Question

Everyone likes to receive gifts. In many countries people give gifts for special occasions. For example, in the United States people give    1    for birthdays, weddings, and when someone graduates from high school or college. In Japan many people give gifts at special times in the summer and    2   . And in some countries people give a person a gift when they visit the person’s home. But how do you choose the    3    gift?

It's not always easy to find a great gift for everyone, especially when you are buying a gift for someone from another    4   . In many Western countries watches and    5   are nice gifts. However, Chinese people do not like clocks as gifts. The Chinese words that mean to give a clock are similar to the words for to die. So many Chinese people think that a clock as a gift is bad 6   .

Many people around the world think that flowers are always a safe gift. But even flowers can be   7   ! In Russia a gift of an odd number of flowers (1,3,5, etc. ) is okay. But a gift of an even number of flowers (2,4,6, etc. ) is not okay. It's only for funerals! People in China do not like gifts of white flowers, because white is the color for funerals. And don't   8   red roses to a stranger from Germany. They may think you love them! Red roses mean love in several cultures!

1. A. money      B. gifts       C food

2. A. person      B. place       C. winter

3. A. right        B. wrong     C. shiny

4. A. country      B. city       C. village

5. A. flowers      B. books      C. clocks

6. A. luck         B. lucky      C. unlucky

7. A. a safe gift     B. a problem  C. a good tdea

8. A. receive       B. accept     C. give

Answer 1

【主旨大意】不同的地方，不同的國家，送禮物的場(chǎng)合不一樣。在不同的國家選擇正確的禮物也不容易。不同的禮物在不同的國家有不同的含義。

解析：

1. B 由上文：In many countries people give gifts for special occasions，可推測(cè)這里應(yīng)是禮物。故選B。

2.C 前面說：In Japan many people give gifts at special times，故此這里應(yīng)是一個(gè)時(shí)間，只有C符合文意。

3. A 由下文It's not always easy to find a great gift for everyone可推測(cè)應(yīng)是選擇正確的禮物。故選A。

4.A 由下句話In many Western countries …However, Chinese people…可見是為來自另外一個(gè)國家的人選禮物。故選A。

5. C 由下文，可是中國人不喜歡鬧鐘作為禮物，因此這里應(yīng)是鬧鐘。故選C。

6. A 由句意可知，在中文里“送鐘”聽起來和“送鐘”一樣。因此認(rèn)為把鬧鐘作為禮物是不吉利的。故選A。

7. B 由句意:在世界上，很多人認(rèn)為送鮮花是安全的禮物，但是即使鮮花也會(huì)出現(xiàn)問題。故選B。

8. C  后面與to搭配，只能用give。故選C。