English idioms are interesting. 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 music (乐谱), 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 (生动的) and colorful.
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 in 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 US often did not know when or where their next meal was. 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 "living hand to mouth" to mean "living a poor life".
And don"t be angry if your English friend says this to you, "Break a leg in your game!" He is
wishing you good luck! Hundreds of years ago, people believed in sprites (小妖精). Sprites enjoyed
causing trouble. If the sprites heard you ask for something, they would make the opposite happen.
Tell someone to "break a leg" and the sprites would make something good happen.
Aren"t English idioms interesting? And break a leg in your next football match!
| Idioms | Original (原始的) meaning | Current (现时的) meaning | | 1. play it by ear | A. bad thing | a. He died | | 2. He bought the farm? | B. going into their mouth as soon as they
got something in their hand | b. not have plans for dinner | | 3. living hand to mouth | C. play music without using the sheet music | c. Wish you good luck! | | 4. Break a leg in your game! | D. When a soldier died, the government gave
his family enough money to buy a farm. | d. living a poor life |
| 1. C,b 2. D,a 3. B,d 4. A,c |
核心考点
试题【根据短文内容，完成表格中的内容配对。 English idioms are interesting. An idiom is a phrase that】；主要考察你对 教育文化类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 根据下面短文的内容判断下列句子的正误，正确的用“A”表示，错误 的用“B”表示。 | Computer technology has become an important part of people"s life. This technology has its own
special words. One well-known computer word is Google. It is the name of a popular "search
engine (引擎)" for the Internet. People use the search engine to find information about al- most any
subjcct on the Internet. The people who started the company named it Google because m math google
is a very large number—one hundred zeros follow the number one. When you "Google" a subject, you
can get a lot of information about it.
If you Google someone, you might find that person"s name on a blog. A blog is short for a Web log.
It is a personal web page. Some people write blogs to express their opinions and ideas over the Internet.
Some use them to share their lives with faraway friends or family. Others write blogs to help them deal
with sickness, money problems or to choose movies to see or books to read. Some people add information
to their blogs every day. People who have blogs are called bloggers.
( )1. Google and Blog are two kinds of popular search engines.
( )2. One can use Google to search the Internet for all information he wants.
( )3. People may use Google to share their opinions or ask others for help.
( )4. Bloggers ought to add information to their blogs every day.
( )5. From the passage we can infer (推断) that computer technology is changing people"s life. | | 完形填空。 | We see many animals, like rabbits, bees, dogs, birds, sheep but do you know 1 these
animals say things? First, let"s see a rabbit. When a rabbit sees something 2 , it runs away
at once. When it runs, its tail moves up and 3 . When others see this, they run 4 . Many
other animals use this kind of 5 . When a bee finds some food, it goes back to its home. It
cannot tell 6 bees where the food is by speaking 7 them, but it does a little dance in
the air. This may tell other bees 8 the food is. Some animals say things by making sounds
(声音) like a man 9 . A dog barks when a stranger (陌生人) comes near. Some birds can
make several (几种) 10 sounds, each with its own meaning. In a word, every animal has
its own language. | ( )1. A. why
( )2. A. bad
( )3. A. up
( )4. A. away
( )5. A. away
( )6. A. many
( )7. A. with
( )8. A. where
( )9. A. do
( )10. A. useful | B. when
B. dangerous
B. off
B. fast
B. moving
B. small
B. to
B. what
B. did
B. hard | C. how
C. exciting
C. on
C. too
C. language
C. all the
C. about
C. whose
C. does
C. exciting | D. where
D. interesting
D. down
D. back
D. running
D. the other
D. in
D. how
D. doing
D. different | | 阅读理解并根据短文内容回答问题。 | The Smallest Bird The little bird takes nectar (花蜜) from a flower. This sweet
liquid (液体) is food for the bird. It uses its long bill to get the nectar deep (深) in
the flower. The little bird is a hummingbird (蜂鸟). Hummingbirds are the smallest
birds in the world.
The hummingbird makes a nest (窝). The nest looks like a very small cup. Soon
there are two white eggs in the nest. The eggs are no bigger than peas (豌豆). Little
birds come out of the eggs. They are very hungry. Their parents bring them nectar.
They put their long bills down the necks of the babies to feed (喂) them nectar.
Their baby birds stay in the nest about three weeks. They leave the nest when they
are big and strong enough to fly. Soon they can build their own nests. They can get
their own nectar. They can feed their own very small babies.
1. What is the name of the smallest bird in the world?
________________________________________________________
2. What does the bird"s nest look like?
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3. Is the bird"s nest very big?
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4. How long do the baby birds stay in the nest?
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5. What does the underlined word "bill" mean (意思是) in Chinese?
_________________________________________________________ | | 阅读理解。 | The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking
in English as much as possible. Sometimes you"ll get your words mixed up and people will not
understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can"t understand them.
But if you keep your sense of humor(幽默感); you can always have a good laugh at your mistakes
you make. Don"t be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It"s better for people
to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don"t understand what you
are saying. The most important thing for learning English is: Don"t be afraid of making mistakes
because everyone makes mistakes. | | 1.The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is _______. | | [ ] | A. writing in it
B. using it
C. listening to it
D. learning its grammar | | 2. What should you do in learning English? | | [ ] | A. We should be careful not to make any mistakes.
B. We should write as quickly as we can.
C. We should speak English as much as we can.
D. We should laugh more often. | | 3. When people laugh at your mistakes, you should _______. | | [ ] | A. get angry
B. be happy
C. feel worried
D. be unhappy | | 4. When you make a mistake, you should _______. | | [ ] | A. keep quiet
B. get angry
C. be kind
D. keep your sense of humor | | 5. The story tells us that _______. | | [ ] | A. only foolish (愚蠢的) people make mistakes
B. few people make mistakes
C. people never make mistakes
D. there is no one who doesn"t make any mistakes | | 阅读理解。 | A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day. You may not pass an exam
if you don"t work hard for most time but just a few days before the exam.
If you are taking an English exam, do not only learn rules of grammar. Try to read stories
in English and speak English whenever you can.
Before you start the exam, read carefully over the question paper. Try to understand the
exact meaning of each question before you pick up your pen to write. When you have at last
finished your exam, read over your answers and correct the mistakes. | 根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F) 。
( )1. A good way to pass an exam is to have good luck.
( )2. Reading stories in English and speaking Eng- lish are helpful to English learning.
( )3. Before you start the exam, you should read carefully over the question paper.
( )4. Studying hard is the best way to pass your exam.
( )5. The title of this passage is "A good way to pass an exam". |
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