Question

Cloze 13(2014 湖北黃岡)

       Many books have been written about “the art of giving”.And we also know that it’s hard to give people a gift , 1       a personal one. If we want to make it better,we should understand who you will give the gift to and their likes and 2      . 

       As is often the case,some little kids think they don't get enough gifts 3        some old people think they get too many gifts. Different people like different kinds of gifts. Some presents are never too 4       . For example,when a little child just gives his or her mother a leaf from a tree,it is enough to make her very 5      .

        Gift giving is different in different 6       . Here are some of their likes.In Japan,people sometimes give special gifts.But they are not opened.Later,the same gift may be given away to someone 7       , because many people have enough things and don't want 8        gifts themselves.In Canada,a tree can help remember 9       . In the USA. some people ask their families and friends to give money to charity rather than buying them gifts.In Sweden,doing something for someone is the best gift.People donH need to 10        too much money. Instead,making a meal for him or her is enough.

        To make things 11        , some people would rather just give money. In some cultures,however, 12       money can make people uncomfortable.‘‘When someone gives me money,it just makes me think they’re being lazy”’says John Wilson. “In England,we have a saying:It’s the thought that 13       . When someone gives me money,I feel they don't think it about at all. I prefer to receive a gift 14        has some thought behind it."

        Different people have very different thoughts 15        this subject!So maybe the art of giving is difficult!What do you think?

1. A. specially   B. especially   C. commonly   D. usually

2. A. displays   B. disadvantages   C. disagreements   D. dislikes

3. A. while   B. when   C. as   D. if

4. A. same   B. similar   C. small   D. huge

5. A. lonely   B. happy   C. sad   D. angry

6. A. cities   B. towns   C. provinces   D. countries

7. A. else   B. other   C. another   D. else’s

8. A. too much   B. much too   C. too many   D. many too

9. A. a child   B. a person   C. a guide   D. a chef

10. A. spend   B. take   C. cost   D. make

11. A. more difficult   B. easy   C. difficult   D. easier

12. A. using   B. giving   C. receiving   D. fetching

13. A. counts   B. discovers   C. finds   D. invents

14. A. who   B. what   C. where   D. that

15. A. to   B. on   C. up   D. in

Answer 1

1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. D 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. B

Cloze 13

[語篇解讀]本文是一篇說明文。作者向我們介紹了送禮物的學問。 在不同的國家，送禮物的方式不同。文章分別列舉了日本、加拿大、美 國、瑞典四個國家對禮物的不同理解。有的人認為直接送錢更簡單， 但這種行為有時使收禮物的人感到不舒服。送禮物是一門學問，你是怎么認為的？

1. B根據(jù)句意“我們也知道給人送禮物很困難，尤其是一份私人的禮物”可知。

2. D呼應and前的likes ,此處應該選擇dislikes。

3. A設(shè)空處前后兩分句是對比關(guān)系，而while可用于強調(diào)兩種情況之 間的差別，意為“卻，但是”。

4. C same相同的;similar相似的;small小的;huge巨大的。根據(jù)句意 “一些禮物從來不會被嫌棄太小”可知選C.

5. B lonely孤單的;happy幸福的sad傷心的;angry生氣的。根據(jù)句意“例如，一個小孩子送給他或她的母親一片樹上的樹葉也足以使 得她非常高興!”可知選B項。

6. D根據(jù)下文介紹了不同國家送禮物的不同方式可知選D.

7. A根據(jù)句意“隨后，這份相同的禮物可能會被送給其他人”可知選A.

8. C too much太多(修飾不可數(shù)名詞) ；much too太(修飾形容詞或副詞) ；too many太多(修飾可數(shù)名詞) 。由空后的gifts ,可知應該選擇 too many。

9. B根據(jù)句意“在加拿大，一棵樹可以幫助記住一個人”可知選B.

10. A句意:人們沒必要花費太多的錢。

11. D根據(jù)句意“為了使事情更加簡單，一些人寧愿只給錢”可知選easier更簡單。

12. C根據(jù)下文描述的收到錢作為禮物的人的反應及觀點可知選C.

13. A count很重要，有價值;discover發(fā)現(xiàn);find找到;invent發(fā)明。根 據(jù)句意“心意才是最重要的”可知選A.

14. D在定語從句中，當先行詞是物的時候，關(guān)系代詞用that或which。

15. B thoughts想法，觀點，后面可加介詞“on”。on在此處表示“關(guān)于 ……，有關(guān)……”。