Question

【题目】Four simple steps to be truly thankful

Thanksgiving is more than pie and turkey. It’s about helping and loving the family, friends and world around you. The following tips will help you show your thankfulness.

1. Family

A lot can happen in a year. Your family may have added some loved ones and lost some at the same time. 【1】, and let your family know how important they are to you and how glad you are that you all could get together.

2. Friends

Do what you always do — throw a party. In college, Chicago natives Heather and Nosheen threw a dinner party for their friends on Thanksgiving and came up with HANTDE: Heather and Nosheen’s Thanksgiving Day Extravaganza. 【2】.

“HANDTE is a reunion time that we all look forward to every year,” Heather says. “【3】, so HANTDE has become a time to see and be with each other.”

3. Community (社区)

You could volunteer at a local soup kitchen or bring unused items to a food bank. 【4】. This year, Heather and Nosheen are asking their HANTDE guests to offer a donation, which they will donate to help low-income families.

4. Self

【5】, for example, the debts you paid off or the friends you’ve made. Being able to give thanks for yourself and what you’ve done is the first step to being able to show thankfulness to others.

A. Stop racing for the next raise

B. Look back on your recent achievements

C. Take the time to raise a glass during dinner

D. You could also turn your celebration into a good cause

E. We have jobs now and don’t see each other that much

F. What started in their dorm room now is a yearly tradition

G. Perhaps a family member is fighting against a deadly disease

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】F

【3】E

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】

这是一篇应用文。文章给出了如何表达感谢的几个建议。

【1】这一设空句的后面“let your family know how important they are”是目的，前面设空句是为达目的要采取的行动，所以 C选项中符合要达到这一目的所需的行动，故选C。

【2】在设空句的下面一段出现了“every year”，词汇复现，选项 F中的yearly和这一词汇是同义词，据此即可选定答案，故选F。

【3】设空句后出现了“……become a time to see and be with each other.”，所以设空句就是don’t see each other that much，这样前后才能呼应，故选E。

【4】设空句后出现了“donation”这一词汇，它是一种高尚，所以设空句是总，下面是举例，故选D。

【5】设空句为段首句，这一段的小标题就是段落主旨，给出的建议是要先学会感谢自己，才能对别人表达感谢。在七个选项中B选项是要回顾自己的近期成就，有了回顾才能总结感谢自己，所以选项B正确，故选B。

在解答七选五类型的题目时，不是非要按照顺序来进行解答，可以先易后难，选定容易的后，最难的选项就可以缩小选择范围，使解题难度降低。比如本篇七选五，就可以先选定第5小题，再选2和5，最后做3和1。