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For some strange reason, the tradition of writing a thank-you note is fading away. As a result, the sending of handwritten thank-you notes ________ appreciation and gratitude for ________ increasingly appears to be becoming a lost art.

People ________ they were overjoyed after they received thank-you notes, but most of us ________ the positive feelings they will bring. ________ it may take less than five minutes to write a thank-you note, the idea of ________ an actual pen, writing an actual ________ , finding a stamp and a mailbox seems to ________ come to mind. We tend to do what is ________ for us——a quick text or an email.

Doug Conant, CEO of Campbell's soup, is a very ________ and successful businessman. ________ terrible situations, he set about fixing that by doing some ________ things that are probably not taught in any MBA class. For one thing, Conant wrote to every ________. He gained their confidence and ________ saved the company. In his ten years as Campbell's CEO, Conant ________ over 30,000 notes to employees. It's hard not to ________ how he did it. After all, the CEO had many other things to do besides sitting down with a ________ and a card and writing a thank you note. Conant ________ time for it because he knew the ________ each one would have.

An expression of being grateful written by hand in this crazy world still ________.

1.
A.expressingB.includingC.writingD.desiring
2.
A.friendlinessB.politenessC.kindnessD.carefulness
3.
A.complainedB.explainedC.permittedD.admitted
4.
A.rememberB.noticeC.loveD.ignore
5.
A.BecauseB.WhileC.AsD.Unless
6.
A.gettingB.borrowingC.choosingD.buying
7.
A.letterB.noteC.novelD.story
8.
A.everB.recentlyC.neverD.frequently
9.
A.convenientB.realC.importantD.interesting
10.
A.stubbornB.honestC.busyD.reliable
11.
A.On behalf ofB.Instead ofC.Regardless ofD.In the face of
12.
A.scienceB.simpleC.complexD.interesting
13.
A.employerB.professorC.companionD.employee
14.
A.eventuallyB.obviouslyC.hardlyD.briefly
15.
A.offeredB.sharedC.donatedD.wrote
16.
A.understandB.believeC.questionD.accept
17.
A.penB.stickC.fanD.book
18.
A.lostB.sparedC.wastedD.killed
19.
A.happinessB.effectC.priceD.result
20.
A.makes a fortuneB.earns a livingC.makes a differenceD.takes a chance

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