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11．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．（36）GSwift's management said it was an accident，but dealing with piles of letters is a burden for most public figures．According to th e BBC reporter Jon Kelly，at the height of his fame，Johnny Depp was said to receive up to 10，000 letters a week．（37）CThe 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 20，000 messages 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．（38）ARobert 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．（39）FMost 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．
（40）DFor 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 20，000 items of mail a month on behalf of 26 celebrities．
G．This incident has caused a wide public concern about how the public figures deal with the   letters or mails from the fans．

Answer 1

分析 本文以著名的歌手Taylor Swift的粉丝给她写的信被发现在回收桶开始，引发了名人如何处理粉丝来信的事情．

解答 GCAFD
36．G 上下文语境．本文以著名的歌手Taylor Swift的粉丝给她写的信被发现在回收桶开始，引出了下文的议论，根据文意并结合选项的意思，可知选G合理．
37．C 上下文语境．根据本空格前的一句，Johnny Depp was said to receive up to 10，000 letters a week可知，一天收到了将近10000封粉丝的来信，故可推断后一句说的应该是这些信将会如何被处理好，可知应选C．
38．A上下文语境． 根据前面一句中Some celebrities don't want letters出现的some，可知此句中会出现others，因为这是一个句型，表示有的名人…其他的人…，由此分析可知A为正确答案．
39．F 上下文语境．根据此题前面的一句话Sylvia"Spanky"Taylor，58，has run a service in California that does just that since 1987可知，Sylvia开办了一项服务专门替名人看粉丝的来信，所以下句为她和她的同事们一个月要替26个名人看信，可知此题应选F．
40．D 由于此空格是文章最后一段的首句，所以根据该段的内容West Chester University的一位专家说名人和粉丝之间的关系可能只存在于粉丝的心中，但却来自于深深扎根的人类需求，所以这种通信是被认可的，故答案为D．．

点评 本文是一篇选句填空阅读，题目主要考查上下文内容联系以及文章内容理解．做题时学生应仔细阅读原文，把握文章主要内容，联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义，从中选出正确答案，一定要做到有理有据，切忌胡乱猜测．