[单项选择]There are occasions when giving a gift ______ spoken communication, since the message it offers can cut through barriers of language and cultural diversity.
A. overtakes
B. nourishes
C. surpasses
D. enforces

[单项选择]There are occasions when giving a gift ______ spoken communication, since the message it offers can cut through barriers of language and cultural diversity.
A. overtakes
B. nourishes
C. surpasses
D. enforces

[单项选择]GIVING MEMORABLE GIFTS You give business gifts for specific business reasons: to thank a customer for their past business; to cement the relationship; and to encourage their continued business. (0) . To give gifts that are well received and memorable, and avoid giving gifts that offend, here is what you need to know. Does your company have a policy on corporate gifts What is the policy Do the gifts get charged to your budget or to an overhead account What is the budget for these items Is anyone else in your company sending gifts to customers who are on your list If so, your gifts should complement each other. (8). Find out whether anyone in your organization is sending gifts to peers of your customer. Coordinate to make sure that neither gift makes the other appear inappropriate. Does the recipient’’s company set limits on the number or value of gifts their employees can accept (9). Some specify a dollar. Others prohibit them altogether. Find out what that policy is and

[单项选择]I was on the verge of giving up when I noticed a piece of paper lying on the table by the telephone.（）
A. 就在我差点儿要放弃的时候，我发现电话旁边的桌子上有一张纸条。
B. 当我发现电话旁边的桌子上有一张纸条的时候，我差点儿就放弃了。
C. 当我躺在电话旁边的桌子旁时，我发现了一张纸。我一看内容，差点儿就晕了。
D. 就在我犹豫不决时，我发现电话旁边的桌子上有一张纸。

[单项选择]Most gift giving shows nothing more than the spirit of love and friendship. But it is possible to form some differences (49) the kinds of things bought and the people who buy (50) .
Expensive gifts. Naturally, some gifts will be (51) than others. But some people give higher priced gifts than (52) for the situation. Someone (53) gives an expensive gift often feels that (54) should receive more praise than if he had given a less expensive (55) . Therefore he is giving (56) a gift: status.
Homemade gifts. (57) something (58) has become the exception in many countries today. If you receive a home-made (59) ., you are lucky. It may not be made (60) , but it will show a certain quality of love.
Books. Most people who give books (61) gifts either like reading or would like everyone to think they (62) . A good way to know this is to (63) out whether or not the giver bought the b