专题06 选词填空-【好题汇编】备战2023-2024学年高二英语上学期期末真题分类汇编（上海专用）

专题06选词填空 ( 经典基础题 ) 1（2023上·上海·高二上海市朱家角中学校考期末）Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A．accompany    B．approach    C． circumstances    D．completely E. impress    F. limits    G. mistakenly    H. persuasive I. produce    J. requesters    K. strategic Whether you’re at a bank, a supermarket, or an amusement park, waiting in line is probably not your idea of fun. Under what 1 would you be willing to let another person cut in front of you? Is it possible that just a single word from 2 could dramatically increase the likelihood that you’d say, “Go ahead”? Yes, and the word is “because.” Behavioral scientist Ellen Langer and her colleagues decided to put the 3 power of this word to the test. In one study, she arranged for a stranger to 4 those waiting to use a photocopier and ask “Excuse me? I just have five pages. May I use the machine?” In this situation, 60 percent of the people agreed to allow the stranger to go ahead of them. However, when the stranger followed the request with a reason, almost everyone agreed to the request. Then Langer repeated the experiment. This time the stranger also used the word because, but followed it with a(n) 5 meaningless reason. Even with this meaningless reason, 93 percent agreed to let the stranger go first. Of course like most things, the power of because has its 6 . In the previous study the request was small — five copies. Langer repeated the experiment, but told the person to ask to make 20 copies. This time, when the stranger did not use the word because, only 24 percent agreed, and when the meaningless reason was added, this didn’t help to 7 any increase in compliance at all. However, when the request was made with a good reason, 50 percent of the people asked agreed. These findings serve as a reminder to always be sure to 8 your request with a reason