A is something that costs a lot of money but is useless.A. piece of cake B. white elephant C. white lie 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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A __________ is something that costs a lot of money but is useless.

A. piece of cake B. white elephant C. white lie

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“Gift” can also act like an adjective to be put in front of another noun. What do you call this kind of shop where you can buy presents? A gift shop. What do you call the basket of presents that you can send to others? A gift basket. “Present” can’t be used like this. We may have gift boxes and gift cards, not present boxes or present cards!

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D. “Gift” and “present” have similar meanings, but people prefer to use “gift”.

4.Where can we probably read the passage?

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B. In a travel guide.

C. In a newspaper.

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