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  3. The highest anxiety moment in the holiday season must be the moment just before your loved ones unwrap their gifts. The ribbon c

The highest anxiety moment in the holiday season must be the moment just before your loved ones unwrap their gifts. The ribbon c

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问题     The highest anxiety moment in the holiday season must be the moment just before your loved ones unwrap their gifts. The ribbon comes untied, the paper falls to the floor—what will their expression be?【C1】________ out the right gift can be very difficult, and we can easily make mistakes.
    Before【C2】________a gift, we all ask ourselves two questions: How much to spend and what to get.【C3】________ both questions are complex, the more complex one by far is what to get. We may not know the exact【C4】________ of the other person;【C5】________we know what kind of gift they would absolutely love, we might still not know the exact color, size, etc.【C6】________these risks, giving an ill-suited gift risks showing the other person exactly how little we really know them. And from there the path to a【C7】________relationship is short.
    The risk of giving the wrong thing is【C8】________gift givers often end up giving consumables such as wine and chocolate. After all, these are unlikely to be the "wrong" gift for anyone. But there’s a【C9】________: These safe gifts are not very "gifty" and are unlikely to strengthen our relationship with the recipient.【C10】________, when we give jewelry, art, or furniture, we take a risk that the other person will not like the【C11】________. But these risky gifts are more "gifty" and, if they are successful, will【C12】________their goal of strengthening the social【C13】________between the person giving the gift and the person【C14】________ it.
    So how much risk do most gift givers take? Not surprisingly, the majority of givers don’t risk giving more risky gifts. But were they right in playing it【C15】________? In short: They were not. A research showed that, in general, gift givers don’t【C16】________how much others will enjoy their gift.【C17】________, gift receivers preferred the riskier gift and wished that gift givers took more【C18】________.
    So perhaps this holiday season we should put an extra effort into gift giving. Let’s throw caution to the winds,【C19】________the wine, chocolates, and gift certificates and give real gifts. The biggest risk is being【C20】________.
【C10】
选项 A、By chance
B、In contrast
C、As usual
D、For instance
答案B
解析 上文提到保险的礼品not very “gifty”，本句接着说我们送珠宝、艺术品或家具这些典型的礼物时存在风险(we take a risk)，但下一句却说这些有风险的礼物却more “gifty”。从语义上看是对比关系，故选B项in contrast“相反地，相比之下”。A项By chance“偶然地”，上下文没有提到送礼存在风险是偶然的。上文提到常被作为礼物的是消费品，而珠宝、艺术品这些并非一般的消费品，故C项As usual“像往常一样”语义矛盾。D项For instance“例如”，下句并非上句的举例说明。
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