填空题

Just like Chinese, Westerners give gifts on many occasions, such as, on birthdays of family members, at weddings, at Christmas and some other holidays, when someone (36) an honor or gets a promotion, and on a (37) visit to a good friend, etc. Although gifts are always welcome, it is not necessary to exchange gifts at any time. Generally speaking, Westerners exchange gifts only among good friends. Therefore, it is (38) to give gifts to casual (39) Even if you are good friends, if you give them too many gifts, they will feel (40) too, because they don’t know how to reciprocate (报答).
Usually when you are invited to dinner, it is (41) unnecessary, to bring a gift except on special occasions, for example, when you are going to be an overnight or weekend guest. If you wish to bring something, in most cases, the gifts should always be small, simple and (42) You might bring some small toys, or some (43) for the children, or a book, some flowers, a bottle of wine, etc. for the host or hostess. (44) . If you want to make your gifts special, you can bring some typical Chinese goods, such as, Chinese tea, Chinese bookmarks, Chinese paper-cuts, Chinese paintings, or other things like that, or you can even cook a Chinese dish and bring it with you.
Westerners prefer to open a gift at once and admire it. (45) . Westerners value homemade things. (46) . They are trying to tell you that you are skillful and talented enough to make it.