Women Can’t Keep a Secret
The average woman cannot keep a secret for longer than 47 hours, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that women are overcome by a burning desire to share gossip as soon as they hear it. They will typically spill the beans to at least one other person in 47 hours and 15 minutes.
Depending on who the gossip is about, their boyfriend, husband, best friend or mother are most likely to be the initial recipients (接收者) 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 confidential the news was.
The study found the nation’s ladies hear three pieces of gossip a week, but end up passing it on to at least one other person.
Three in 10 admitted having the urge to reveal someone’s secret. However, two thirds end up feeling guilty after passing on secrets.
Three quarters say they are capable of keeping quiet about a secret, and 83 per cent consider themselves 100 per cent trustworthy within each group of friends. Yet, four in ten admit to gossiping to a close friend from another friendship group.
More than four in ten think it is acceptable to share a friend’s secret with someone who does not know them, with over 40 per cent saying their husband is their final one they share secrets with.
Fortunately for some though, over a quarter (27 per cent) said they forgot what they were told the following day.
1.How long can women keep a secret?
A. At least two days B. Longer than two days. C. Two days. D. 47 hours and 15 minutes
2.Women will share gossip with all the following except________.
A. their boyfriend or husband B. their best friend
C. their brother or sister D. their mother
3.According to the study, ________ women were unable to keep a secret.
A. 1,200 B.1,800 C. 2, 400 D. 3,000
4.Which of the following is true?
A. Most women are not trustworthy
B. More than forty per cent tell secrets to their husband.
C. Few women feel guilty after passing on secrets.
D. Over a quarter think it is acceptable to share gossip.
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A. in a store window B. in a school magazine
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2.The position of a(n)_______is a part-time job.
A. florist B. artist C. preschool teacher D. dental nurse
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Vingo sat in front of three men and three women. One of the women sat beside him and introduced herself. “We’re going to Florida,” she said brightly. “What some wine?” He smiled and thanked her.
“Are you married”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know?” She said.
“Well, when I was in prison I wrote to my wife,” he said. “I told her that I was going to be away for a long time, and that if she couldn’t stand it, if the kids kept asking questions, or if it hurt her too much, well, she could forget me. Get a new guy, I said—she’s a wonderful woman. I told her she didn’t have to write to me. And she didn’t. Not for three and a half years.”
“And you’re going home now?”
“Yeah,” he said shyly. “Well, last week, I wrote to her again. We used to live in Brunswick, and there’s an oak tree(橡树) just as you come into town. I told her that if she didn’t have a new guy and if she’d take me back, she should put a yellow handkerchief on the tree, and I ‘d get off and come home. If she didn’t want me, forget it ---no handkerchief, and I’d go on through.”
Now Brunswick was 20 miles, 10 miles, and then five. Then, suddenly, all of the young people were up out of their seats, screaming and shouting and crying, doing small dances of joy—they saw the oak tree covered with yellow handkerchiefs—20 of them, 30 of them, maybe hundreds, a tree that stood like a flag of welcome billowing (飘扬) in the wind.
1.Where did the conservation between Vingo and the woman probably happen?
A. On a bus B. In a coffee shop. C. On a plane. D. In a prison.
2.How long hadn’t Vingo and his wife live together?
A. Only one year. B. About ten years. C. About seven years D. Nearly four years
3.When Vingo was in prison, his wife ___________.
A. often wrote to him B. married another man
C. still loved him as before D. taught the kids at home
4.According to the young people, the handkerchiefs on the oak tree were ______.
A. flags of honesty B. flags of happiness C. a sign of freedom D. a sign of wisdom
In the past, travel was considered an essential part of education. Posts and writers realized the 1of travel and went out to other countries in search of 2. A man’s education was not completed until he had visited foreign lands.
That travel 3the mind cannot be denied (否认). Those who remain within the confines of (在…范围之内) their 4are cut off from the outside world. As a result, they develop a 5_ outlook on life. But those who travel come into 6with various types of people whose ways of life are completely 7theirs. They see things with their own eyes and have a better 8of the affairs of the world. The impressions that they receive while they travel remain 9in their minds for many years, and all false impressions and ideas are 10from their minds. Thus, they are able to 11things in their proper perspective(观点) and make correct 12and decisions. And being able to make correct decisions is a valuable part of 13.
It is argued, however, that the 14of the great variety of books, newspaper, the radio, TV and the Internet today remove the 15for travel to acquire knowledge. One would study in the 16and privacy of one’s own home and absorb all the knowledge that one desires. But there are many things they cannot 17effectively. For example, the love and respect people in other lands 18for us and the natural beauty of the various parts or the world cannot be described properly in 19.They have to be seen and felt. Besides, not all can understand everything that they 20about people away from their homes. To such people, especially, travel is an important means of education.
1.A. value B. possibility C. background D. development
2.A. work B. wealth C. opportunity D. knowledge
3.A. comforts B. needs C. uses D. broadens
4.A. sights B. homes C. careers D. powers
5.A. happy B. broad C. narrow D. simple
6.A. sight B. contact C. power D. effect
7.A. different from B. the same C. similar with D. familiar to
8.A. protection B. study C. solution D. understanding
9.A. little B. endless C. fresh D. important
10.A. removed B. tired C. differed D. separated
11.A. do B. see C. make D. buy
12.A. choices B. preparations C. directions D. judgments
13.A. life B. travel C. education D. society
14.A. presence B. trouble C. importance D. discovery
15.A. need B. intention C. influence D. memory
16.A. library B. mind C. comfort D. open
17.A. enjoy B. describe C. write D. learn
18.A. satisfy B. get C. own D. have
19.A. sounds B. pens C. numbers D. words
20.A. see B. read C. talk D. hear
We need a more capable leader, _____with a strong will and as well as a good sense of humor.
A. who B. that C. one D. which
——Did you enjoy yourself last night?
——Yes. It’s very nice of you. I appreciated _____________to the party.
A. to be invited B. to have invited C. having been invited D. being invited
