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A)请先阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Receiving money makes me uncomfortable.

People _____ many books about “the art of giving”. How about the art of receiving? Sometimes, it can be hard to receive a gift, _____ when you get a gift you don’t want.

“I remember at the age of about twelve years old, my parents _____ a purple purse for me,” laughs Guo Xiaojing. “It really _____me, to tell the truth, the purse was really ugly in my opinion! However, I pretended _____ it as I knew it would make my parents happy.”

Han Ling, the twenty-year-old girl agrees. “That _____ me of my grandparents. _____ years ago, my grandparents gave me an orange sweater _____my birthday. _____ I visited them, I used to wear it. But I would _____ as soon as I left their house. Of course, this made me feel guilty. It was a very nice thought, but my taste is totally different from _____ . I think it’s difficult to buy clothes or other personal things for people.

_____ make things more difficult, some people _____ give money. However, in some cultures, people may feel uncomfortable _____ money. “When I get money from someone as a gift, I just feel they are being lazy,” says John Wilson from England. “We also have a saying: It’s the thought that counts. When someone gives me money, I don’t think they thought at all. I really like to receive a gift that has some thought behind it. I don’t mind if the gift is what I don’t need. I’m always happy that someone has thought about a gift for me.”

There are many very different thoughts on this subject from different people. So the art of receiving may be _____ difficult than the art of giving! What’s your opinion?

1.A. are written B. have written C. have been written D. been written

2.A. specially B. especially C. specifically D. particular

3.A. get B. brought C. bought D. gotten

4.A. embarrassed B. was embarrassing C. made embarrassed D. was embarrassed

5.A. to like B. liking C. that I like D. to liking

6.A. reminds B. sounds like C. comes D. thinks

7.A. Few B. Twenty C. A little D. Several

8.A. in B. for C. at D. during

9.A. Each time B. Everyday C. After D. By the time

10.A. take it off B. take off it C. put it down D. put down it

11.A. them B. their C. theirs D. theirs taste

12.A. To B. So as to C. So that D. In order not to

13.A. feel like B. prefer C. like D. prefer to

14.A. when receiving B. when giving C. when they receiving D. when they giving

15.A. much B. much more C. very more D. a little more

A teacher in New York decided to honor(纪念) each of her students in high school by telling them the difference they each made. First she told them how the student made a difference to her and the class. Then she presented each of them with a blue ribbon(带子) with gold letters which read, “Who I Am Makes a Difference.”

Afterwards the teacher told the students to do a class project to see what kind of effect would have on a community. She gave each of the students three more ribbons and showed them to go out and do as she did.

One of the boys in the class went to a junior manager and honored him for helping him with his career planning. He gave him a blue ribbon and put it on his shirt. Then he gave him two extra ribbons, and told him what it was all about.

Later that day the junior manager went in to see his boss, who had been said as being a bad-tempered (坏脾气)man. He sat his boss down and told him that he deeply admired him for being a creative person. The boss seemed very surprised. The junior manager asked him if he would accept the gift of the blue ribbon and allow him to put it on him. His surprised boss said, “Well, sure.” Then he gave him the last extra ribbon, and repeated what the boy had told him.

That night the boss came home to his 14-year-old son and sat him down. He said, “I was in my office when one of the junior managers came in and told me he admired me and gave me a blue ribbon for being a creative person. Then he put this blue ribbon that says ‘Who I Am Makes A Difference’ on my jacket. He gave me an extra ribbon and asked me to find somebody else to honor. I started thinking about whom I would honor with this ribbon and I thought about you. I just let you know that you do make a difference to me. You’re a great kid and I love you!”

The surprised boy couldn’t stop crying. He looked up at his father and said through his tears, “I was planning on killing myself tomorrow, Dad, because I didn’t think you loved me. Now I don’t need to.”

1.What does the blue ribbon in the passage indicate(表明)?

A. To love and be loved.

B. To respect people

C. To be accepted by others.

D. To thank people for what they have done for others

2.Why was the boss surprised at what the junior manager said and did?

A. Because the boss was usually bad-tempered.

B. Because the junior manager was not afraid of his bad temper.

C. Because he didn’t expect his juniors to thank him.

D. Because it was strange for him to wear such a blue ribbon.

3.The change in the boss implies(暗示) that ____________.

A. Being a good person is better than being a bad one.

B. blue ribbons are a good sign of understanding between people

C. he would never be bad-mannered to his workers

D. everybody can make a difference to the world

4.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. Who You Are Makes a Difference

B. Blue Ribbon, a Sign of Love

C. Bad Temper Can Be Changed

D. Love Can Prevent Killing oneself

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