Passage 2
Finally, the Christmas season is over. We can take a long breath, put up our feet, sip from a cup of good tea and relax. The frenzy, starting from Black Friday right after Thanksgiving until Christmas Eve, of gift shopping, buying, wrapping, giving, receiving, opening, returning... is exhaustive and time-consuming, but it takes place every year.
There is considerable difference between the cultures in China and western countries when it comes to gift giving. In China, it is not polite to open a gift in front of the gift giver, and gift is only looked at after the guest has left. Here in America, gift givers always wrap their gifts, large or small, priceless or valueless, carefully and decorate them with colorful ribbons and little pretty paper flowers; and the lucky receiver is expected to open the gift right away in front of the giver, with great eagerness and curiosity, and should always express appreciation with the all time truthful comment, 'this is just exactly what I wanted!' Well, as a matter of fact, most people would take their 'always wanted' gifts back to the store to exchange for something they really wanted.
Finding a gift for somebody, even a close family member, you'll have to know what the person likes and shop for days before you can locate the perfect gift. But, still the person may not like the gift from you. Nowadays, stores would provide two copies of the receipts for anything they sell as a gift, one of which is included in the gift package so that the receiver can come back for an exchange. I know, it was unthinkable to cash out gift you get, but, times are different. Another good way to avoid all that shopping hassle is to purchase a gift card from one of the stores and send it to your niece, nephews, or a family member, so that they can get whatever they want or even keep the money.
Finding a gift for somebody is a(n)______.
推理判断题。题干大意是：为某人挑选礼物是______。根据文章第一段第三句可知，为别人挑选礼物是件既费时又费力的活儿，并且很繁杂，因此B选项正确。
It is quite ______ for Chinese people to open the gift in front of the givers.
推理判断题。题干的大意是：对于中国人来说，在赠予者面前打开礼物是______。从文中第二段第二句话提供的信息可推断，中国人不经常在赠予者面前打开礼物。A项意为“通常的”；B项意为“正常的”；C项意为“反常的，变态的”；D项意为“不平常的，不常见的”。因此，D项最符合题意。
Gift giving is the same thing in China and America in that ______.
推理判断题。题干的大意是：在中国和美国赠送礼物在______方面是一样的。选项A“people spend a lot of time preparing a gift”和文中第一段第三句中的Time-consuming意思相近。另外，结合第三段第一句也可得出A项正确。
Which of the following is the author's suggestion?
事实细节题。题干的大意是：下面哪句话是作者的建议?从文中第三段最后一句话“…good way to avoid…is to purchase a gift, card…”可知，避免购物麻烦的另一个好方法是从商店购买一张购物卡，故答案为D。
The author's attitude towards gift giving is ______.
推理判断题。作者对于赠送礼物的态度是______。从文中第一段最后一句“but it takes place every year”可知，作者对于“赠送礼物”这种现象的态度是客观的。