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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

It seems that there’s a good reason why dogs are always seen as man’s best friend. Scientists have found that dogs are the only animals that can read emotion(情感)in faces much like humans. The finding suggests that like an understanding friend, dogs can see if we are happy, sad, pleased or angry.

When humans look at a new face, their eyes usually look across the left, falling on the right hand side of the person’s face first. A possible reason for this is that the right side of the human face is better at expressing emotions.

Scientists have now shown that pet dogs also have “left gaze bias(左视偏好)”, but only when looking at human faces. No other animal has been known to do like this before. Dr. Kun Guo with his team showed 17 dogs the pictures of human, dog and monkey faces as well as something else. The dogs’ eyes and heads show a strong left gaze bias when the animals see human faces. But this did not happen when they were shown other pictures, including those of dogs.

Guo suggests that over thousands of years living with humans, dogs may have developed the left gaze bias as a way to guess our emotions.

“Recent studies show that the right side of our faces can express emotions better than the left. If true, then it makes sense for dogs and humans to see the right hand side of a face first.”

1.Why are dogs seen as man’s best friend according to the passage?

A. Because dogs are the closest animals to humans.

B. Because dogs can read the emotions in humans’ faces easily.

C. Because dogs can understand us better when we feel sad.

D. Because dogs are good at expressing emotions.

2.The dogs’ left gaze bias helps them _______.

A. get along well with humans

B. express emotions quickly

C. have more understanding friends

D. remember more new faces

3.The passage mainly wants to tell us that _______.

A. dogs have been man’s best friends for thousands of years

B. humans have a “left gaze bias”

C. the “left gaze bias” works on all animals

D. dogs can read emotions the same as humans

完形填空

阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

The ability to forgive others is a great thing that can certainly help to make life happier for everyone. However, some people think that it is very _________ to do, and they don’t know how to forgive others, especially their family and friends. This is all _________ they don’t understand the meaning of “forgiveness”.

In the dictionary, “to forgive” means “to _________ feeling angry with somebody that has done something bad to you.” I’m happy that many people have _________ in doing this. I have succeeded, too, and I know how hard it is.

I lived with a friend for two years. During that time, he did cause me many _________ . I easily got angry when communicating with him. However, we _________ had a talk about our problems. When he pointed out that I wasn’t treating him like a friend, I was _________ . I never knew that I also needed to be forgiven for doing something wrong. I thought however _________ I might get, I did love my friend deep in my heart. Then I understood the saying, “To love is to forgive.” And when we _________ each other, we feel great. After that long talk, we both _________ those bad moments. Our friendship became fresh again.

Now I understand the meaning of forgiveness better.

1.A. late B. difficult C. strange D. useless

2.A. why B. when C. because D. that

3.A. stop B. suffer C. keep D. consider

4.A. spent B. continued C. succeeded D. enjoyed

5.A. dangers B. mistakes C. questions D. problems

6.A. firstly B. finally C. suddenly D. always

7.A. surprised B. excited C. satisfied D. bored

8.A. worried B. frightened C. angry D. nervous

9.A. control B. help C. protect D. forgive

10.A. learn B. forget C. imagine D. consider

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