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16．In ancient Egypt，the pharaoh （法老）treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace，if he brought good news．（71）G　 
That spirit spread over today′s conversations．Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing．As we walked out the door，a smiling neighbor said，"Oh，boy，bad day for a picnic．（72）B"I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut better and sandwiches．Not for his stupid weather report，but for his smile．（73）DAs I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter，the sales agent said with a broad smile．"Oh，that bus left five minutes ago．"Dreams of head-cutting!
It′s not the news that makes someone angry．（74）E　 Big winners know，when delivering any bad news，they should share the feeling of the receiver．
Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy，I would have appreciated his warning．Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left，I probably would have said，"Oh，that′s all right．（75）A"Big winners，when they hear bad news，deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded （被轟炸的） person is sure to have．

A．I will catch the next one．
B．The weatherman says it′s going to rain．
C．Receiving bad news requires great courage．
D．Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus．
E．It′s the unsympathetic attitude with which it?s delivered．
F．Delivering bad news properly is important in communication．
G．However，if the exhausted runner brought unhappy news，his head was cut off．

Answer 1

分析 本文屬于議論文閱讀，作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了好消息使人高興，壞消息令人氣憤的主題，但是對于壞消息的表達是需要技巧的，表現(xiàn)出真誠的同情遺憾能讓聽到消息的人不那么惱怒，幸災(zāi)樂禍則會刺激他們．

解答 71-75GBDEA
71．G 考查上下文聯(lián)系．前面提到跑步者帶來好消息的后果，所以后面連接的是傳遞壞消息的后果，也就是被砍頭．故選G．
72．B 考查上下文聯(lián)系．根據(jù)后面的"Not for his stupid weather report"可知，前面提到的是天氣預(yù)報．故選B．
73．D 考查上下文聯(lián)系．根據(jù)后面的"Oh，that bus left five minutes ago"可知，我正趕著去公共汽車站．故選D．
74．E 考查上下文聯(lián)系．根據(jù)前文內(nèi)容可知，作者本身已經(jīng)很窘迫了，對方還要損他，可知這是一種沒有同情心的態(tài)度．故選E．
75．A 考查推理判斷．根據(jù)常理，售票員變相指責(zé)作者，作者應(yīng)當(dāng)會氣得去坐下一班車．故選A．

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