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Low-cost Gifts for Mother’s Day
Gift No. 1
Offer to be your mother’s health friend. Promise to be there for all doctor’s visits whether she has a disease or needs a regular medical check-up. Most mothers always say there is no need, but another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor’s visit. The best part? This one is free.
Gift No. 2
Help your mother organize all of her medical records which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what time she takes them. “Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mother’s life,” Dr. Marie Savard said.
Gift No. 3
Enough sleep is connected with general health conditions. “Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable pillows to encourage better sleep,” Savard said. “We know that good sleep is very important to our health.”
Gift No. 4
Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mother’s Day by picking gifts, 10 percent of whose price you pay goes to a charity (慈善机构). Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but inexpensive things — many of which are “green” — and then choose a meaningful charity from a list. When your mother gets the gift she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity.
1. What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor’s visits?
A. To take notes. B. To be with her.
C. To buy medicines. D. To give her gifts.
2. Where can you find an idea for gifts to improve your mother’s sleep?
A. In Gift No. 1. B. In Gift No. 2.
C. In Gift No. 3. D. In Gift No. 4.
3. Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to ______.
A. enjoy good sleep B. be well-organized
C. get extra support D. give other help
【答案】1. B 2. C 3. D
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇应用文。作者介绍了4则母亲节期间为母亲提供的礼物的广告。Gift No. I关注母亲的健康，作母亲的健康的朋友，陪母亲进行身体检查；Gift No. 2帮助母亲管理好医疗诊断记录，列一张药及喝药时间的清单；Gift No. 3充足的睡眠对健康很重要，给母亲买棉床单和舒适的枕头，让母亲睡眠更好；Gift No. 4给母亲买有创意的礼物，母亲节期间给母亲买礼物，价格的10%将捐助慈善机构。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据Gift No. 1中的“Promise to be there for any and all doctor’s visits whether a disease or a regular medical check-up.（不管是疾病检查还是定期的医疗检查，你都一定要陪母亲看医生。）可知，“Promise to be there”和选项B（Be with her）意思相近，故选B。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。由Gift No. 3中"Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable pillows to encourage better sleep（给母亲买棉床单和舒适的枕头，让母亲睡眠更好）可知，与本题题干关键词“improve your mother’s sleep”意思相符，其他选项不合题意，故选C。
【3题详解】
细节理解题。由Gift No. 4中的最后一句“When your mother gets the gift, she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity.”可知，当你母亲得到这件礼物的时候，她将被告知，她帮助了选定的慈善机构。也就是允许母亲给予其他人帮助。故选D。
