Question

【题目】选词填空
A.popular B.when C.at all
D.interests E.pick up F.in all
Do you know what gifts Western kids enjoy best? How do they give them? Let's have a quick look.The most gifts are fashionable things like the new video games, CDs and DVDs. A video game costs about US$60 and CDs or DVDs are cheaper at around US$20.Girls like to give jewellery (宝石) they make themselves. They pretty beads (串珠) in DIY shops and put them together in their own way.
US kids give gifts according to their friends' . Puzzles or airplane models are good for smart kids.But if you are not sure what others will like, you can give them "gift certificate cards (授权卡)" from a store. They can get whatever they like with the cards. The cards can be worth US$20 or US$30 .Usually parents help the kids buy the gifts that they want. So they can make the right decision.
Before the parties, kids usually wrap the gifts in colourful paper. It's also fine to use newspaper as gift wrap.So to open the gifts? In the West, it's usually while everyone is at the party. The receiver (接受者) tries to say something about each gift - like how lovely it is.

Answer 1

【答案】A；E；D；F；B
【解析】本文讲述的是西方国家的孩子们送礼物的一些习惯.孩子们最喜欢的是一些时尚的东西,女孩们喜欢自己做一些宝石。美国孩子根据朋友们的爱好来送礼物,像智力玩具，飞机模型，生日授权卡等等。在晚会前，孩子们通常把礼物包起来，当大家在聚会现场时，孩子们可以打开礼物。而且收礼者会说些像“它是多么可爱啊”之类的话。

⑴句意：最受欢迎的礼物是像电视游戏、CD及DVD等时尚的东西。最受欢迎的：the most popular，故选A。

⑵句意：她们在DIY商店里收集美丽的串珠,并将它们以自己的方式连接在一起。根据句子结构，本空在句中作谓语，选择动词、动词短语作谓语，结合选项，可知，本空选择pick up：拾起，捡起，收集。故选E。

⑶句意：美国孩子根据朋友们的爱好送礼物。根据下文内容：给聪明的孩子送智力玩具，在不知道朋友的爱好时，送礼品店的授权卡，让朋友自己选择喜欢的玩具，可以推测出，是按朋友的爱好来送礼物的。兴趣，爱好：interest。故选D。

⑷句意：这些授权卡总共价值20或30美元。由下句：通常父母帮助孩子们买他们想要的礼物。可以推测出，本句讲述的是礼品的钱的总数。In all：总共，合计；at all：根本，全然。故选F。

⑸句意：那么何时打开礼物呢？由后句的回答：在西方，通常当大家都在聚会时。 可知本句询问的是打开礼物的时间，问时间用疑问副词when。故选B。