一扫而过，而对于和问题有关的内容认真阅读，还可以用笔在下面做出记号。再把这些信息与问题的要求结合起来，逐条分析，综合判断，找出正确答案。
5、进行合理的推理判断。
对文章有了全面的了解之后，可以按照文章要求以及上下文之间的关系，做出推理判断。在进行推理判断的时候，需要综合考虑句型、语法、句子之间的逻辑关系、文化背景等方面的因素。
6、认真复读，验证答案。
要用全文的中心思想统帅各个题目，研究其内在联系和逻辑关系，并依次审核那些还未打上的题目，确保理解无误。
