“People today prefer living together to putting their signatures on a marriage certificate because they refuse to accept responsibility for the relationship，”said social worker Ken Yip，“and this is what is causing a lot of family problems.”When we sign a paper, for example, a business contract or a bank document, the signature is a seal of consent, an agreement to take the matter seriously. __2__ The absence of a signature, they explain, tells us that the writer cannot be too serious and therefore does not deserve a reply.

　　__3__Multi－billionaire Mr King donates generously to charity several times a year. He gives simply because he wants to help but not for the publicity his donations may bring, and he does not want his good deeds to make news. In other cases, people insist on anonymity because they are afraid of the consequences of revealing their identity. __4__

　　__5__ The answer is very personal and lies in how much we want to get involved. We all have a name. It is a matter of responsibility to use it when we make a statement，a claim or an accusation. We all want to honor our own names, and it is only by stamping our expression of an opinion with our own name that we honor what we say.

　　A．Crime witnesses may be willing to assist the police, but most are unwilling to give their names when reporting a crime.

　　B．Sometimes we have no idea when to sign our names.

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