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PREHENSION【25MIN】 Inthissectiontherearefourpassagesfollowedbyquestionsorunfinishedstatements,eachwithfoursuggestedanswersmarkedA,B,. TEXTA Saying“thankyou”,we’rebroughtuptobepolite,anditisimportanttomakeagoodimpressionuponotherpeople—especiallyacrossnationaldivides. "thankyou"isonlythe20thmostpopularwaytoexpressgratitude?Accordingtoarecentsurvey,19otherwaysofexpressingappreciationfinishedaheadof"thankyou"inapollof3,000people. Pollstersfoundalmosthalfofthoseaskedpreferredthemoreinformal“cheers”,whileotherslikedtousesuchexpressionsas“ta”,“great"and“niceone”. So,justwhatistheappropriateformofwordstoexpressyourthanks? Fortunately,theclueisinthelanguageitself.“Cheers”,despiteitspopularity,isconsideredaninformalwaytosaythankyou—andthisisadefiniteclueastowhenyoucanbestuseit. Forinstance,whengoingforadrinkwithfriends,asmileanda“cheers”bywayofthanksisnotonlyappropriatetothesituation,urate. “Ta”,originatedfromtheDanishword“tak”,wasthesecond-mostpopularexpressionofthanks,monlyusedininformalsituations,alongwithphrasessuchas“niceone”,and“brilliant”.Interestingly,onewordthatdidn’tmakeitintothetop20was“thanks”.Thankyou'sshorter,moreinformalcousin. “Thanks”canbeuseful,asitisabletobridgethedividebetweentheformalityof“thankyou"and