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    Except for a few times, Americans are not big present-givers. There's no exchange of presents among
business people, and if one American tries to give another a present, it may look like that he wants to bribe
(賄賂) him. Americans have learned that in some other countries people like to give presents to others, but
among ourselves we don't see the need for presents.
    Even friends may never exchange presents. When I go to foreign countries, I try to bring back little things
for close friends, but nobody would feel unhappy if I didn't. I don't often re-member a friend's birthday, and
few people outside of my family remember mine. If someone gave me presents too often, I'd get unpleasant.
But a present from a foreigner - that kind from his or her homeland-won't go wrong, except to government
employees (政府職員) who can't be given presents.
    You usually open a present at once and in front of the person who gives it except Christmas and birthday
presents. You should only say, "It's so nice. Thanks…" when you get Christ-mas or birthday presents.
     You may want to bring a bottle of wine (葡萄酒) or flowers to a dinner party, but you're never asked to.
Nobody will mind if you bring wine, but your friend may not use it that evening.
     At Christmas we often give presents to our family and sometimes our friends. We also give presents to
people who have been helpful during the year-doormen, babysitters, housecleaners, newspaper senders-anyone
who has often helped us.
1. What does "close friends" mean in the passage?
A. The friends who are very kind.
B. The friends who live close to each other.
C. The friends who were once classmates.
D. The friends who you like most.
2. What kind of presents don't Americans usually open in front of the givers?
A. The small presents.
B. Christmas or birthday presents.
C. The expensive presents.
D. The presents for dinner party.
3. Why do Americans also give presents to housecleaners at Christmas?
A. To pay them.
B. To help them.
C. To thank them.
D. To make them work harder.
4. Which of the following do you think is right?
A. American business people don't want presents because they are rich enough.
B. The writer of this passage must be an American.
C. Everyone must give presents to one's family and friends at Christmas.
D. Government employees can get little presents from a foreigner.
5. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Present-giving in the United States.
B. Customs (習俗) in the United States.
C. American people and present-giving.
D. When and how to give presents.
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　　When Mencius(孟子)was a small boy, his father died．So Mencius and his mother were quite poor．One day Mencius returned home from school and found his mother making some cloth(布)．It was very beautiful and expert-sive．

　　“How much of your book have you read today?”Mencius' mother asked him．Mencius threw down his book．“I haven't read any of it,”he replied,“I played with some friends of mine in the fields．”

　　When his mother heard this, she picked up a pair of scissors(剪刀)and cut the cloth．

　　“Why have you cut your cloth?”Mencius asked．“It was so beautiful and now you've wasted(浪費)it．”“You have wasted your time,”his mother said．“Now I have wasted mine．Look at the terrible thing we have done．”

　　Mencius learnt a lot from this lesson．After that, he always studied hard．

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When did this story happen?

[　　]

A．

Not long before liberation(解放)．

B．

More than 2,000 years ago．

C．

About 400 years ago．

D．

In the 18th century．

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Mencius and his mother were quite poor because ________．

[　　]

A．

they had to spend a lot of money on beautiful and ex-pensive cloth

B．

Mencius was young and he couldn't work

C．

his father died when Mencius was a child

D．

Mencius' schooling cost them much money

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What was Mencius doing while his mother was cutting the cloth?

[　　]

A．

He was reading his book．

B．

He was playing in the fields．

C．

He was trying to help her．

D．

He was watching strangely(奇怪地)．

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When the mother knew Mencius had played in the fields, she was ________．

[　　]

A．

pleased

B．

surprised

C．

sad

D．

happy

(5)

The mother cut the cloth because ________．

[　　]

A．

she thought making cloth was wasting time

B．

she wanted to make more beautiful cloth

C．

she wanted to teach her son a lesson

D．

she wanted her son to do his lessons at once

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