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【題目】“Gift” comes from the old Germanic root for “to give”. It meant an act of giving, and then turned into the thing being given. In Old English it meant the dowry(彩禮) given to a bride’s parents. “Present” comes from French. A present is the thing presented or given. But from the 13th century, the two words were in use for the idea of something given to others without paying.

However, they still have some differences in meaning and usage.

“Gift” has more meanings. Gifts can be talents. For example, you can have the art gift or a musical gift. Gifts can be invisible. There is the gift of understanding or the gift of a quiet day.

But we don’t use presents for things like this. Presents are real objects. If your whole family donated to pay for your college on your birthday, would you say “I got a lot of presents”? It doesn’t exactly sound wrong, but since you never hold these donations in your hand, “gifts” seem to fit better.

“Gift” can also act like an adjective to be put in front of another noun. What do you call this kind of shop where you can buy presents? A gift shop. What do you call the basket of presents that you can send to others? A gift basket. “Present” can’t be used like this. We may have gift boxes and gift cards, not present boxes or present cards!

“Gift” is used more often than “present” in modern English. “Present” also means “the time now”.

【1】We can use the following expressions EXCEPT _________ .

A. Bill has a gift for sports

B. Mary got into a present store

C. Jack has received lots of birthday gifts

D. Rose enjoys shopping at present

【2】What can we know about the words “gift” and “present” from the passage?

A. They both have the same meaning from the beginning.

B. “Present” is used more often than “gift” in modern English.

C. We can call the basket of gifts sent to others “a present basket”.

D. They’re both used for describing something given to others for free.

【3】What does the passage mainly want to tell us?

A. “gift” has more meanings than “present” in English.

B. “Gift” and “present” come from different language families.

C. “Gift” and “present” have some differences in meaning and usage.

D. “Gift” and “present” have similar meanings, but people prefer to use “gift”.

【4】Where can we probably read the passage?

A. In a fashion magazine.

B. In a travel guide.

C. In a newspaper.

D. In a sports magazine.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 B

【2】 D

【3】 C

【4】 C

【解析】

本文主要談?wù)撛谟⒄Z(yǔ)中“Gift” 和 “present”在含義和用法上有一些不同。

【1】題意：除了____________，我們可以用下列表達(dá)式�？疾榧�(xì)節(jié)理解。A. Bill has a gift for sports比爾有體育天賦；C. Jack has received lots of birthday gifts杰克收到了許多生日禮物；D. Rose enjoys shopping at present羅斯現(xiàn)在喜歡購(gòu)物。根據(jù)第四段內(nèi)容（“gift”也可以用作形容詞，放在另一個(gè)名詞前面。你怎么稱呼這種你可以買(mǎi)禮物的商店？A gift shop（禮品店）。你稱呼你可能送給別人禮物的籃子是什么？A gift basket（禮品籃）禮品籃�！�Present”不能這樣使用。我們可能有gift boxes和gift cards表達(dá)方式，而沒(méi)有present boxes 或 present cards這樣的表達(dá)方式！）可知Mary got into a present store錯(cuò)誤，禮品店是a gift shop，不說(shuō)a present store；故選B。

【2】題意：從這篇文章中，關(guān)于“gift”和 “present”這兩個(gè)詞我們能了解到什么？考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。A. They both have the same meaning from the beginning. 從一開(kāi)始他們都有相同的含義；

B. “Present” is used more often than “gift” in modern English. 在現(xiàn)代英語(yǔ)中，“Present”比“gift”更常用；C. We can call the basket of gifts sent to others “a present basket”我們可以把送給別人的禮物的籃子稱為“a present basket”；D. They’re both used for describing something given to others for free. 他們都用來(lái)描述免費(fèi)贈(zèng)送給別人的東西。

【3】題意：這篇文章主要想告訴我們什么？考查主旨理解。A. “gift” has more meanings than “present” in English.在英語(yǔ)中，“gift”比“present擁有更多的的含義。B. “Gift” and “present” come from different language families. ：“Gift” 和 “present”來(lái)自不同的語(yǔ)言；C. “Gift” and “present” have some differences in meaning and usage.：“Gift” 和 “present”在含義和用法上有一些不同D. “Gift” and “present” have similar meanings, but people prefer to use “gift”：“Gift” 和 “present”的含義相似，但人們更喜歡使用“gift”。通讀全文，可知第二段However, they still have some differences in meaning and usage.（然而，它們?cè)诤�義和用法上仍存在一些差異。）是本文的中心句，可知這篇文章主要想告訴我們“Gift” 和 “present”在含義和用法上有一些不同；故選C。

【4】題意：我們可能在哪里讀到這篇文章呢？考查主旨理解。A. In a fashion magazine. 在時(shí)尚雜志上；B. In a travel guide. 在旅行指南中；C. In a newspaper. 在報(bào)紙上；D. In a sports magazine. 在體育雜志上。通讀全文可知本文主要內(nèi)容是講述“Gift” 和 “present”在含義和用法上有一些不同，談?wù)撜Z(yǔ)言文化，可知排除A，B和D；故選C。