【正文】 nd 2 . As is often the case, some little kids think they don39。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 US, 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 didn39。t think 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. speciallyB. especiallyC. monlyD. usually2. A. displaysB. disadvantagesC. disagreementsD. dislikes3. A. whileB. whenC. asD. if4. A. sameB. similarC. smallD. huge5. A. lonelyB. happyC. sadD. angry6. A. citiesB. townsC. provincesD. countries7. A. elseB. otherC. anotherD. else39。 s8. A. too muchB. much tooC. too manyD. many too9. A. childB. personC. guideD. chef10. A. spendB. takeC. costD. make11. A. more difficultB. easyC. difficultD. easier12. A. usingB. givingC. receivingD. fetching13. A. countsB. discoversC. findsD. invents14. A. whoB. whatC. whereD. that15. A. toB. onC. upD. in【答案】 （1）B；（2）D；（3）A；（4）C；（5）B；（6）D；（7）A；（8）C；（9）B；（10）A；（11）D；（12）C；（13）A；（14）D；（15）B； 【解析】【分析】本文介紹如何給別人送禮物更讓人喜歡，更有意義。 （1）句意： 我們也知道給人們一份禮物很難，尤其是一份私人禮物。A專門地，B尤其，C普通地，D通常，此處表示強調(diào)整體中的某部分故用尤其，故選B。 （2）句意： 如果我們想讓它變得更好，我們應(yīng)該了解你會把禮物送給誰以及他們喜歡什么討厭什么。A陳列品，B劣勢，C分歧，D討厭，根據(jù) likes和 Different people like different kinds of gifts 可知此處是喜歡的對應(yīng)詞，才符合不同的人喜歡不同的禮物的語境，喜歡的對應(yīng)詞是討厭，故選D。 （3）句意： 通常情況下，一些小孩認為他們沒有得到足夠的禮物而一些老人認為他們得到了太多的禮物。根據(jù) don39。t get enough gifts和get too many gifts可知此處是對比，故用while，故選A。 （4）句意： 有些禮物永遠不會太小。A相同的，B相似的，C小的，D巨大的，根據(jù) gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree可知給媽媽樹葉是很小的禮物，故選C。 （5）句意： 這足以讓她非常。A孤獨的，B高興的，C悲傷的，D生氣的，根據(jù)有些禮物永遠不會太小，可知媽媽收到孩子的任何禮物當然是開心的，故選B。 （6）句意： 送禮物在不同的國家是不同的。A城市，B小鎮(zhèn)，C省，D國家，根據(jù)下文提到日本，加拿大等國家可知此處是國家，故選D。 （7）句意：稍后，同樣的禮物可能會送給別人，因為很多人有足夠的東西，自己也不想要太多的禮物。根據(jù)someone是不定代詞，修飾不定代詞的是else做后置定語，someone else做賓語，else39。s做定語，故選A。 （8）句意：稍后，同樣的禮物可能會送給別人，因為很多人有足夠的東西，自己也不想要太多的禮物。A太多，修飾不可數(shù)名詞，B太，修飾形容詞或副詞，C太多，修飾名詞復(fù)數(shù)，根據(jù)有足夠的東西可知禮物太多了，gifts是名詞復(fù)數(shù)，故用too many修飾，故選C。 （9）句意： 在加拿大，樹有助于記住某人。A孩子，B人，C導(dǎo)游，D廚師，此處泛指人，包括了孩子，導(dǎo)游和廚師，故選B。 （10）句意： 人們不需要花太多的錢 。A花費，人做主語，B花費，it后物做主語，C花費，物做主語，D制作，根據(jù)主語是people，是人，故選A。 （11）句意：為了讓事情更容易，有些人寧愿給錢。A，B，C，D，根據(jù) would rather just give money 可知給錢是很簡單的行為，easy，簡單的，此處和上文的制作禮物等相對比，故是比較級故是easier，故選D。 （12）句意：然而，在某些文化中，收錢會讓人不舒服。A使用，B給，C收到，D去取，上文說給錢，此處故是收到錢，故選C。 （13）句意：在英國，我們有句諺語：思想才是最重要的。A有價值，B發(fā)現(xiàn)，C找到，D發(fā)明，根據(jù)thought可知思想與價值的語境相符，故選A。 （14）句意：我更愿意收到一份背后有一些想法的禮物。定語從句中缺少主語指代gift是物，故用that，故選D。 （15）句意：不同的人對這個問題有不同的看法！根據(jù)thoughts可知此處是關(guān)于……的想法，on，……關(guān)于 ， 故選B。 【點評】考查詞匯在篇章中的運用能力，答題時首先要跳過空格通讀文章掌握其大意，然后細讀文章字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考慮句型、語法、搭配、語境等因素。最后通讀一遍檢查驗證。9．先通讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小題所給的四個選項中，選出可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳選項。 At my heaviest I weighed 370 pounds. I had a very poor relationship with food: I used it to 1 bad feelings, to make myself feel better, and to celebrate. Worried about my health, I tried many different kinds of diets but nothing worked. I came to believe that I could do nothing about my weight. When I was 50, my weight problem began to affect me 2 . I didn39。t want to live the rest of my life with this extra weight any more. That year, I 3 a seminar（研討課） where we were asked to create a project that would touch the world. A seminar leader shared her 4 story —she had not only lost 125 pounds, but also raised ＄25,000 for homeless children. 5 by her story, I created the As We heal（痊愈）, the World Heals project. My goal was to lose 150 pounds in one year and raise $50,000. In this way, I could not only heal myself but heal the world by supporting a movement set up 30 years ago to end hunger. 6 I began my own personal weight program, I was filled with the fear that I would run into the same difficulties that beat me before. While the 7 hung over my head, there were also signs that I was headed down the right path. I sent letters to everyone I knew, telling them about my project. It worked perfectly. Donations began 8 in from hundreds of people. Of course, I also took some practical steps to lose weight. I hired a fitness coach. I began to eat small and 9 meals and exercise often. A year later, I 10 my goal: I lost 150 pounds and raised $50,000! I feel that I39。ve been given a second life to devote to something that is meaningful and great.1. A. addB. mixC. killD. share2. A. simplyB. speciallyC. secretlyD. seriously3. A. organizedB. mentionedC. attendedD. remended4. A. sadB. successfulC. ancientD. cartoon5. A. SurprisedB. RemindedC. InfluencedD. controlled6. A. ASB. Unt