【文章內容簡介】 n39。t get enough gifts 3 some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too 4 . For example, when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree, it is enough to make her very 5 . Gift giving is different in different 6 . Here are some of their likes. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone 7 , because many people have enough things and don39。t want 8 gifts themselves. In Canada, a tree can help remember a 9 . In the USA, some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buying them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don39。t need to 10 too much money. Instead, making a meal for him or her is enough. To make things 11 , some people would rather just give money. In some cultures, however, 12 money can make people unfortable. When someone gives me money, it just makes me think they39。re being lazy, says John Wilson. In England, we have a saying: It39。s the thought that 13 . When someone gives me money, I feel they don39。t think it about at all. I prefer to receive a gift 14 has some thought behind it. Different people have very different thoughts 15 this subject! So maybe the art of giving is difficult! What do you think?1. A. usuallyB. especiallyC. monlyD. generally2. A. dislikesB. unlikeC. disadvantagesD. disagreements3. A. whetherB. whenC. ifD. while4. A. sameB. similarC. smallD. big5. A. lonelyB. happyC. angryD. good6. A. citiesB. townsC. countiesD. countries7. A. elseB. otherC. else39。sD. another8. A. many tooB. much tooC. too manyD. too much9. A. childB. personC. guideD. teacher10. A. spendB. takeC. costD. have11. A. more difficultB. easilyC. easierD. more easily12. A. usingB. givingC. receivingD. lending13. A. countsB. inventsC. findsD. knows14. A. whoB. whatC. itD. that15. A. inB. onC. beforeD. after【答案】 （1）B；（2）A；（3）D；（4）C；（5）B；（6）D；（7）A；（8）C；（9）B；（10）A；（11）C；（12）C；（13）A；（14）D；（15）B； 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，許多書里會寫給予的藝術，但其實接受也需要藝術，有時接受一個禮物也是一件難事，并列舉了一些國家送禮的例子，說明接受的藝術比給予的藝術更難。 （1）考查副詞。A：usually“通?！保籅：especially“尤其”；C：monly“共同地”；D：“一般地”。根據下文“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，尤其是一個私人的禮物，選B。 （2）考查名詞。A：dislikes“不喜歡的事物”；B：unlike“不像”；C：disadvantages“缺點”；D：disagreements“不同意，分歧”；。根據“If we want to make it better”如果我們想讓贈送私人禮物更好一些，可推測我們應該了解你將會給誰禮物，并了解他們的喜好，才能使送出更適合的禮物，likes and dislikes表示“喜歡的和不喜歡的”，即喜好，選A。 （3）考查連詞。A：whether“是否”；B：when“當….....時。這時”；C：if“如果，是否”；D：while“然而，當.....時候”?！皊ome old people think they get too many gifts”與“some little kids think they don39。t get enough gifts”間是對比關系，選D。 （4）考查形容詞。A：same“同樣的”；B：similar“相似的”；C：small“小的”；D：big“大的”。根據“For example，when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree，it is enough to make her very…”可知此處表示一些禮物是不會太小的，選C。 （5）考查形容詞。A：lonely“寂寞的，荒涼的”；B：happy“開心的”；C：angry“生氣的”；D：good“好的”。根據“when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree”可推測這個行為足夠使媽媽開心了，選B。 （6）考查名詞。A：cities“城市”；B：towns“鎮(zhèn)”；C：counties“縣”；D：countries “國家”。根據下文列舉的Japan，Canada，the USA等國家的例子可知此處表示贈送禮物在不同的國家是不同的，選D。 （7）考查代詞。A：else“別的”；B：other“其他的”；C：else39。s“其他......的”；D：another“另一個”。不定代詞后可接else，表示其他的某事物，此處的someone是不定代詞，表示某人，此處表示其他的某人，故選A。 （8）考查固定短語。A：many too沒有此搭配；B：much too“太......”；C：too many“太多”，修飾可數名詞；D：too much “太多”，修飾不可數名詞。此處修飾可數名詞復數gifts，選C。 （9） 考查名詞。A：child“孩子”；B：person“人”；C：guide“向導”；D：teacher “教師”。結合語境可知此處表示在加拿大，一棵樹可以幫助記得一個人，選B。 （10）考查動詞。A：spend“花費（時間，金錢）”，主語為人；B：take“花費（時間）”，主語為物；C：cost“花費（金錢）”，主語為物；D：have“有，使”。根據“Instead，making a meal for him or her is enough”可知此處表示人們不需要花太多錢，主語people是人，選A。 （11）考查形容（副）詞。A：more difficult“更難的”；B：easily“容易地”；C：easier“更容易的”；D：more easily“更容易地” 。根據“some people would rather just give money”可知此處表示為了使事情變得更簡便，一些人寧愿只是送錢，暗含比較級，用easy的比較級表示更簡便的，選C。 （12）考查動詞。A：using“使用”；B：giving“給予”；C：receiving“接收，收到”；D：lending“借出”。根據“When someone gives me money，it just makes me think they39。re being lazy”可知此處表示然而，接受錢會使一些人不舒服，選C。 （13）考查動詞。A：counts“數數，重要”；B：invents“發(fā)明”；C：finds“發(fā)現”；D：knows“知道”。根據“When someone gives me money，I feel they don39。t think it about at all．I prefer to receive a gift 14 has some thought behind it”可知此處表示重要的是想法，選A。 （14） 考查定語從句。 has some thought behind it是一個限制性引導定語從句，先行詞是a gift，在從句中缺主語，可用that和which引導，選D。 （15）考查介詞。A：in“在......里”；B：on“在......上，關于”；C：before“在.....之前”；D：after“在......之后”。．結合語境可知此處表示在這個主題上不同的人有不同的想法，選B。 【點評】本題考點涉及副詞，動詞，名詞，形容詞，連詞，代詞，介詞，定語從句，固定短語等多個知識點的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，要求考生在理解細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據上下文的邏輯關系，進行分析推理，從而選出正確答案。4．閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A，B，C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。 It was quite a bad time for me. I was in low 1 and felt tired physically. Probably 2 this I hadn39。t shaved (剃須) for a few days. 3 because I had been doing some repairs at my daughter39。s house, I was 4 quite untidily (邋遢). Boarding the 5 to go home, I saw it was almost 6 so I found a rail (扶手) to rest against. That was when a young woman, sitting with her child, stood up and 7 me her seat. Wow! I thought, surprised. Out loud I said, Do I look that old and tired? She 8 with a smile on the face, You look like you39。ve had a 9 day. I thanked her sincerely and stayed where I was standing. A moment later a man 10 from his seat at the back of the bus and 11 his way towards me, walking past several people on the way. He told me that he had a serious alcohol addiction (酗酒) problem and wanted to ask my