Question

Everyone likes to receive gifts. In many countries people give gifts for special ______. For example, in the United States people give gifts for birthdays, weddings, and when someone graduates from high school or college. In Japan many people give gifts at special times in the summer and ______. And in some countries people give a person a gift when they visit the person’s home. But how do you choose the right gift?

It’s not always ______ to find a great gift for everyone, especially when you are buying a gift for someone from another ______. In many Western countries watches and clocks are nice gifts. However, Chinese people do not like clocks as gifts. The Chinese words that mean to give a clock are ______ to the words for to die. So many Chinese people think that a clock as a gift may bring bad ______.

Many people around the world think that flowers are always a ______ gift. But even flowers can also be a/an ______! In Russia a gift of an odd number of flowers (1, 3, 5, etc.) is okay. But a gift of an even number of flowers (2, 4, 6, etc.) is not okay. It’s only for funerals! People in China ______ gifts of white flowers, because white is the color for funerals. And don’t ______ red roses to a stranger from Germany. They may think you love them! Red roses mean love in several cultures!

1.A. opinions B. purpose C. places

2.A. person B. place C. winter

3.A. hard B. easy C. polite

4.A. country B. city C. village

5.A. possible B. similar C. meaningful

6.A. luck B. notice C. information

7.A. fun B. true C. safe

8.A. solution B. problem C. idea

9.A. understand B. dislike C. accept

10.A. show B. return C. bring

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