题目内容：

完形填空

A）请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入相应空白处的最佳选项。

Receiving money makes me uncomfortable.

People _____ many books about “the art of giving”. How about the art of receiving? Sometimes, it can be hard to receive a gift, _____ when you get a gift you don’t want.

“I remember at the age of about twelve years old, my parents _____ a purple purse for me,” laughs Guo Xiaojing. “It really _____me, to tell the truth, the purse was really ugly in my opinion! However, I pretended _____ it as I knew it would make my parents happy.”

Han Ling, the twenty-year-old girl agrees. “That _____ me of my grandparents. _____ years ago, my grandparents gave me an orange sweater _____my birthday. _____ I visited them, I used to wear it. But I would _____ as soon as I left their house. Of course, this made me feel guilty. It was a very nice thought, but my taste is totally different from _____ . I think it’s difficult to buy clothes or other personal things for people.

_____ make things more difficult, some people _____ give money. However, in some cultures, people may feel uncomfortable _____ money. “When I get money from someone as a gift, I just feel they are being lazy,” says John Wilson from England. “We also have a saying: It’s the thought that counts. When someone gives me money, I don’t think they thought at all. I really like to receive a gift that has some thought behind it. I don’t mind if the gift is what I don’t need. I’m always happy that someone has thought about a gift for me.”

There are many very different thoughts on this subject from different people. So the art of receiving may be _____ difficult than the art of giving! What’s your opinion?

1.A. are written B. have written        C. have been written  D. been written

2.A. specially       B. especially        C. specifically      D. particular

3.A. get            B. brought          C. bought            D. gotten

4.A. embarrassed  B. was embarrassing  C. made embarrassed   D. was embarrassed

5.A. to like         B. liking           C. that I like        D. to liking

6.A. reminds       B. sounds like       C. comes              D. thinks

7.A. Few            B. Twenty          C. A little           D. Several

8.A. in              B. for              C. at                D. during

9.A. Each time       B. Everyday          C. After              D. By the time

10.A. take it off    B. take off it       C. put it down       D. put down it

11.A. them         B. their            C. theirs            D. theirs taste

12.A. To             B. So as to        C. So that           D. In order not to

13.A. feel like      B. prefer            C. like               D. prefer to

14.A. when receiving B. when giving     C. when they receiving D. when they giving

15.A. much          B. much more        C. very more        D. a little more