【题目】Many books have been written about "the art of giving". And we also know that it's hard to give people a gift, _____ a personal one. If we want to make it better, we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and dislikes.

As is often the case, some little kids think they don't get enough gifts _____ some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too _____ . For example, when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree, it is enough to make her very _____ .

Gift giving is different in different _____ . Here are some of them tikes. In Japan, people sometimes give special gifts. But they are not opened. Later, the same gift may be given away to someone _____ ,because many people have enough things and don't want too many gifts themselves. In Canada, a tree can help remember a _____ . In the USA,some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buy them gifts. In Sweden, doing something for someone is the best gift. People don't need to _____ too much money. Instead, making a meal for him or her is enough.

To make things easier, some people would rather just give money. In some cultures,however, _____ money can make people uncomfortable. "When someone gives me money, it just makes me think they're being lazy, " says John Wilson. In England, we have a saying, "It's the thought that ______ .When someone gives me money, I feel they don't think about it at all. I prefer to receive a gift that has some thought behind it."

Different people have very different thoughts on this subject! So maybe the art of giving is difficult! What do you think?

1A. patiently B. especially C. mainly D. usually

2A. while B. when C. as D. if

3A. same B. similar C. small D. huge

4A. lonely B. happy C. sad D. angry

5A. cities B. towns C. provinces D. countries

6A. else B. other C. another D. else's

7A. child B. mother C. person D. guide

8A. spend B. take C. cost D. make

9A. using B. giving C. receiving D. taking

10A. counts B. discovers C. finds D. invents

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The building is shaking. A woman with a baby in her arms is trying to open the door, but fails. Finding no way, she rushes into her bedroom and there theysurvivethe earthquake.

In a factory building, as the workshop floor swings under the terrible shaking, workers run for safety. Some hide(隐藏) under the machines and____, but others who try to run outside are killed by the falling ceilings.

These scenes, played by actors and actresses, are from a film of science education Making a Split Second Decisionshown in 1998 on China Central TV in memory of Tangshan Earthquake.

By studying actual cases in the earthquake areas and scientific experiments, experts(专家)find that buildings remain untouched for the first 12 seconds of an earthquake.

In this short time, one has the best chance of_____an earthquake by staying near the inside walls, in bedrooms and under beds, experts concluded in the film. “Earthquakes seem to catch the lives of those who run,” said many survivors in the earthquake areas, describing how their friends were killed on the doorways or along the stair steps as they tried to get out of the building.

Their advice was proved in the film, “Take a hiding-place where you are rather than run, unless you are sure you can reach a safe open place in ten seconds.”

1The word “survive” appears in the passage several times. It probably means in Chinese.

A. 遇难 B. 幸存 C. 恐惧 D. 摇晃

2The workers who tried to run outside the building died because .

A. the factory building was shaking terribly

B. they were making a film

C. they didn’t have enough time to run outside

D. they were too nervous

3The passage suggests that you should when an earthquake happens.

A. cry for help

B. not move and lie on the floor at once

C. run down the steps as fast as you can

D. find a safe place and hide in at once or run out in ten seconds

4Where can we probably find this passage?

A. In a magazine. B. In an advertisement. C. In a history book. D. In a poster.

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