It would be naïve to treat remarks made in diaries or personal letters as giving especially candid access to historical truth or even as being expressions of the writer’s true state of mind, since the (i)___ for exaggeration and deception in those forms is virtually nonexistent. Diaries and letters are rarely sites for (ii)___ .
Blank (i)
Blank (ii)
A. motivation
D. premeditated manipulation
B. penalty
E. childish theatrics
C. tendency
F. balanced reflection
选 BF
翻译：认为日记或私人信件中的评论，是直达历史真相的特殊途径，或甚至认为其表现了述话人的真实精神状态，是幼稚的，因为通过这些形式夸大或欺骗，实际上不会受到任何惩罚。日记和私人信件中向来少有持平之论。
先根据第一句逗号前判断第二空，既然 treat remarks in diaries and letters as … or even as … 是一种幼稚的行为 would be naive，也就是说，这些 remarks 不值得被认为靠谱，可以确定 rarely balanced reflections，进而判断第一空，这些 remarks 不靠谱的原因，是吹牛逼没有成本 penalty nonexistent 。
motivation 提供动力，被激发的状态，动力来源
penalty 惩罚，罚金，罚球，罚分，损失
tendency 趋势，可能性，脾性，意向，倾向
premeditated manipulation 早有预谋的操控
childish theatrics 幼稚的戏剧效果
reflection 经过深思熟虑的看法
