Question

【题目】语篇补全阅读下面的短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项补全短文，选项中有一项为多余选项。

Everyone must have given gifts to others. Do you know that the tradition of giving gifts didn’t start with the modem holidays we celebrate?【1】.

In many countries, gifts were traditionally wrapped (包裹). If gifts weren’t wrapped, much of the fun would be gone. 【2】, the surprise would be lost. So the wish to hid the gift led people to wrap their gifts. Historians believed wrapping gifts in paper probably started not long after paper was invented thousands of years ago.

【3】. More than 100 years ago, gifts were usually wrapped in heavy brown paper. Before that, cloth was often used. With the development of technology, wrapping paper was produced in the early 1900s. However, it wasn’t as easy to wrap gifts as it is today. That’s because adhesive tape (胶带）wasn’t invented until 1928.

Now lots of waste was produced over the holidays because of wrapping paper. To solve the problem, some people carefully open gifts so that the wrapping paper can be used again. 【4】. And some homemade wrapping paper, which is treasured as much as the gift itself.

A. It is fun for receivers to guess what the gift is

B. If the receivers could see what the gift was at once

C. Many ancient people celebrated holidays by exchanging gifts

D. Some people use special gift bags instead of wrapping paper

E. But wrapping paper like what we use today was a recent invention

A. It is fun for receivers to guess what the gift is

B. If the receivers could see what the gift was at once

C. Many ancient people celebrated holidays by exchanging gifts

D. Some people use special gift bags instead of wrapping paper

E. But wrapping paper like what we use today was a recent invention

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】E

【4】D

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述赠送礼物并非始于我们庆祝的现代节日，古代人们就会通过交换礼物来庆祝节日。并且讲述礼物包装纸的发展历程。

【1】根据Do you know that the tradition of giving gifts didn’t start with the modem holidays we celebrate可知，赠送礼物并非始于我们庆祝的现代节日，空处应说“许多古代人们通过交换礼物庆祝节日”，故选C。

【2】根据If gifts weren’t wrapped, much of the fun would be gone以及the surprise would be lost可知，如果礼物没有被包裹，许多乐趣都会消失，接下来空处应该解释原因，即礼物接收者会立刻看到礼物是什么，惊喜就会消失，故选B。

【3】根据More than 100 years ago, gifts were usually wrapped in heavy brown paper可知，表示以前用非常厚的棕色的纸包装礼物，空处应填“我们如今用的包装纸是最近的发明”，故选E。

【4】根据Now lots of waste was produced over the holidays because of wrapping paper. To solve the problem, some people carefully open gifts so that the wrapping paper can be used again可知，现在的节日会产生许多垃圾，为了解决这个问题，一些人小心地打开包装纸，为了以后还可以重复使用，空处表示一些其他的方法，即“人们使用一些特殊的礼物袋而不是包装纸”，故选D。