英语每日一练

　　Directions: 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 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 1 a gift that is impressive, expensive, and sentimental. We imagine the look of happiness and surprise on their faces and the warmth we feel 2 . But there’s something that the most sentimental-gift-givers tend not to think too much about: 3 the gift is practical in the first place.

　　4 , practicality seems like an enemy of great gift giving. Beautiful jewelry, lovely watches, perfect rugs, finely crafted kitchen hardware: These things 5 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 6 if givers gave them exactly what they requested 7 . 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 8 gifts from two perspectives: desirability (e.g. the cost of a coffee maker) and feasibility (e.g. the 9 of the coffee maker). Across several experiments, they find that givers consistently give gifts based on desirability and receivers 10 favor gifts based on feasibility .

　　1. A. opened

　　B. have opened

　　C. opening

　　D. to open

　　2. A. in return

　　B. in place

　　C. in turn

　　D. in person

　　3. A. How

　　B. Why

　　C. When

　　D. Whether

　　4. A. In many cases

　　B. In many ways

　　C. To sum up

　　D. To be sure

　　5. A. take up

　　B. make for

　　C. lead to

　　D. work out

　　6. A. surprised

　　B. happy

　　C. more surprised

　　D. happier

　　7. A. but for

　　B. as to

　　C. rather than

　　D. regardless of

　　8. A. measure

　　B. select

　　C. classify

　　D. decide

　　9. A. ease

　　B. cost

　　C. quality

　　D. look

　　10. A. continuously

　　B. nevertheless

　　C. whereas

　　D. unexpectedly

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正确答案

　　1.【答案】C

　　【考点】考查非谓语动词的辨析。

　　【解析】根据后半句：imagine the look of happiness and surprise on their faces可知此处要表达的是我们想象我们的朋友正打开礼物时的表情。因此选C项进行时，表示正

　　在发生的事符合原文。

　　【误项排除】A项opened,过去式，表示已经发生，B项have opened, 现在完成时，

　　从过去到持续现在的动作，并对现在产生的影响，D项to open, 不定式，表目的和将要做的事，该三项不符合原文语义。

　　2.【答案】A

　　【考点】考查与in搭配的词组辨析。

　　【解析】根据连词and可知，想象朋友在打开礼物里脸上开心和惊讶的表情，我们感受到朋友回赠的温暖情感，因此选A项in return：作为回报，符合原文。

　　【误项排除】B项in place：合适地，C项in turn：反之，D项in person：亲自，都与原文不符合。

　　3.【答案】D

　　【考点】考查关系词的用法。

　　【解析】根据句意：然而，最富有情感的礼物赠送者往往不会考虑一些事情：礼物首先是否实用。因此选D项“是否”符合原文。

　　【误项排除】A项how： 如何，B项why：为什么，C项when：什么时候，都不符合原文。

　　4.【答案】A

　　【考点】考查副词词组辨析。

　　【解析】根据后半句：实用性似乎是赠送礼物的敌人，可知3选A项in many cases：在很多情况下，符合原文。

　　【误项排除】B项in many ways：通过多种方式，C项to sum up：总而言之，D项to be sure确定，都不符合原文。

　　5.【答案】B

　　【考点】考察动词词组辨析。

　　【解析】根据前半句：Beautiful jewelry, lovely watches, perfect rugs, finely crafted kitchen hardware，可推知这些东西是很好的礼物，因此选B项make for组成，构成，符合原文。

　　【误项排除】A项take up：拿起，从事，C项lead to：导致，带来，D项work out:解决，弄明白，都不符合原文。

　　6.【答案】D

　　【考点】考察形容词词义辨析。

　　【解析】根据句意：赠送者赠送自己绞尽脑汁想让对方惊讶的礼物，所购买的礼物却是对方显然不想要的，而如果赠送对方真正想要的礼物，那么接收者肯定会更开心。因此选D项happier:更开心，符合原文。

　　【误项排除】A项surprised：惊讶的，B项happy：开心的，C项more surprised：更惊讶，都与原文不符合。

　　7.【答案】C

　　【考点】考察关联性词组辨析。

　　【解析】根据句意，此处表示的是选择所赠送的礼物时两种不同的情况，因此选C项 rather than：而不是，符合原文。

　　【误项排除】A项but for：要不是，B项as to：关于，D项regardless of：不管，不顾，都与原文不符合。

　　8.【答案】A

　　【考点】考察动词词义辨析。

　　【解析】根据前面的givers and receivers, 可推知选A项measure：衡量，符合原文。

　　【误项排除】B项select：选择，C项classify：分类，D项decide：决定，都与原文不符合。

　　9.【答案】A

　　【考点】考察名词词义辨析。

　　【解析】该句的是为了例证前面的feasibility(实用性)，因此选A项ease：舒适，符合原文。

　　【误项排除】B项cost：成本，C项quality：质量，D项look：外观，都与原文不符合。

　　10.【答案】A

　　【考点】考察副词词义辨析。

　　【解析】根据连词and并列时内容上的一致性，且该句的前半句的consistently,可知选A项continuously：持续地，始终，符合原文。

　　【误项排除】B项nevertheless：尽管，C项whereas：然而，D项unexpectedly：出乎意料，都与原文不符合。