Question

Researchers found that women are overcome by a burning desire to share gossip（流言蜚語）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（接受者）of the information.
The study of 3,000 women aged between 18 and 65 also found that. four 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 that women 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（指望）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 to 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.
小題1:Please explain the underlined words “dish the dirt” in English. （No more than 5 words.）
小題2:What makes women more likely pass on gossip? （No more than 3 word.）
小題3:What kinds of secrets are women most interested in? （No more than 10 words.）
小題4:Why do about half women tell secrets to others? （No more than 10 words.）
小題5:Should women tell secrets to others or keep secrets? Please give your reasons. （No more than 30 words.）

Answer 1

試題分析：本文講述了女性不善于保守秘密，一項最新調查表明，普通女性保守秘密的時間不超過47個小時。女性最有可能首先將秘密告訴給男友、丈夫、最好的朋友或者母親，而這通常取決于八卦的內容與誰有關。調查還發(fā)現(xiàn)，飲酒會讓人更加口無遮攔，一半以上的受訪者承認一兩杯酒下肚，她們就管不住自己的嘴巴了。據統(tǒng)計隱私話題、貨品的真實價格以及花邊新聞高居保密排行榜之首。女性最可能在見面聊天、打電話或發(fā)短信時與他人分享秘密。
小題1:Tell secrets to others / Let out secrets.
小題2:Drinking wine/Alcohol.
小題3:Private issues, true cost of purchases and affairs.
小題4:Because they think it can reduce pressure.
小題5:I think women should keep secrets. Because spreading gossip may cause lots of trouble and harm the relations between people.

小題1:根據four out of ten admitted they were unable to keep a secret 既然不能保守秘密，在喝了酒后，自然就會把秘密說出來，故用Tell secrets to others / Let out secrets.
小題2:根據a glass or two of wine could get them to dish the dirt.喝了酒后容易把秘密說出，故用
Drinking wine/Alcohol.
小題3:根據Private issues, true cost of purchases and affairs emerged top of the secret-keeping list, 隱私話題、商品的真實價格以及花邊新聞高居保密排行榜之首。故用 Private issues, true cost of purchases and affairs.
小題4:根據Because they think it can reduce pressure.
小題5:根據自己的觀點寫出就行，我認為婦女應該保守秘密，因為傳播這種流言蜚語有時會帶來一些麻煩或者傷害人們之間的關系，故用I think women should keep secrets. Because spreading gossip may cause lots of trouble and harm the relations between people.
考點：閱讀表達。