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2022初中英语学业水平调研英语试题

一、完形填空（15分）

Peoplegivegiftsinalmostallcountries.Giftsmarkfestivalsandotherimportantevents.Somegiftsareexpensive,ortheymaytakemonthstocreate.Othersareofless_1,suchasbirthdaycards.

Gift-givingisoftenaprocessofexchange.2youreceiveabirthdaygiftfromsomeone,thatpersonusuallyexpectsabirthdaygiftfromyou_3—.Insomecultures,therearecertainrulesaboutgiftexchange.InPakistan,forexample,thereisatraditioncalled“takinggiving”.It4_thisway:Yougivethenewly-marriedcoupleagift,andthey“repayyouwithagiftofhighervalue.Thenyougivethecouple_5—gift.Thisoneshouldbeworththedifferencebetweenthefirsttwogifts.Thegiftexchangecontinues,6_thesameway.

Inmanyancientcultures,peoplemadeofferingstotheirleaderstoshowtheirloyalty（忠诚）.TheNubiansinancientEgyptareagood_7—.TheybroughtgoldtotheEgyptiankings.Traditionslikethese8_todayinsomepartsoftheworld.InpartsofAfrica,forexample,

farmersmaygivegiftstothelocalleadersto_9—themforprotection.

Todaypresidents_10—bringgiftswhentheyvisitaforeignleader.Leadersbringgiftstomakerelationshipsbetween11—stronger,nottoemphasize（强调）thepowerofthegiftreceiver.

Giftscan_12—sendspecialmessages.Forexample,giftscantellpeoplethatwearethinkingofthemandthatwewantthemtofeel13—.Sometimesagiftmakesusrememberthegiver.Thegiftkeepsthe_14—ofaspecialpersonandaspecialrelationshipalive.

Thereisnodoubtaboutthegoodsideofgift-giving.Thatiswhysomepeopledont_15theideathatmoderngift-givingisverywasteful.Itisclearthatthereisanemotional

benefittopeoplewhoexchangegifts.Thatissurelyenoughofareasonforthetraditiontocontinue.

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