Question

根據短文內容，從下框的A～E項中選出能概括每一段主題的最佳選項，選項中有一項為多余項。
A. Gift giving proven(證明) to be valuable.
B. Memories from gift giving.
C. Moments and events for gift giving.
D. Various functions(功能) of gift giving.
E. Gift giving as a two-way(雙向的) social activity.
Gift Giving
小題1:________
There are many occasions (場合) for giving gifts in modern societies: birthdays, naming ceremonies（慶祝儀式）, weddings, anniversaries（周年紀念日）, New Year. People often give gifts on many of these celebrations in western countries. Sometimes special events, such as one’s first day of school or graduation from university, often require gift giving.
小題2:________
What is happening when we give gifts? Most important, we are exchanging gifts. If someone gives me a gift for my birthday, I know that I should give one on his or her next birthday.
小題3:________
Gifts tighten(使緊密) personal relationships and provide a means of communication between loved ones. People say that a gift lets the recipient (接受者) know we are thinking of them, and that we want to make the person “feel special. ”We want people to feel wanted, to feel part of our social or family group. We give presents to say “I’m sorry.”
小題4:________
People tend to talk about presents in a fairly loving way. A woman whose mother had died years ago described the many gifts around her house. These were gifts that her mother had given her over the years: “I appreciate these, and they mean something to me,” the woman said, “because I remember the occasions they were given on, and that they were from my mother, and the relationship we’ve had. ” The gifts remain and keep the relationship alive in mind. This woman felt the same way about the gifts she gave to others. She hoped that the recipients would look at her gifts in years to come and remember her.

Answer 1

小題1:C
小題2:E
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析：贈送禮物是一種雙向的社交活動。在本文中作者講述了贈送禮物的場合，贈送禮物所能起到的各種作用，比如禮物能夠使人們之間的關系更為密切，而且也提供一種交流的方式,，并且睹物思人，禮物會給人們帶來很多美好的回憶等等。
小題1:C考查文章的總結概括能力.根據第一段中There are many occasions for giving gifts in modern societies: birthdays, naming ceremonies, weddings, anniversaries可知本段介紹的是贈送禮物的場合,而C選項內容能概括本段中心,所以答案選C.
小題2:E考查文章的總結概括能力.本段提到如果有人在我生日的時候送禮物,那么我就得在他或她生日的時候送禮物給她或他,而且根據we are exchanging gifts.可以判斷E選項能概括本段主題,所以答案選E.
小題3:D考查文章的總結概括能力.本段提到禮物能夠使人們之間的關系更為密切,也提供了一種交流的方式,由此可知本段中心是送禮物所能起到的各種作用,故判斷D選項內容能夠起到概括本段的作用。
小題4:B考查文章的總結概括能力。本段講述了一位婦女對于她禮物的回憶,而且提出禮物能夠讓友誼的記憶長存于心中，由此判斷B項內容可以概括本段中心,故答案選B。