【题目】根据短文内容,从下框的A-F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。

A Gift giving proven to be valuable.

B. Memories from gift giving

C. Moments and events for gift giving

D. Various functions of gift giving

E. Gift giving as a wasteful practice

F. Gift giving as a two-way social activity

Gift Giving

【1】

There are many occasions(场合) for giving gifts in modern industrialized societies; birthdays, naming ceremonies, weddings, anniversaries, New Year, It is common to give gifts on many of these celebrations in western cultures. In addition, special events, such as ones first day of school or graduation from university, often require gift giving.

【2】

What is happening when we give gifts? Most important, we are exchanging gifts. If someone gives me a gift for my birthday, I know that I am usually expected to give one on his or her next birthday. A gift builds up or confirms a social obligation(义务).

【3】

Gifts tighten personal relationships and provide a means of communication between loved ones. People say that a gift lets the recipient(接受者) know we are thinking of them, and that we want to make the person feel special. We want people to feel wanted, to feel part of our social or family group. We give presents to say Im sorry. Sometimes it is difficult for us to find a present that someone will like. Sometimes we give things that we like or would feel comfortable with. In all these cases, the gifts are sending out messages-often very expressive ones.

【4】

People tend to talk about presents in a fairly loving way. A woman whose mother had died years ago described the many gifts around her house. These were gifts that her mother had given her over the years: I appreciate these, and they mean something to me, the woman said, because I remember the occasions they were given on, and that they were from my mother, and the relationship weve had. The gifts remain and keep the relationship alive in mind. This woman felt the same way about the gifts she gave to others. She hoped that the recipients would look at here gifts in years to come and remember her.

【5】

Emotions(情感)like these suggest that a positive spirit still lies behind gift giving. They prove that the anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss was wrong to say that modern western gift giving is highly wasteful. Studies in Canada and elsewhere have also shown that this is not the case. Each gift is unique even if so many are given.The emotional benefit for those who exchange gifts is the very reason for the tradition to continue.

【题目】完形填空

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Eddie has lots of hobbies, but he loves baseball best. So it is his __1__ sport. Eddie plays baseball on a team every year in the spring. He loves to go to baseball __2__.

Every day when it is __3__, Eddies father throws a baseball to Eddie in the backyard. This is the time of day that Eddie __4__ best. He enjoys spending time with his father and he loves practicing baseball.

Eddie __5__ baseball cards throughout the year. He and his father visit the __6__ and buy cards for Eddies collection. Eddie spends hours with his baseball cards. He arranges them in different __7__, and trades them with other baseball __8__.

One day, Eddies father came home with two tickets to __9__ the Atlanta Braves play the next Saturday. Eddie was so __10__. He counted down the days on the calendar.

Finally it was the day of the game. Eddie and his father __11__ to Atlanta early in the morning. Before they watched the match, they __12__ the Braves museum at the stadium and saw a short movie __13__the history of the Atlanta Braves. Eddie enjoyed seeing the museum.

They ate __14__ at the stadium, and soon it was time for the game.

The game was exciting. Eddie tried to __15__ every move the players made.__16__ he watched carefully and practiced a lot, he might just be on one of those baseball cards some day!

__17__ the game, Eddie and his father drove home. They talked about the game. They talked about which __18__ were the best, and which __19__ were the most exciting. Eddie went to sleep that night still __20__ of baseball. His dreams were filled with images from his very special day.

【1】A. popular B. favourite C. only D. main

【2】A. practice B. school C. games D. clubs

【3】A. stormy B. rainy C. sunny D. windy

【4】A. exercises B. likes C. learns D. wants

【5】A. sells B. keeps C. collects D. plays

【6】A. buyers B. museums C. libraries D. stores

【7】A. rooms B. sides C. situations D. groups

【8】A. stars B. fans C. agents D. managers

【9】A. see B. join C. attend D. wait

【10】A. amazed B. excited C. proud D. nervous

【11】A. flew B. walked C. rode D. drove

【12】A. visited B. passed C. arrived D. left

【13】A. on B. off C. in D. with

【14】A. breakfast B. dessert C. lunch D. supper

【15】A. choose B. forget C. watch D. copy

【16】A. Though B. Unless C. When D. If

【17】A. Over B. Before C. During D. After

【18】A. seats B. teams C. players D. cards

【19】A. parts B. games C. movies D. sports

【20】A. thinking B. dreaming C. hearing D. talking

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