湖北省部分学校2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题汇编：七选五

湖北省部分学校 2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题分类汇编 七选五 湖北省十堰市第一中学2019-2020学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题 第二节 (共5小题; 每小题2分, 满分10分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Few things are more difficult than delivering bad news. ___8___ Or announce to team members that, because of slow sales, your company won’t be able to pay bonuses this year. Or tell people that, because business is so good, they’ll all have to work on an upcoming holiday weekend. Because you’re a caring person, you’d like to make the bad news easier to take. So you sidle into the subject, talking about other topics first. You choose indirect language. ___9___ That’s why you may be surprised to learn that the worst way to deliver bad news is to sugarcoat it. According to new research, people on the receiving end of bad news would much rather you rip off the bandage than beat around the bush. In a study conducted by Brigham Young University, participants received a range of bad-news scenarios(情景). ____10____ And then they were asked to select th