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Everyone likes to receive gifts. In many countries people give gifts for special occasions. For example, in the United States people give  1  for birthdays, weddings, and when someone graduates from high school or college. In Japan many people give gifts at special times in the summer and  2 . And in some countries people give a person a gift when they visit the person's home. But how do you choose the  3  gift?      It's not always easy to find a great gift for everyone, especially when you are buying a gift for someone from another  4 . In many Western countries watches and  5  are nice gifts. However, Chinese people do not like clocks as gifts. The Chinese words that mean to give a clock are similar to the words for to die. So many Chinese people think that a clock as a gift is bad  6 .      Many people around the world think that flowers are always a safe gift. But even flowers can be  7 ! In Russia a gift of an odd number of flowers (1,3,5, etc. ) is okay. But a gift of an even number of flowers (2,4, 6, etc. ) is not okay. It's only for funerals! People in China do not like gifts of white flowers, because white is the color for funerals. And don't  8  red roses to a stranger from Germany. They may think you love them! Red roses mean love in several cultures!

(     )1. A. money       (     )2. A. person      (     )3. A. right       (     )4. A. country     (     )5. A. flowers     (     )6. A. luck        (     )7. A. a safe gift (     )8. A. receive     B. gifts    B. place    B. wrong    B. city     B. books    B. lucky    B. a problem B. accept   C. food       C. winter     C. shiny      C. village    C. clocks     C. unlucky    C. a good idea C. give

Answer 1

1-4     BCAA    5-8     CABC