2025-2026学年上海市金山区高三（上）期末英语试卷（一模）(含详细答案解析).docx

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2025-2026学年上海市金山区高三（上）期末英语试卷（一模）

一、选词填空-短文：本大题共1小题，共10分。

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A.abstractB.bondingC.conflictD.constructivelyE.deepenF.massivelyG.meanH.pretendingI.redefineJ.shameK.tempting

InDefenseofGossip

Culturally，gossiphasapoorreputation.Itisoftenseenasafemaleactivityorsimplyastalkingbadlyaboutothers.However，thesocialandemotionalfunctionsofgossipare（1）______overlooked.

Gossipallowsustomakesenseof（2）______thought：Whenwegossipaboutpeopleproductively，weareanalyzingtheirbehavioralpatterns，whichincludescontextualizingtheiractionswiththeirmotivesandinfluences.Hence，good-faithgossipcan（3）______understandingandempathy（共鸣），betterequippingindividualstofindtherightwaytoresolvereferencedconflicts.

Onanotherlevel，weare（4）______withpeoplewegossipwith.Sharingworriesorfrustrationswithtrustedfriendsbuildscloseness.Itletsusbehonestinsteadof（5）______toalwaysbepatient.Itshowswetrustourfriendsnottouseourwordsagainstothers.

Ofcourse，gossipcansometimesbecome（6）______.Itcanspreadfalseinformationor（7）______people.Privateinformationcanbesharedwithoutpermission，causinghurt.Buttheseproblemscomefromhowgossipisused，notfromgossipitself.Wecantsimplysaygossipismorallywrong.Whatmattersiswhetheritisusedtounderstandandhelp，nottoharm.Whenthereareanintentionandanefforttogossip（8）______ratherthandestructively，weusegossipasasocialandemotionaltoolthatgivesusaspacetoprocess，empathize，connect，andrelax.

Everyday，wecandecidetobekinderindividualsandtofulfilltheobligations（责任）assensiblebeings.Wecannotentirelystayawayfromgossipbecauseofitsbadreputation.Instead，wemust（9）______it.Quittinggossipisnotasproductiveasthinkingofitasanonjudgmentalmethodofsocialobservationand（10）______resolution.

Afterall，gossipisntonlyaboutwhatwesayaboutothers：Itsabout