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【題目】 An idiom is a phrase that we can’t understand from the meaning of each word. For example, if an American boy asks his mom what’s for dinner tomorrow, she may say “I’ll play it by ear”, that means she doesn't have plans for dinner and she will decide later.

“Play it by ear” used to mean playing music without using the sheet music(樂譜), but now people often use it when they’re not talking about music!

There are many idioms in English. If you learn to use them, your English will be much more vivid(生動(dòng)的)and colourful.

Have you ever heard the idiom “He bought the farm”? It means he died. Do you know how it became popular? It was first used during World War I. When a soldier died, the government gave his family enough money to buy a farm.

In the early 1930s, people in the U.S. often did not know when or where their next meal was coming from. So as soon as they got something in their hand that could be eaten, it would go into their mouth. That was how people began to use the idiom “l(fā)iving hand to mouth” to mean “l(fā)iving a poor life”.

And don’t be angry if your English friend says this to you, “Break a leg in your game!" In fact, he is wishing you good luck! Hundreds of years ago, people believed in sprites. Sprites enjoyed causing trouble. If the sprites heard you ask for something, they would make the opposite take place. Tell someone to “break a leg” and the sprites would make something good take place.

Aren’t English idioms interesting? And break a leg in your next football match!

【1】The idiom “play it by ear” means“________”

A.have no plans for dinner today.B.have no plans for dinner tomorrow.

C.play music with sheet music.D.have no plans and will decide what to do later.

【2】If someone is very poor, we can say he_________.

A.buys the farm.B.lives hand to mouth.

C.breaks a leg.D.plays it by ear

【3】We can infer(推斷)that in the early 1930s common American people________

A.loved buying farms.B.lived a hard life.

C.had meals at different places and times.D.liked eating from their hands.

【4】British people used to believe the sprites liked to________

A.make something good take place.B.break a leg.

C.make trouble.D.make bad things take place

【5】If your friend is having a basketball match, you can say all of the following excpt “_______”.

A.Bad luckB.Good luckC.Have funD.Enjoy the game

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

本文介紹了習(xí)語使英語更豐富多彩，如“I’ll play it by ear”的意思是看情況而定，“he bought the farm”的意思是他去世了，諸如此類的習(xí)語還有很多。

【1】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“if an American boy asks his mom what’s for dinner tomorrow, she may say “I’ll play it by ear”, that means she doesn't have plans for dinner and she will decide later如果一個(gè)美國男孩問他媽媽明天晚飯吃什么，她可能會(huì)說‘我隨機(jī)應(yīng)變’，那意味著她沒有晚餐的計(jì)劃，她稍后會(huì)決定的”可知play it by ear意味著沒有計(jì)劃，稍后會(huì)決定做什么，故選D。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第五段句意“在1930年早期，那時(shí)的美國人常常不知道他們的下一頓飯什么時(shí)候在哪里。所以只要他們手里拿著可以吃的東西，他們就會(huì)立刻送進(jìn)嘴里”以及“That was how people began to use the idiom “l(fā)iving hand to mouth” to mean “l(fā)iving a poor life”那就是人們開始用“手對(duì)口”來形容一個(gè)貧窮的生活”可知如果說一個(gè)人貧窮的話可以用 lives hand to mouth 來形容，故選B。

【3】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段“In the early 1930s, people in the U.S. often did not know when or where their next meal was coming from. So as soon as they got something in their hand that could be eaten, it would go into their mouth在1930年早期，那時(shí)的美國人常常不知道他們的下一頓飯什么時(shí)候在哪里。所以只要他們手里拿著可以吃的東西，他們就會(huì)立刻送進(jìn)嘴里”可以推斷那時(shí)的美國人民過著過著一個(gè)艱苦的生活，故選B。

【4】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第六段“Hundreds of years ago, people believed in sprites. Sprites enjoyed causing trouble. If the sprites heard you ask for something, they would make the opposite take place數(shù)百年前，人們相信精靈，精靈喜歡制造麻煩。如果精靈聽到你要什么，它們會(huì)做出相反的決定”可知人們過去相信精靈喜歡制造麻煩，故選C。

【5】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段“Aren’t English idioms interesting? And break a leg in your next football match英語習(xí)語難道不是有趣的嗎？在你的下一場足球比賽中祝你好運(yùn)”以及句意 “如果你的朋友有一個(gè)籃球比賽”可知你應(yīng)該祝他好運(yùn)或者玩得開心，BCD均符合題意，A項(xiàng)“Bad luck”意為壞的運(yùn)氣不符合題意，排除A項(xiàng)，故選A。