Everyone likes to receive gifts. In many countries people give gifts for special occasions. For example, in the United States people give    63   for birthdays, weddings, and when someone graduates from high school or college. In Japan many people give gifts at special times in the summer and    64   . And in some countries people give a person a gift when they visit the person’s home. But how do you choose the   65    gift?
It's not always easy to find a great gift for everyone, especially when you are buying a gift for someone from another    66  . In many Western countries watches and    67   are nice gifts. However, Chinese people do not like clocks as gifts. The Chinese words that mean to give a clock are similar to the words for to die. So many Chinese people think that a clock as a gift is bad 68  .
Many people around the world think that flowers are always a safe gift. But even flowers can be   69  ! In Russia a gift of an odd number of flowers (1,3,5, etc. ) is okay. But a gift of an even number of flowers (2,4,6, etc. ) is not okay. It's only for funerals! People in China do not like gifts of white flowers, because white is the color for funerals. And don't  70   red roses to a stranger from Germany. They may think you love them! Red roses mean love in several cultures!
小題1:A. money B. gifts C food
小題2: A. person B. place C. winter
小題3: A. right B. wrong C. shiny
小題4: A. country B. city C. village
小題5:A. flowers B. books C. clocks
小題6:A. luck B. lucky C. unlucky
小題7: A. a safe gift B. a problem C. a good tdea
小題8:A. receive B. accept C. give

小題1:B           
小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:A
小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:C

【主旨大意】不同的地方，不同的國(guó)家，送禮物的場(chǎng)合不一樣。在不同的國(guó)家選擇正確的禮物也不容易。不同的禮物在不同的國(guó)家有不同的含義。
小題1: 由上文：In many countries people give gifts for special occasions，可推測(cè)這里應(yīng)是禮物。故選B。
小題1:前面說：In Japan many people give gifts at special times，故此這里應(yīng)是一個(gè)時(shí)間，只有C符合文意。
小題1:由下文It's not always easy to find a great gift for everyone可推測(cè)應(yīng)是選擇正確的禮物。故選A。
小題1: 由下句話In many Western countries …However, Chinese people…可見是為來自另外一個(gè)國(guó)家的人選禮物。故選A。
小題1:由下文，可是中國(guó)人不喜歡鬧鐘作為禮物，因此這里應(yīng)是鬧鐘。故選C。
小題1: 由句意可知，在中文里“送鐘”聽起來和“送鐘”一樣。因此認(rèn)為把鬧鐘作為禮物是不吉利的。故選A。
小題1: 由句意:在世界上，很多人認(rèn)為送鮮花是安全的禮物，但是即使鮮花也會(huì)出現(xiàn)問題。故選B。
小題1:后面與to搭配，只能用give。故選C。
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