Question

【題目】 “Don’t tell anyone”.We hear these words when someone tells a secret to us.【1】 We’re often tempted to(忍不住的) “spill the beans”, even if we regret it later.

An earlier study, led by Anita E.Kelly, a scientist at the University of Notre Dame, US, suggested that keeping a secret could cause stress. 【2】 According to Asim Shah, professor in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine, US, keeping a secret may well “become a burden”.This is because people often have an “obsessive and anxious urge to share it with someone”.

【3】 Shah explained that people often feel that it will help them keep a person as a Mend.Another reason people share secrets is guilt over keeping it from someone close to them.A sense of distrust can develop when people who are close do not share it with each other. “Keeping or sharing secrets often puts people in a position of either gaining or losing the trust of someone, ”according to Shah.

He added that talkative people could let secrets slip out.【4】 A quiet person may be someone who keeps everything inside.To tell such a person a secret may cause them stress, and make them talk about the secret.

Shah said that to judge whether to tell someone a secret, you’d better put yourself in their position.Think about how you would feel to be told that you mustn’t give the information away.Shah also recommended that if you accidentally give up someone’s secret you should come clean about it.【5】

A.But it can be hard to keep a secret.

B.Everyone intends to keep his own secret.

C.Now you may ask, what secret is that?

D.Let the person know that their secret isn’t so secret anymore.

E.People with secrets can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches.

F.But with secrets so often getting out, why do people share them at all?

G.However, this doesn’t mean that it is a good idea only to share secrets with quiet people.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】E

【3】F

【4】G

【5】D

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章主要提到保守秘密的人會因?yàn)槊孛芏�造成壓力，從而可能會有心理和生理方面的問題。且分析了人們分享秘密的原因，以及建議人們不要和別人分享秘密。如果偶然泄露了別人的秘密，一定要及時(shí)告知受到影響的人。

【1】A.But it can be hard to keep a secret.（但是保守秘密很困難）與上文We hear these words when someone tells a secret to us.（別人告訴我們秘密時(shí)常常讓我們保守秘密，不要告訴他人）和下文We’re often tempted to “spill the beans”, even if we regret it later.（我們常常忍不住“說漏嘴”，盡管事后會感到后悔）的搭配符合邏輯，選項(xiàng)在此起承上啟下的作用。故選A。

【2】上文An earlier study, led by Anita E.Kelly, a scientist at the University of Notre Dame, US, suggested that keeping a secret could cause stress.（一個(gè)早前由美國Notre Dame大學(xué)科學(xué)家Anita E.Kelly領(lǐng)頭的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)保守秘密可能會導(dǎo)致壓力）與E.People with secrets can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches.（有秘密的人可能會遭受抑郁、焦慮和身體疼痛的折磨）承接自然，上文所提到的壓力包括選項(xiàng)中的抑郁、焦慮和身體疼痛。故選E。

【3】F.But with secrets so often getting out, why do people share them at all?（但是，秘密遲早會泄漏，人們?yōu)槭裁匆�分享它們呢？）與下文Shah explained that people often feel that it will help them keep a person as a Mend.（Shah說人們常常認(rèn)為這有助于他們留住一個(gè)人作為修補(bǔ)處）承接自然，后文講述的內(nèi)容就是人們分享秘密的原因之一。故選F。

【4】G.However, this doesn’t mean that it is a good idea only to share secrets with quiet people.（然而，這并不意味只把秘密分享給安靜的人是個(gè)好主意）和下文A quiet person may be someone who keeps everything inside.To tell such a person a secret may cause them stress, and make them talk about the secret.（一個(gè)安靜的人可能會保守秘密，把秘密告訴他們會讓他們有壓力，導(dǎo)致他們把秘密說出去）承接自然，下文是不把秘密分享給安靜的人的原因，符合邏輯。故選G。

【5】上文Shah also recommended that if you accidentally give up someone’s secret you should come clean about it.（同時(shí)Shah還建議如果你不小心泄露了別人的秘密，你應(yīng)該如實(shí)告知）與D.Let the person know that their secret isn’t so secret anymore.（讓此人知道他的秘密已經(jīng)不是秘密了）承接自然，“如實(shí)告知”的目的就是“讓此人知道他的秘密已經(jīng)不再是秘密了”。故選D。