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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
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答案B
解析 automatically，上下文题。根据空格前后词性分析，they做主语，sent做谓语，空格中只能填入副词做状语。选项中只有automatically和mercifully吻合。automatically意为“自动地；机械地”，mercifully意为“幸运地；宽厚地；仁慈地”。而根据下文可见人们遵循互换原则是出于义务感(the sense of obligation)，作者对此持批判态度，因此不适宜采用褒义词mercifully，故答案为automatically。
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