Question

第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

       根据短文内容，从下框的A~F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。

AGift giving proven to be valuable.

B.Memories from gift giving

C.Moments and events for gift giving

D.Various functions of gift giving

E.Gift giving as a wasteful practice

F.Gift giving as a two-way social activity

G.Gift Giving

61. _____________

       There are many occasions（场合） for giving gifts in modern industrialinzed societies;birthdays,naming ceremonies, weddings, anniversaries, New Year, It is common to give gifts on many of these celebrations in western cultures. In addition, special events, such as one’ s first day of school or graduation from university, often require gift fiving.

62._____________

       What is happening when we give gifts? Most important, we are exchanging gifts. If someone gives me a gift for my birthday, I know that I am usually expected to give one on his or her next birthday. A gift builds up or confirms a social oblingation（义务）.

63.__________

       Gifts tighten personal relationships and provide a means of communication between loved ones. People say that a gift lets the recipient（接受者） know we are thinking of them, and that we want to make the person “feel special.”We want people to feel wanted, to feel part of our social or family group. We give presents to say “I’m sorry.”Sometimes it is difficult for us to find a present that someone will like. Sometimes we give things that we like or would frrl comfortable with. In all these cases, the gifts are sending out messages－often very expressive ones.

64. ___________

       People tend to talk about presents in a fairly loving way. A woman whose mother had died years ago described the many gifts around her house.These were gifts that her mother had given her over the years:“I appreciate these, and they mean something to me,”the woman said,“because I remember the occasions they were given on, and that they were from my mother, and the relationship we’ve had.”The gifts remain and keep the relationship alive in mind. This woman felt the same way about the gifts she gave to others. She hoped that the recipients would look at here gifts in years to come and

65. _________

       Emotions(情感)like these suggest that a positive spirit still lies behind gift giving. They prove that the anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss was wrong to say that modern western gift giving is highly wasteful. Studies in Canada and elsewhere have also shown that this is not the case. Each gift is unique even if so many are given.The emotional benefit for those who exchange gifts is the very reason for the tradition to continue.

Answer 1

61----65    CFDBA 

解析:

根据“... many occasions...special events...”可知这一段的主题是关于送礼物的场合，故选择C项。

62．答案F

根据“...most important, we are exchanging gifts...”可知送礼物是一个双向活动，故选F项。

63．答案D

根据“Gifts tighten personal relationships and provide a means of communication between loved ones...”可知，送礼物的各种作用，比如说它能够加强联系，提供交流等，故选D项。

64．答案B

根据“A woman whose mother had died years ago...I remember the occasions they were given on...The gifts remain and keep the relationship alive in mind”可知送礼物能勾起人们很多美好的回忆，故选择B项。

65．答案A

根据“Each gift is unique even if so many are given...exchange gifts ...the very reason for the tradition to continue”可知送礼物是很有价值的，而不是一种浪费，故选A项。