Question

【题目】 “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】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要提到保守秘密的人会因为秘密而造成压力，从而可能会有心理和生理方面的问题。且分析了人们分享秘密的原因，以及建议人们不要和别人分享秘密。如果偶然泄露了别人的秘密，一定要及时告知受到影响的人。

【1】A.But it can be hard to keep a secret.（但是保守秘密很困难）与上文We hear these words when someone tells a secret to us.（别人告诉我们秘密时常常让我们保守秘密，不要告诉他人）和下文We’re often tempted to “spill the beans”, even if we regret it later.（我们常常忍不住“说漏嘴”，尽管事后会感到后悔）的搭配符合逻辑，选项在此起承上启下的作用。故选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.（一个早前由美国Notre Dame大学科学家Anita E.Kelly领头的研究发现保守秘密可能会导致压力）与E.People with secrets can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches.（有秘密的人可能会遭受抑郁、焦虑和身体疼痛的折磨）承接自然，上文所提到的压力包括选项中的抑郁、焦虑和身体疼痛。故选E。

【3】F.But with secrets so often getting out, why do people share them at all?（但是，秘密迟早会泄漏，人们为什么要分享它们呢？）与下文Shah explained that people often feel that it will help them keep a person as a Mend.（Shah说人们常常认为这有助于他们留住一个人作为修补处）承接自然，后文讲述的内容就是人们分享秘密的原因之一。故选F。

【4】G.However, this doesn’t mean that it is a good idea only to share secrets with quiet people.（然而，这并不意味只把秘密分享给安静的人是个好主意）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.（一个安静的人可能会保守秘密，把秘密告诉他们会让他们有压力，导致他们把秘密说出去）承接自然，下文是不把秘密分享给安静的人的原因，符合逻辑。故选G。

【5】上文Shah also recommended that if you accidentally give up someone’s secret you should come clean about it.（同时Shah还建议如果你不小心泄露了别人的秘密，你应该如实告知）与D.Let the person know that their secret isn’t so secret anymore.（让此人知道他的秘密已经不是秘密了）承接自然，“如实告知”的目的就是“让此人知道他的秘密已经不再是秘密了”。故选D。