Question

【題目】 Cold weather has a great effect, on how our minds and our bodies work. Maybe that is why there are so many expressions that use the word "cold".

For example, People who show no human emotions or feelings, for example, are said to be cold-blooded. Cold can affect other parts of the body, But the expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feet. The expression means being afraid to do something you had decided to do. For example, you agree to be CEO of a company. But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned(辭職) and all the work of the company will be your responsibility. You are likely to get cold feet about being CEO when you understand the situation.

The expression "give someone the cold shoulder" probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face-to-face. You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you, or to someone who has lied about you to others.

"A cold fish" is not a fish. It if a person. But it is a person who is unemotional and shows no

love or warmth. A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone. Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted. He or she will never feel sorry for those in bad situation.

"Out in the cold" means not getting something that everybody else got. A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise--he was left out in the cold. And it is not a pleasant place to be.

【1】If you get cold feet, this means that _________.

A.you feel brave to do somethingB.you feel too nervous to do something

C.you feel too cold to do somethingD.you feel very angry about doing something

【2】Henry goes the cold shoulder when he asked to have a date with Mary, that means ________.

A.Henry was treated politely when he asked Mary to have a date.

B.Henry was afraid to invite Mary to have an appointment with him.

C.Mary didn’t care about Henry’s invitation and didn’t plan to date with him.

D.Mary behaved unfriendly because she didn’t like to talk with Henry face to face.

【3】What’s the passage mainly about?

A.Opinions about cold weather.B.Expressions connected with “cold”

C.Relation between cold and bodyD.Examples of people who have a cold

【4】What’s of the following shows the structure(結(jié)構(gòu))of the passage? (P=paragraph)

A.A.B.BC.CD.D

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】B

【解析】

短文大意：本文是語(yǔ)言類閱讀，介紹了四個(gè)和cold有關(guān)的日常表達(dá)。

【1】題意：如果你感到腳冷，這意味著你感到太緊張而不能做某事。考查詞句理解。根據(jù)the expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feet. The expression means being afraid to do something you had decided to do.可知是害怕做你已經(jīng)決定要做的事情，you feel too nervous to do something符合句意，故選B。

【2】題意：當(dāng)亨利提出要和瑪麗約會(huì)時(shí)，她對(duì)他很冷淡，這意味著 �？疾樵~句理解。instead of而不是；根據(jù)The expression "give someone the cold shoulder" probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face-to-face.可知“give someone The cold shoulder”這個(gè)表達(dá)可能來(lái)自對(duì)某人很冷淡，因?yàn)椴幌矚g和對(duì)方面對(duì)面地談話，Mary behaved unfriendly because she didn’t like to talk with Henry face to face.符合句意，故選D。

【3】題意：這篇文章主要講了什么?考查主旨理解。根據(jù)開頭Maybe that is why there are so many expressions that use the word "cold".結(jié)合文中和cold有關(guān)的舉例，可知介紹的是與cold有關(guān)的表達(dá)，Expressions connected with “cold”符合文意，故選B。

【4】題意：下面哪個(gè)選項(xiàng)顯示了這篇文章的結(jié)構(gòu)?考查篇章結(jié)構(gòu)。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容可知，第一段引出話題Maybe that is why there are so many expressions that use the word "cold".下面介紹了四個(gè)和cold有關(guān)的表達(dá)，是總分式結(jié)構(gòu)，四個(gè)舉例是并列關(guān)系，即P1統(tǒng)領(lǐng)P2-P4，故選B。