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Part IV 完形填空

Cloze · 10 分

In this part, there is a passage with ten blanks. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer for each blank.

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Cloze (10 points) choices marked, A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer for each blank and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. Ironically, a study finds that we're awful gift-givers precisely because we spend too much time trying to be considerate. We imagine our friends opening a gift that is impressive, expensive, and sentimental. We imagine the look of happiness and surprise on their faces and the warmth we feel in return . But there' s something that the most sentimental-gift-givers tend not to think too much about: Whether the gift is practical in the first place. In many ways , practicality seems like an enemy of great gift giving. Beautiful jewelry, lovely watches, perfect rugs, finely crafted kitchen hardware: These things make for great gifts because they communicate something beyond practicality. They communicate that the giver cares. But do the receivers care? Often, no. "Gift receivers would be happier if givers gave them exactly what they requested rather than attempting to be 'thoughtful and considerate' by buying gifts they did not explicitly request" to surprise them, the researchers write. Their clever paper asks givers and receivers to select gifts from two perspectives: desirability (e.g. the cost ofacoffee maker) and feasibility (e.g. the ease of the coffee maker). Across several experiments, they find that givers consistently give gifts based on desirability and receivers continuously favor gifts based on feasibility.

译文 / 解析

本文论述了送礼者和受礼者对于礼物合心意的标准不同。送礼者试图看起来 贴心，而受礼者却更看重礼物的实用性。

讽刺的是，研究表明我们都是可怕的送礼人，因为我们花了大量的时间想要当贴 心的人我们会想象到我们的朋友收到令人印象深刻的、昂贵的、富有情感的礼物，也 会想象他们收礼物时开心的、惊讶的脸，和我们自己所感受到的温暖。但是大多数富 有情感的送礼人都不会多想，礼物的实用性才是第一位的。 从很多方面来讲，实用性看起来是好礼物的天敌。美丽的珠宝，好看的手表，漂亮的地毯， 精美的厨房工艺品：这些都是好的礼物，因为它们表达了一种超越了实用性的东西，就是送 礼者的心意。 但是受礼者在乎这种心意吗?答案通常是否定的。研究者说，收礼物者会更乐 意收到他们指定的礼物，而不是送礼者试图通过买他们没明确要求的礼物来表达出 他们贴心的心意。研究者的报道说，送礼者和受礼者从两方面挑选礼物：贴心度(例 如咖啡壶的价格)和实用性(例如咖啡壶的使用便捷性)。通过很多实验，他们发现：送 礼物的人不断地以贴心度为标准送礼，而收礼物者更看中礼物的实用性。
    1. to open
    2. opening
    3. have opened
    4. opened

    答案 B

    本题考查的是固定搭配。imagine sth.."想象…",所以此处要用 动词的-ing形式。

    1. in person
    2. in turn
    3. in place
    4. in return

    答案 D

    本题考查的是上下文理解。此处意为我们喜欢送礼物是因为喜欢 看到收礼人的笑脸和自己得到的 的温暖。此处应为得到别人回报的温暖。 in person"亲自";in turn"轮流";in place"恰当的";in return"作为报答"。

    1. Whether
    2. When
    3. Why
    4. How

    答案 A

    本题考查的是上下文理解。根据上下文，这里指富有感情的礼物 通常不会考虑礼物是否有实用价值。

    1. To be sure
    2. To sum up
    3. In many ways
    4. In many cases

    答案 C

    本题考查的是词组辨析。to be sure"诚然"; to sum up"总之"; in many ways"在很多方面";in many cases"在许多情况下"。后面是举例说 明在哪些情况下实用性和好看是天敌，所以这里是总述在很多方面礼物和实用 性会有冲突。

    1. work out
    2. lead to
    3. make for
    4. take up

    答案 C

    本题考查的是词组辨析。work out"解决，算出"; lead to"导致" make for "促就";take up"占据"。原句中，手表、珠宝等应该会成为好礼物。

    1. happier
    2. more surprised
    3. happy
    4. surprised

    答案 A

    本题考查的是上下文理解。本句收礼物的人对于收到他们所要求 的礼物时应该是开心的，而不是惊讶的。下文出现与其他礼物对比，所以用比 较级。

    1. regardless of
    2. rather than
    3. as to
    4. but for

    答案 B

    本题考查的是上下文理解。regardless of"忽略";rather than"而 不是"; as to"至于";but for"要不是"。别人要求送礼者送什么就送什么而不 是试图表现出有心的、体贴的。

    1. decide
    2. classify
    3. select
    4. measure

    答案 C

    本题考查动词词义。decide"决定";classify"分类"; select"选 择"; measure"测量"。本文一直在讨论的就是不同的人对于礼物的不同的选 择。

    1. look
    2. quality
    3. cost
    4. ease

    答案 D

    本题考查名词词义。look"外观";quality"质量"; cost"价格"； ease"休闲；舒适"。由前半句the feasibility"可利用率"可知，这里应关心咖 啡壶的使用便捷性。

    1. unexpectedly
    2. whereas
    3. nevertheless
    4. continuously

    答案 D

    本题考查的是上下文理解。本句前后为送礼人和收礼人的不同观 点，上文讨论过收礼人看中礼物的可利用性，而此处应为修饰动词favor,填副 词，故whereas 和nevertheless 均不符合。unexpectedly"出乎意料地"不符合 文义；continuously"一直，连续不断地"符合文义。