Question

【題目】People give gifts on many occasions. At weddings（婚禮），people give gifts such as tea sets and tableware (餐具). When someone has a baby, people express their wishes by giving gifts of baby clothes and food.

In western countries, food and drinks are the most traditional gifts for friends. For example, a bottle of champagne is perfect for Christmas. In some Asian countries like China and Japan, tea and wine are common gifts. Greeting cards are excellent gifts for friends and family around the world.

Here are some popular gifts for Christmas and New Year. Let’s have a look.

A message in a bottle—If you want to send a birthday message or a thank- you note, why not write on a piece of paper and put it inside a glass bottle? The person who receives this special gift will remember the words forever.

A Christmas stocking—People will look forward to seeing it each Christmas. It is a very traditional and useful Christmas gift. Many people hang the stocking up in their rooms as a decoration.

A necklace (項鏈) with a name—This is a special and popular gift among mothers and young people. For example, a mother can put her child’s name on the necklace. It seems that the necklace can bring her child close to her heart.

【1】If your friend Lisa has a new baby, you may sent____.

A. school things

B. tea sets and table ware

C. baby clothes and food

D. birthday cards

【2】From the passage we learn champagne is a kind of____.

A. drink B. food

C. card D. furniture

【3】____are common gifts in some Asian countries.

A. Excellent books B. Tea and wine

C. Greeting cards D. Thank-you notes

【4】Mrs. Green likes the necklace with her child’s name because____.

A. it can bring good luck to her

B. it is a traditional and useful gift

C. it is a fashionable gift for parents

D. it may make her child close to her heart

【5】Please choose the best title for this passage____.

A. Choose a perfect present

B. How to celebrate New Year

C. How to celebrate Christmas

D. The festivals in China

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

試題分析：短文大意：人們在許多場合要送禮物。在婚禮上，人們給的禮物如茶具、餐具等。當某人生了孩子，人們給嬰兒的衣服和食物表達他們的祝福。在西方國家，食品和飲料是朋友最傳統(tǒng)的禮物。在一些亞洲國家，如中國和日本，茶和酒是常見的禮物。賀卡是世界各地的朋友和家人的最佳禮物。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段末When someone has a baby, people express their wishes by giving gifts of baby clothes and food.可知當某人有生了孩子，人們給嬰兒的衣服和食物表達他們的祝福。所以該選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段開頭In western countries, food and drinks are the most traditional gifts for friends. For example, a bottle of champagne is perfect for Christmas.可知champagne是一種飲料，所以該選A。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中In some Asian countries like China and Japan, tea and wine are common gifts.可知在一些亞洲國家，如中國和日本，茶和酒是常見的禮物。所以該選B。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后一句It seems that the necklace can bring her child close to her heart.

可知項鏈似乎可以帶她的孩子接近她的心。所以該選D。

【5】標題歸納題。根據(jù)本文主要描述要選擇合適的禮物送人可知該選A。