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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
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B. gifts
B. place
B. wrong
B. city
B. books
B. lucky
B. a problem
B. accept
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C. food
C. winter
C. shiny
C. village
C. clocks
C. unlucky
C. a good idea
C. give
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