Question

根据短文内容，从下框的A～E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(证明) to be valuable.
B. Memories from gift giving.
C. Moments and events for gift giving.
D. Various functions(功能) of gift giving.
E. Gift giving as a two-way(双向的) social activity.
Gift Giving
小题1:________
There are many occasions (场合) for giving gifts in modern societies: birthdays, naming ceremonies（庆祝仪式）, weddings, anniversaries（周年纪念日）, New Year. People often give gifts on many of these celebrations in western countries. Sometimes special events, such as one’s first day of school or graduation from university, often require gift giving.
小题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 should give one on his or her next birthday.
小题3:________
Gifts tighten(使紧密) 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 “I’m sorry.”
小题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 we’ve 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 her gifts in years to come and remember her.

Answer 1

小题1:C
小题2:E
小题3:D
小题4:B

试题分析：赠送礼物是一种双向的社交活动。在本文中作者讲述了赠送礼物的场合，赠送礼物所能起到的各种作用，比如礼物能够使人们之间的关系更为密切，而且也提供一种交流的方式,，并且睹物思人，礼物会给人们带来很多美好的回忆等等。
小题1:C考查文章的总结概括能力.根据第一段中There are many occasions for giving gifts in modern societies: birthdays, naming ceremonies, weddings, anniversaries可知本段介绍的是赠送礼物的场合,而C选项内容能概括本段中心,所以答案选C.
小题2:E考查文章的总结概括能力.本段提到如果有人在我生日的时候送礼物,那么我就得在他或她生日的时候送礼物给她或他,而且根据we are exchanging gifts.可以判断E选项能概括本段主题,所以答案选E.
小题3:D考查文章的总结概括能力.本段提到礼物能够使人们之间的关系更为密切,也提供了一种交流的方式,由此可知本段中心是送礼物所能起到的各种作用,故判断D选项内容能够起到概括本段的作用。
小题4:B考查文章的总结概括能力。本段讲述了一位妇女对于她礼物的回忆,而且提出礼物能够让友谊的记忆长存于心中，由此判断B项内容可以概括本段中心,故答案选B。