8．Lost in the Post
How would you feel if the letter you penned carefully and posted to your favorite star ended up in the recycling bin？That's where unopened fan mail sent to singer Taylor Swift was found in Nashville．（71）G
Swift's management said it was an accident，but dealing with piles of letters is a burden for most public figures．According to te BBC reporter Jon Kelly，at the height of his fame，Johnny Depp was said to receive up to 10，000letters a week．（72）C
The dawn of the digital age in which public figures with a Twitter account can be messaged directly has made the process easier．The White House says it deals with 20，000messages addressed to President Barack Obama each day．
Some celebrities don't want letters．In 2008，Beatles drummer Ringo Starr said that he would throw them out because he was too busy．（73）A Robert Pattinson，star of the Twilight films，claims that he reads tonnes and tonnes of letters from fans，which takes up almost all his free time．
Many artists，however，outsource（外包） the task of opening，reading and replying．Sylvia"Spanky"Taylor，58，has run a service in California that does just that since 1987．（74）F Most letters are simply declarations of affection and admiration，she says．A few ask for money．A small number contain threats which require her to contact the celebrity's security team and law enforcement．
The biggest problem for Taylor is working out how to deal with the correspondence（通信）．Presents such as soft toys are sent to local hospitals，and most of the letters just get shredded and recycled．
（75）D For some，this is enough，according to Lynn Zubernis，an expert at West Chester University．She says that the relationship between fan and celebrity may exist only in the mind of the former but it comes from a deeply-rooted human need for community．
A．Others do attempt to get through it themselves．
B．In fact，there is no alternative to deal with the problem．
C．How could he have enough time to skim through these letters one by one？
D．Typically，correspondence is acknowledged by a photo with a printed"signature"．
E．Accordingly，the correspondence problem has been difficult for the computer to automate．
F．She and her staff deal with up to 20，000items of mail a month on behalf of 26celebrities．
G．This incident has caused a wide public concern about how the public figures deal with the letters or mails from the fans．
分析 本文為一篇議論文，討論了偶像們應(yīng)該如何處理收到的粉絲信件這一主題．文中提到了著名歌手Taylor Swift，BBC的記者，美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬等不同的名人，以及他們對待粉絲信件的不同方式．
解答 71．答案G．此空設(shè)在段末，考慮承上啟下的過渡句．上文以著名的歌手Taylor Swift的粉絲給她寫的信被發(fā)現(xiàn)在回收桶開始，引出了下文的議論，G選項(xiàng)的"This incident"指代上文提及的"That's where unopened fan mail sent to singer Taylor Swift was found in Nashville"，同時開啟下文，照應(yīng)下一段的"Swift's management said it was an accident"，故選G．
72．答案C．根據(jù)本空格前的一句"Johnny Depp was said to receive up to 10，000letters a week"，表述一天收到了將近10000封粉絲的來信，故可推斷后一句說的應(yīng)該是這些信將會如何被處理好，可知應(yīng)選C．
73．答案A．根據(jù)前面一句"Some celebrities don't want letters"中出現(xiàn)的some，可知此句中會出現(xiàn)others．some…others 表示"一些…另一些"．由此分析可知A為正確答案．
74．答案F．根據(jù)此題前面的一句話"Sylvia"Spanky"Taylor，58，has run a service in California that does just that since 1987"以及空格后的"she says"可知，此處對應(yīng)F選項(xiàng)的"She and her staff"，應(yīng)選F．
75．答案D．由于此空格是文章最后一段的首句，同時根據(jù)此段的"For some，this is enough"可推斷，這一空應(yīng)該提到偶像對粉絲信件的回復(fù)．對應(yīng)D選項(xiàng)，回復(fù)一張照片及打印的簽名．故選D．
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