Question

【題目】Many books have been written about "the art of giving". And we also know that it's hard to give people a gift， _____ a personal one. If we want to make it better, we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and dislikes.

As is often the case, some little kids think they don't get enough gifts _____ some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too _____ . For example, when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree, it is enough to make her very _____ .

Gift giving is different in different _____ . Here are some of them tikes. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone _____ ，because many people have enough things and don't want too many gifts themselves. In Canada, a tree can help remember a _____ . In the USA，some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don't need to _____ too much money. Instead, making a meal for him or her is enough.

To make things easier, some people would rather just give money. In some cultures，however, _____ money can make people uncomfortable. "When someone gives me money, it just makes me think they're being lazy, " says John Wilson. In England, we have a saying, "It's the thought that ______ .When someone gives me money, I feel they don't think about it at all. I prefer to receive a gift that has some thought behind it."

Different people have very different thoughts on this subject! So maybe the art of giving is difficult! What do you think?

【1】A. patiently B. especially C. mainly D. usually

【2】A. while B. when C. as D. if

【3】A. same B. similar C. small D. huge

【4】A. lonely B. happy C. sad D. angry

【5】A. cities B. towns C. provinces D. countries

【6】A. else B. other C. another D. else's

【7】A. child B. mother C. person D. guide

【8】A. spend B. take C. cost D. make

【9】A. using B. giving C. receiving D. taking

【10】A. counts B. discovers C. finds D. invents

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【5】D

【6】A

【7】C

【8】A

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】

文章大意：本文講述了許多書里會(huì)寫給予的藝術(shù)，但其實(shí)接受也需要藝術(shù)，有時(shí)接受一個(gè)禮物也是一件難事，并舉了一些國家送禮的例子，還提到了有的人為了方便，干脆送錢，但這會(huì)讓人不舒服，很多人覺得當(dāng)別人買禮物，至少用了心去想的，但直接送錢就會(huì)讓人覺得他們很懶，每個(gè)人都有不同的看法，所以接受的藝術(shù)比給予的藝術(shù)更難。

【1】句意：我們也知道很難給人們禮物，尤其是個(gè)人禮物。A. patiently耐心地；B. especially尤其地；C. mainly主要地；D. usually通常地。由If we want to make it better，we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and…可知此處表示我們也知道送給人們禮物很難，特別是一個(gè)私人的禮物，故答案選B。

【2】句意：有些小孩認(rèn)為他們沒有得到足夠的禮物，而有些老人認(rèn)為他們得到的禮物太多了。A. while然而；B. when當(dāng)……時(shí)候；C. as由于，像…一樣；D. if如果。根據(jù)上文some little kids think they don't get enough gifts可推知，空格前后是老人與小孩認(rèn)識(shí)上的對(duì)比，表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故答案選A。

【3】句意：不同的人喜歡不同種類的禮物。有些禮物再小也不為過。A. same相同的；B. similar 相似的；C. small小的；D. huge巨大的。由For example，when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree，it is enough to make her very…可知，禮物再小也不為過。答案為C。

【4】句意：例如，當(dāng)一個(gè)小孩剛從樹上給他或她的媽媽一片樹葉時(shí)，這就足以使她非常高興。A. lonely孤獨(dú)的；B. happy高興的；C. sad悲傷的；D. angry生氣的。結(jié)合上句可知，禮物再小也是一番心意。就算孩子只是從樹上摘一片葉子送給媽媽，這也足以讓媽媽非常開心。答案為B。

【5】句意：贈(zèng)送禮物在不同的國家是不同的。A. cities城市；B. towns城鎮(zhèn)；C. provinces省；D. countries國家。由下文中的In Japan, In Canada, In the USA可知，贈(zèng)送禮物因國家的不同而不同。故答案為D。

【6】句意：他們不打開禮物的目的是以后可以把禮物送給別人。A. else別的，其它的，放在不定代詞。疑問代詞或疑問副詞的后面；B. other“別的，其他的”，要用在所修飾的名詞前；C. another再一，又一；D. else's所有格形式，后面跟名詞。else意為"別的，其他的"，用在不定代詞的someone的后面，意為“別人”。故答案為A。

【7】句意：在加拿大，一棵樹可以幫助記住一個(gè)人。A. child小孩；B. mother媽媽；C. person人；D. guide導(dǎo)游。由上文可知，樹是作為一份禮物、代表一個(gè)人的心意而被送出的。在加拿大，一棵樹可以幫助記住一個(gè)人。故答案為C。

【8】句意：人們不必花費(fèi)太多的錢。A. spend花費(fèi)，主語是人；B. take花費(fèi)時(shí)間，常用it作形式主語；C. cost花費(fèi)，主語是物；D. make制造，使。句子的主語是people，指人，表達(dá)“花費(fèi)”用spend。答案為A。

【9】句意：然而，在一些文化中，收錢會(huì)讓人不舒服。A. using使用；B. giving給；C. receiving接收；D. taking拿，取。根據(jù)When someone gives me money，it just makes me think they're being lazy可知此處表示接受別人的錢有時(shí)會(huì)讓人感覺不舒服。答案為C。

【10】句意：在英國，我們有一句諺語說：“（比起禮物來），心意更重要”。A. counts數(shù)數(shù)，計(jì)算，重要，有價(jià)值；B. discovers發(fā)現(xiàn)；C. finds找到，發(fā)現(xiàn)；D. invents發(fā)明。結(jié)合句意可知心意更重要，這里的counts是說比較重要。答案為A。