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  3. A few years ago, a university professor tried a little experiment. He sent Christmas cards to a sample of perfect strangers. Alt

A few years ago, a university professor tried a little experiment. He sent Christmas cards to a sample of perfect strangers. Alt

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问题 A few years ago, a university professor tried a little experiment. He sent Christmas cards to a sample of perfect strangers. Although he expected some reaction, the response he received was amazing - holiday cards addressed to him came pouring back from the people who had never met nor heard of him. The great majority of those who returned a card never inquired into the identity of the【C1】______professor. They received his holiday greeting card, and they 【C2】______sent one in return. This study shows the action of one of the most powerful of the weapons of influence around us — the rule for reciprocation. The rule says that we should try to repay, in【C3】______, what another person has provided us. If a woman does us a favor, we should do her【C4】______in return; if a man sends us a birthday present, we should remember his birthday with a gift of our own; if a【C5】______invites us to a party, we should be sure to invite them to one of ours. By【C6】______of the reciprocity rule, then, we are obliged to the future repayment of favors, gifts, invitations, and the like. So typical is it for【C7】______to accompany the receipt of such things that a term like "much obliged" has become a synonym for "thank you," not only in the English language but in others as well.
The impressive aspect of the rule for reciprocation and the sense of obligation that 【C8】______with it is its pervasiveness in human culture. It is so【C9】______that after intensive study, sociologists can report that there is no human society that does not【C10】______to the rule.
A. accompanies B. automatically C. couple D. goes
E. indebtedness F. kind G. manner H. mercifully
I. one J. obey K. renowned L. subscribe
M. unknown N. virtue O. widespread
【C3】
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答案G
解析 manner。上下文题。首先根据空格前的in可判断此处应填入名词。其次，空格部分为插入语，可以看到主句为“The rule says that we should try to repay what another person has provided us．”意为“这条规则规定我们应当对另一个人所给予我们的东西加以回报”，此处空格部分表示回报的方式。而根据上下文，这种回报是出于礼貌和义务的机械行为，因此indebtedness“亏欠，受恩惠”和manner“礼貌”与文意相吻合，但是根据下文分析，因此本题答案为manner。
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