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【題目】 Money has always complicated our social lives. A question in October from a woman wondering whether she should attend her neighbors’ holiday parties broke my heart: “I am not able to do the same in return, and I just feel like a freeloader to do so，” she wrote. “I’m not even in a position this year to take an appropriate thankyou gift with me.” I told her to go, of course.

Meanwhile, hosts worried about the costs of entertaining — the hosts who write to me, anyway. On the other hand, the hosts that guests write to me about have taken some extreme measures to reduce the cost of their hospitality. These range from a dinner party where a relative of the host explained how expensive the steaks were and “rather pointedly suggested” that the letter writer “make a financial contribution” to the cost of dinner, to some Cape Cod homeowners who invited a couple to spend a weekend with them — as long as they brought their own food, bottled water, and toilet paper.

Weddings and other special events always create extra sources of stress, worsened by the fact that people rarely want to talk honestly about their money situations. One couple chose to have only a civil wedding ceremony for financial reasons and wondered how to tell people this without going into too much detail. A sixtysomething couple needed to cut back on Christmas gifts to their children but weren’t sure how to tell them about it. People who had been laid off wondered how tonotify friends, respond to inquiries about their job search, and compete with former colleagues for positions.

If you are searching for the answers to them, write to me—an advice columnist.

【1】The underlined word “freeloader” in the 1st paragraph showed the woman’s ________．

A. disapproval B. happiness

C. confusion D. agreement

【2】What bothered the hosts mentioned in Paragraph 2 most in their social lives?

A. Steaks. B. Entertainment.

C. Cost. D. Thankyou gifts.

【3】What would you be expected to do if you were invited to spend a weekend with some Cape Cod homeowners?

A. Ask someone for advice.

B. Get your food and water ready.

C. Bring a bottle of wine with you.

D. Make a financial contribution to the cost.

【4】What makes the social life even worse?

A. Weddings and other social events.

B. Being laid off and notifying friends.

C. Cutting back the costs for lack of money.

D. Telling others about their financial troubles.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

試題分析: 本文講述的是金錢讓我們的生活變得復(fù)雜，壓力大；

【1】A考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段提到I am not able to do the same in return, and I just feel like a freeloader to do so，” she wrote. “I’m not even in a position this year to take an appropriate thankyou gift with me.” I told her to go, of course反過來我不會做同樣的事情，我感覺自己象個揩油的人，我在今年甚至沒有給你一份合適的禮物，故選A項。

【2】C 考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段提到Meanwhile, hosts worried about the costs of entertaining — the hosts who write to me, anyway. On the other hand, the hosts that guests write to me about have taken some extreme measures to reduce the cost of their hospitality.可知主人擔(dān)心娛樂的費用 ，故選C項。

【3】B 考查推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段提到to some Cape Cod homeowners who invited a couple to spend a weekend with them — as long as they brought their own food, bottled water, and toilet paper.對于被邀請的人來說，只要帶自己的食物，瓶裝水和廁紙，故選B項。

【4】D 考查細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段提到 Weddings and other special events always create extra sources of stress, worsened by the fact that people rarely want to talk honestly about their money situations.婚禮，其它特殊的事情會增加額外的壓力，使人們的財政狀況惡化，故選D項。

考點 ：日常生活類閱讀 。