Question

【題目】 People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions about the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice.

For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say “Do not bad mouth me.”

Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that people’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to. The speaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time”. If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth, In other words, he might feel afraid for saying the wrong thing.

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happens, the friend might say: “You took the words right out of my mouth!” Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person. He might say that experience “l(fā)eft a bad taste in my mouth”. Or the person has possibly had a very scary experience, like being chased by an angry dog. He might say, “ I had my heart in my mouth.”

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth”. This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from “hand to mouth”. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.

【1】When a man says “I had my heart in my mouth”, usually he means he is ________.

A.scaredB.excitedC.surprisedD.satisfied

【2】Your best friend Tony said what you were going to say, you might say:“________”

A.You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth

B.You took the words right out of my mouth

C.You really left a bad taste in my mouth

D.You really put my foot in my mouth.

【3】A person who lives from “hand to mouth” is very________.

A.happyB.healthyC.richD.poor

【4】According to the passage, ________ are not so nice.

A.some bad people’s mouthsB.some people using the word “mouth”

C.some expressions about mouthD.some things people use their mouths to do

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

本文講述了一些和mouth有關(guān)的習(xí)語。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)推理題，根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“Or the person has possibly had a very scary experience,...”意為“一個人很可能有一次非常害怕的經(jīng)歷。”結(jié)合選項，即害怕的。故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第一句“Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happens, the friend might say: “You took the words right out of my mouth!””意為“有時當(dāng)一個人說話時，他說的和他的朋友說的一樣。可知，有時候別人說的話正是你想說的，即你們有相同的想法�！惫蔬xB。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)最后一段“This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from “hand to mouth”. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.”意為：這個富人與“僅能糊口”的人正好相反。這個人很窮，只有足夠的錢買生活中最重要的東西，比如食物。由此可知，如果有人的生活是 from hand to mouth,那意思就是他生活得很貧窮，故選D。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)推理題。根據(jù)第一段“ there are many expressions about the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice.”意為“有很多關(guān)于‘嘴’這個詞的表達(dá)。但是他們中的一些并不那么好�！笨芍�，是關(guān)于嘴的一些表達(dá)，不是那么好。故選C