Question

【題目】A.popular B.when C.at all

D.interests E.pick up F.in all

Do you know what gifts Western kids enjoy best? How do they give them? Let's have a quick look.The most 【1】gifts are fashionable things like the new video games, CDs and DVDs. A video game costs about US$60 and CDs or DVDs are cheaper at around US$20.Girls like to give jewellery (寶石) they make themselves. They 【2】pretty beads (串珠) in DIY shops and put them together in their own way.

US kids give gifts according to their friends' 【3】. Puzzles or airplane models are good for smart kids.But if you are not sure what others will like, you can give them "gift certificate cards (授權(quán)卡)" from a store. They can get whatever they like with the cards. The cards can be worth US$20 or US$30 【4】.Usually parents help the kids buy the gifts that they want. So they can make the right decision.

Before the parties, kids usually wrap the gifts in colourful paper. It's also fine to use newspaper as gift wrap.So 【5】to open the gifts? In the West, it's usually while everyone is at the party. The receiver (接受者) tries to say something about each gift - like how lovely it is.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】E

【3】D

【4】F

【5】B

【解析】本文講述的是西方國家的孩子們送禮物的一些習(xí)慣.孩子們最喜歡的是一些時尚的東西,女孩們喜歡自己做一些寶石。美國孩子根據(jù)朋友們的愛好來送禮物,像智力玩具，飛機(jī)模型，生日授權(quán)卡等等。在晚會前，孩子們通常把禮物包起來，當(dāng)大家在聚會現(xiàn)場時，孩子們可以打開禮物。而且收禮者會說些像“它是多么可愛啊”之類的話。

【1】句意：最受歡迎的禮物是像電視游戲、CD及DVD等時尚的東西。最受歡迎的：the most popular，故選A。

【2】句意：她們在DIY商店里收集美麗的串珠,并將它們以自己的方式連接在一起。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)，本空在句中作謂語，選擇動詞、動詞短語作謂語，結(jié)合選項，可知，本空選擇pick up：拾起，撿起，收集。故選E。

【3】句意：美國孩子根據(jù)朋友們的愛好送禮物。根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容：給聰明的孩子送智力玩具，在不知道朋友的愛好時，送禮品店的授權(quán)卡，讓朋友自己選擇喜歡的玩具，可以推測出，是按朋友的愛好來送禮物的。興趣，愛好：interest。故選D。

【4】句意：這些授權(quán)卡總共價值20或30美元。由下句：通常父母幫助孩子們買他們想要的禮物�？梢酝茰y出，本句講述的是禮品的錢的總數(shù)。In all：總共，合計；at all：根本，全然。故選F。

【5】句意：那么何時打開禮物呢？由后句的回答：在西方，通常當(dāng)大家都在聚會時。 可知本句詢問的是打開禮物的時間，問時間用疑問副詞when。故選B。