Question

完形填空

A）请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Receiving money makes me uncomfortable.

People _____ many books about “the art of giving”. How about the art of receiving? Sometimes, it can be hard to receive a gift, _____ when you get a gift you don’t want.

“I remember at the age of about twelve years old, my parents _____ a purple purse for me,” laughs Guo Xiaojing. “It really _____me, to tell the truth, the purse was really ugly in my opinion! However, I pretended _____ it as I knew it would make my parents happy.”

Han Ling, the twenty-year-old girl agrees. “That _____ me of my grandparents. _____ years ago, my grandparents gave me an orange sweater _____my birthday. _____ I visited them, I used to wear it. But I would _____ as soon as I left their house. Of course, this made me feel guilty. It was a very nice thought, but my taste is totally different from _____ . I think it’s difficult to buy clothes or other personal things for people.

_____ make things more difficult, some people _____ give money. However, in some cultures, people may feel uncomfortable _____ money. “When I get money from someone as a gift, I just feel they are being lazy,” says John Wilson from England. “We also have a saying: It’s the thought that counts. When someone gives me money, I don’t think they thought at all. I really like to receive a gift that has some thought behind it. I don’t mind if the gift is what I don’t need. I’m always happy that someone has thought about a gift for me.”

There are many very different thoughts on this subject from different people. So the art of receiving may be _____ difficult than the art of giving! What’s your opinion?

1.A. are written B. have written        C. have been written  D. been written

2.A. specially       B. especially        C. specifically      D. particular

3.A. get            B. brought          C. bought            D. gotten

4.A. embarrassed  B. was embarrassing  C. made embarrassed   D. was embarrassed

5.A. to like         B. liking           C. that I like        D. to liking

6.A. reminds       B. sounds like       C. comes              D. thinks

7.A. Few            B. Twenty          C. A little           D. Several

8.A. in              B. for              C. at                D. during

9.A. Each time       B. Everyday          C. After              D. By the time

10.A. take it off    B. take off it       C. put it down       D. put down it

11.A. them         B. their            C. theirs            D. theirs taste

12.A. To             B. So as to        C. So that           D. In order not to

13.A. feel like      B. prefer            C. like               D. prefer to

14.A. when receiving B. when giving     C. when they receiving D. when they giving

15.A. much          B. much more        C. very more        D. a little more

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.A

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.A

10.A

11.C

12.D

13.D

14.A

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇说明文。作者向我们介绍了送礼物的学问。人们写了很多有关“给予”的艺术方面的书。有的人认为直接送钱更简单， 但这种行为有时使收礼物的人感到不舒服，因此接受的艺术可能比给予的艺术更难!送礼物是一门学问，你是怎么认为的？

1.B考查动词的时态及语境理解。句意：人们写了很多有关“给予”的艺术方面的书。人做主语，应该用主动语态，故答案为B。

2.B考查副词辨析及语境理解。句意：很难接收一份礼物，尤其是当你得到你不想要的礼物。A. specially特别的，专门的；B. especially特别，尤其；C. specifically 特别的；D. particular特别的，详细的。依据句意可知，答案为B。

3.C考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：我的父母给我买了一个紫色的钱包。A. get 得到；B. brought 带来；C. bought买；D. gotten得到。buy sth for sb.给某人买某物。故答案为C。

4.】A考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：这真的使我很尴尬。此处缺少谓语动词，embarrassed使...困窘；使……局促不安；为动词的过去式，答案为A。

5.A考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：我假装喜欢它，我知道它会让我的父母快乐。pretend to do sth.假装做某事。依据句意可知，答案为A。

6.A考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：这让我想起了我的爷爷奶奶。A. reminds提醒，使想起；B. sounds like 听起来像；C. comes来；D. thinks想，认为。remind sb of sth.使某人想起。依据句意，答案为A。

7.D考查形容词辨析及语境理解。句意：几年前，我的祖父母给了我一个橙色的毛衣作为我的生日礼物。A. Few 很少；B. Twenty二十；C. A little 少量的；D. Several几个。A答案表否定，C答案修饰不可数名词。结合上下语境理解，答案为D。

8.B考查介词辨析及语境理解。句意：我的祖父母给了我一个橙色的毛衣作为我的生日礼物。A. in在……里；B. for 为了；C. at 在；D. During在…期间。依据句意可知，答案为B。

9.A考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：每次我去看望他们，我都穿着它。A. Each time 每次；B. Everyday日常的；C. After 在……之后；D. By the time到…时候。结合句意理解，答案为A。

10.A考查动词词组辨析及语境理解。句意：我已离开他们的房子我就把它脱下来。A. take it off脱下；B. take off it脱下；C. put it down 放下；D. put down it放下；take off动副词组，代词放中间。故答案为A。

11.C考查代词辨析及语境理解。句意：这是一个很不错的想法，但我的口味完全不同于他们的。A. them 他们；B. their他们的；C. theirs 他们的；D. theirs taste他们的口味。放在句末的是名词性物主代词，相当于their taste。答案为C。

12.D考查连词辨析及语境理解。句意：为了不让事情更困难，一些人宁愿给钱。A. To为了；B. So as to 以便；C. So that 以便，所以；D. In order not to 为了不。依据句意可知，答案为D。

13.D考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：为了不让事情更困难，一些人宁愿给钱。A. feel like想做某事；B. prefer更喜欢；C. like 喜欢；D. prefer to宁愿，更喜欢。prefer to do sth.更愿意做某事。故答案为D。

14.A考查动词辨析及语境理解。句意：然而，在一些文化中，当收到钱时人们可能会感到不舒服。A. when receiving收到；B. when giving 给予；C. when they receiving收到；D. when they giving给予。依据句意，排除B,D；C答案应为when they are receiving.故答案为A。

15.B考查比较级及语境理解。句意：所以接受的艺术可能比给予的艺术更难! A. much 许多，大量的；B. much more 更加；C. very more非常；D. a little more更多一点。此处是一个比较级的句子，在多音节的形容词前加more构成比较级，比较级的前面可用much修饰比较级。故答案为B。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。