【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 ive 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(shū)里會(huì)寫(xiě)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，并列舉了一些國(guó)家送禮的例子，說(shuō)明接受的藝術(shù)比給予的藝術(shù)更難。 （1）考查副詞。A：usually“通?！?；B：especially“尤其”；C：monly“共同地”；D：“一般地”。根據(jù)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(gè)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(diǎn)”；D：disagreements“不同意，分歧”；。根據(jù)“If we want to make it better”如果我們想讓贈(zèng)送私人禮物更好一些，可推測(cè)我們應(yīng)該了解你將會(huì)給誰(shuí)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(dāng)….....時(shí)。這時(shí)”；C：if“如果，是否”；D：while“然而，當(dāng).....時(shí)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(duì)比關(guān)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(jù)“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(huì)太小的，選C。 （5）考查形容詞。A：lonely“寂寞的，荒涼的”；B：happy“開(kāi)心的”；C：angry“生氣的”；D：good“好的”。根據(jù)“when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree”可推測(cè)這個(gè)行為足夠使媽媽開(kāi)心了，選B。 （6）考查名詞。A：cities“城市”；B：towns“鎮(zhèn)”；C：counties“縣”；D：countries “國(guó)家”。根據(jù)下文列舉的Japan，Canada，the USA等國(guó)家的例子可知此處表示贈(zèng)送禮物在不同的國(guó)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(gè)”。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(yǔ)。A：many too沒(méi)有此搭配；B：much too“太......”；C：too many“太多”，修飾可數(shù)名詞；D：too much “太多”，修飾不可數(shù)名詞。此處修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)gifts，選C。 （9） 考查名詞。A：child“孩子”；B：person“人”；C：guide“向?qū)А?；D：teacher “教師”。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知此處表示在加拿大，一棵樹(shù)可以幫助記得一個(gè)人，選B。 （10）考查動(dòng)詞。A：spend“花費(fèi)（時(shí)間，金錢(qián)）”，主語(yǔ)為人；B：take“花費(fèi)（時(shí)間）”，主語(yǔ)為物；C：cost“花費(fèi)（金錢(qián)）”，主語(yǔ)為物；D：have“有，使”。根據(jù)“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(qián)，主語(yǔ)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(jù)“some people would rather just give money”可知此處表示為了使事情變得更簡(jiǎn)便，一些人寧愿只是送錢(qián)，暗含比較級(jí)，用easy的比較級(jí)表示更簡(jiǎn)便的，選C。 （12）考查動(dòng)詞。A：using“使用”；B：giving“給予”；C：receiving“接收，收到”；D：lending“借出”。根據(jù)“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(qián)會(huì)使一些人不舒服，選C。 （13）考查動(dòng)詞。A：counts“數(shù)數(shù)，重要”；B：invents“發(fā)明”；C：finds“發(fā)現(xiàn)”；D：knows“知道”。根據(jù)“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(yǔ)從句。 has some thought behind it是一個(gè)限制性引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，先行詞是a gift，在從句中缺主語(yǔ)，可用that和which引導(dǎo)，選D。 （15）考查介詞。A：in“在......里”；B：on“在......上，關(guān)于”；C：before“在.....之前”；D：after“在......之后”。．結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知此處表示在這個(gè)主題上不同的人有不同的想法，選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及副詞，動(dòng)詞，名詞，形容詞，連詞，代詞，介詞，定語(yǔ)從句，固定短語(yǔ)等多個(gè)知識(shí)點(diǎn)的考查，是一篇教育類(lèi)閱讀，要求考生在理解細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)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 A、B、C 和 D 四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 Last weekend I took a bus to New York City. As I took the window seat and wore headphones over ears, I almost didn39。t 1 an elderly an sitting beside me. Two hours passed and I was still buried in my own world. 2 the elderly man asked me a simple question 3 the bus39。s WiFi connection, which turned into a twohour 4 . In fact, it directly 5 my personal life. We talked a lot about my dreams, my fears and my life. I 6 more with this stranger on the bus than I have with any friend or family member in months. Maybe it is because I am 7 to let anyone I know close to me. I was 8 that the stranger was not only deeply interested in getting to know me, but also just willing to 9 me to my greatest abilities. He listened carefully to every word I said and made some useful 10 at times. Instead of politely 11 his head when I mentioned my major, he told me that my strong liking seemed to be psychology but not the one I was studying and that he fully understood my 12 for the failure. This elderly man made me 13 the plans that I had made for my life with just that simple statement. He helped me realize that my carefully 14 plan for the next five years of my life wasn39。t all that good, but actually plex and filled with 15 . Most of all, he helped me 16 the plex rather than stay away from it because of my fear for the unknown. I 17 a lot from talking with the elderly stranger. A few days later, he ed me, saying, I think you39。re 18 for great things whatever you decide to do. The , filled with words of 19 , made me realize that life is sometimes 20 but it is going to be okay.1. A. checkB. noticeC. excuseD. believe2. A. ThenB. InsteadC. AgainD. Also