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第三部分：书面表达（共三节，满分45分）

第一节：阅读表达（共5 小题；每小题2分，满分10 分）

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题（请注意问题后的字数要求）。

Researchers found that women are overcome by a burning desire to share gossip( 流言蜚

语）as soon as they hear it. They will typically tell the secret to at least one other person in 47 hours. Depending on who the gossip is about, their boyfriend, husband, best friend or mother is most likely to be the recipients of the information.

    The study of 3000 women aged between 18 and 65 also found that out of ten admitted they were unable to keep a secret. --- No matter how personal or secret the news was. It was also found that alcohol usually gives us a helping hand to let out secrets --- with more than half admitting a glass or two of wine could get them to dish the dirt.

Michael Cox, UK Director of Wines of Chile, said, “It’s official women who can’t keep secrets. We are really eager to find out with this survey how many secrets people are told. What we don’t count on is how quickly these are passed on by those we trust. No matter how precious the piece of information is, it often comes out within 48 hours.”

Three quarters say they are able to keep quiet about a secret, and 83 percent consider themselves 100 percent reliable within each group of friends. Yet, four in ten admit gossiping to a close friend from another friendship group. Nearly half (45 percent) disclose secrets just for the weight to be lifted from their shoulders. More than four in ten think it is acceptable to share a friend’s secret with someone who doesn’t know him or her.

Private issues, true cost of purchases and affairs emerged top of the secret-keeping list, with girls most likely to share a secret chatting face-to-face, on the phone or via a text message. Fortunately, over a quarter (27 percent) said they forgot what they were told the following day.

56. Please explain the underlined words “dish the dirt” in English.（No more than 5 words.）

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57. What makes women more likely pass on gossip? （No more than 3 words.）

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58. What kinds of secrets are women most interested in? （No more than 10 words.）

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59. Why do about half women tell secrets to others? （No more than 10 words.）

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60. Should women tell secrets to others or keep secrets? Please give your reasons. （No more than 30 words.）

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Answer 1

56. tell secrets to others / let out secrets

57. Drinking wine. / Alcohol.

58. Private issues, true cost of purchases and affairs.

59. Because they think it can reduce pressure. / Because it can lift the weight from their shoulders.

60. I think women should keep secrets. Because spreading gossip may cause lots of trouble and harm the relations between people. (open)