Except for a few times, Americans are not big present-givers. There’s no exchange of presents among business people, and if one American tries to give another a present, it may look like that he wants to bribe (贿赂) him. Americans have learned that in some other countries people like to give presents to others, but among ourselves we don’t see the need for presents.
Even friends may never exchange presents. When I go to foreign countries, I try to bring back little things for close friends, but nobody would feel unhappy if I didn’t. I don’t often re­member a friend’ s birthday, and few people outside of my family remember mine. If someone gave me presents too often, I’d get unpleasant. But a present from a foreigner — that kind from his or her homeland — won’t go wrong, except to government employees (政府职员) who can’t be given presents.
You usually open a present at once and in front of the person who gives it except Christmas and birthday presents. You should only say, ‘It’s so nice. Thanks…’when you get Christ­mas or birthday presents.
You may want to bring a bottle of wine (葡萄酒) or flowers to a dinner party, but you’re never asked to. Nobody will mind if you bring wine, but your friend may not use it that evening.
At Christmas we often give presents to our family and sometimes our friends. We also give presents to people who have been helpful during the year like doormen, babysitters, housecleaners , newspaper senders — anyone who has often helped us.
【小题1】What do the underlined words ‘close friends’ mean in the passage?

Jennie sat at her window as usual, looking out upon the street, with a look of sadness on her face,“What a long day this is going to be!”

Then she saw a little boy running down the street, swinging his schoolbag. Looking up to the window, he took off    1   hat and bowed with a bright, pleasant smile.

“What a nice    2   ,”said Jennie to herself, as the boy ran out of sight.“It seems like having the sunshine. I wish everybody who goes by would look up    3   smile.”

George, the little boy, told his mother about that    4   girl when he got back home,“She looks so helpless. I wish I could do something for her.”

“Why not give her some    5  ?”said his mother. George agreed.

The next morning, as Jennie    6    at he window again, she saw George with a handful of beautiful flowers carefully picking his way across the street. He stopped in front of her window, smiling pleasantly, and said,“Can I come in?”Jennie told him    7   to get into the house.

Opening the door to Jennie’s gentle“Come in”, George said, “I’ve brought you some flowers.”

“Are they for me?”said Jennie    8  .“How kind you are,”she continued, as George put the flowers on her lap.“I’ve    9   received any flower since we moved to the town.”

“Did you live in the countryside?”asked George,    10    the old, small and empty room.

“Yes,”said Jennie.

Jennie used to have a happy family and live in a beautiful house in the countryside. However, she lost her right leg in an accident. She    11   walk like other people any longer. Later, her father died, and her mother was sick   12    so many years that their money was all gone. They sold the house, and move here to get work to do.

George told his parents    13   . They decided to help her. More and more people in the   14   gave Jennie friendly smiles when they passed by her house. She was greatly cheered up.

A few months later, Jennie and her mother    15   a flower shop. People could always see Jennie sitting in the shop, having a lovely smile on her face.

1.                A．her            B．his             C．your D．my

2.                A．house          B．door           C．smile D．schoolbag

3.                A．and            B．but            C．as   D．or

4.                A．rich           B．lucky           C．bad  D．poor

5.                A．money         B．flowers         C．clothes   D．food

6.                A．danced         B．cried           C．sat  D．laughed

7.                A．how           B．who           C．when D．why

8.                A．angrily         B．easily          C．sadly D．happily

9.                A．never          B．usually         C．always    D．sometimes

10.                                A．looking for  B．looking around

C．looking like                       D．looking after

11.               A．shouldn’t      B．needn’t       C．couldn’t  D．mustn’t

12.               A．for            B．in             C．at    D．on

13.               A．something      B．anything        C．everything D．nothing

14.               A．countryside     B．town           C．village D．city

15.               A．reached        B．left            C．closed D．opened