Question

    Good gift giving is an art. The perfect present can lift mood or improve a relationship. It can repair a wrong

doing, or simply remind a loved one that you care.1. ? We spoke to some experts to help us make a simple guide to gifting.

★Don't add a small gift to a big gift

2.? Some flowers to go with a bottle of grand French champagne (香槟)? Don’ t .When we receive gifts, we tend to unconsciously average out their value, so a small gift attached to a big one will  hurt the latter’s influence.

★Gift experiences rather than things

A brand new iPhone becomes old fast. But a dream vacation or seeing your favorite artist in concert will give you memories that last forever. “Experiences often have more thought gone into them.3.. We might remember the tablet that a friend or a loved one has bought us, but not as much as a two-week holiday to Florida- the memories and the emotional attachment are greater than to a physical object,”explained Farrelly.

★Think like the receiver

Let s put it very simply: buy things that your receiver would buy for themselves. That might seem obvious.4.. People tend to use gifts as jokes, encouragements to change one's ways, or to signal something about themselves rather than providing happiness to the receiver.

The best way to get it right is to ask the frank question, "what would you like?"

★ 5.

The last rule is a no-brainer: remember the gift of giving. A study finds that spending money on others promotes happiness. The good feelings you may experience from giving someone a gift they love may also last longer than spending money on ourselves.

A.Be generous enough

B.Is that always the way people do

C.So are there a set of rules to follow

D.And they create more vivid memories

E.But it happens far less than we' d like

F.Spend more on others than on yourself

G.Do you attempt to add a tie to an expensive shirt

Answer

1.C

2.G

3.D

4.E

5.F

【解析】

本文为说明文。送礼是一门艺术。完美的礼物可以提升两个人的情绪或者改善一段关系。它可以弥补错误，或者只是提醒你爱的人你的关心。文章主要介绍了送礼要遵循的一些规则。

1.考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。空格是一个问句，下文的内容是对问题的回答， 下句“We spoke to some experts to help us make a simple guide to gifting.”我们采访了一些专家，帮助我们制作一个简单的礼品指南。选项中有三个选项是问句，分析可知，选项C. So are there a set of rules to follow(那么有一套规则要遵循吗？)正对应着下句，即有规则（指南），故选C。

2.考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本句的标题为“Don't add a small gift to a big gift（不要把小礼物加在大礼物上）”，根据空格后的 “Some flowers to go with a bottle of grand French champagne (香槟)? Don’ t (一些鲜花配一瓶法国香槟？不要这样)”，可知，此处也是这样的一个例子，并且也是一个问句，分析选项可知G选项Do you attempt to add a tie to an expensive shirt（你想在一件昂贵的衬衫上加一条领带吗？）符合语境，故选G。

3.考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本段的小标题是“Gift experiences rather than things”结合本段中的“give you memories that last forever.（会给你留下永恒的回忆）”、“remember”、“...the emotional attachment are greater than to a physical object(情感上的依恋比物质上的依恋更大)”，由此可知，本段主要叙述的是礼物的体验更重要，可能会让人永生难忘。D项And they create more vivid memories（它们创造了更生动的记忆）与本段意义一致，由此可知D项与本段意义一致，故选D。

4.考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。本段的小标题“Think like the receiver（从收礼物的人角度来考虑）”但“Let s put it very simply: buy things that your receiver would buy for themselves.”以及下句“something about themselves rather than providing happiness to the receiver.”可知，买一些你要送礼的人自己会想买的东西。这似乎很明显。......人们倾向于用礼物来开玩笑，鼓励人们改变自己的方式，或者暗示一些关于自己的事情，而不是给接受者提供快乐。可知，这种为他人着想的事发生的不多。分析选项可知E项But it happens far less than we' d like（但它的发生远比我们想象的要少）符合题意，故选E。

5.考查对上下文的理解及推理判断能力。空格处在本段中是小标题。本段主要叙述了“...spending money on others promotes happiness. The good feelings you may experience from giving someone a gift they love may also last longer than spending money on ourselves.” 把钱花在别人身上能增进幸福感。给某人一份他们爱的礼物，你可能会体验到的美好感觉，也可能比花在自己身上的钱的感觉更持久。由此可推断出我们应多给别人买礼物，多把钱花在别人身上。分析选项可知F项Spend more on others than on yourself符合句意，故选F。