【題目】 In China, when you refused someone, he or she might say he or she eats a bowl of door-closing thick soup. In Chinese, it is called“吃閉門羹” What is the story behind this saying?

It is said that during the Tang Dynasty, there lived a beautiful woman named Shi Feng. Many young men wanted to marry her. But Shi was hard to impress. She asked her admirers (追求者)to write poems and show them to her. She did this to see how talented they were.

If Shi liked someone's poems, she would agree to meet him. If she didn' t, she wouldn't meet him. But then, to be polite, she would at least give him a bowl of "geng "to eat. Geng" is a type of thick soup. It is usually made with grain, fruit and vegetables.

As time passed, "eating a bowl of thick soup "came to mean "being refused". The dish was also nicknamed" door-closing thick soup", since Shi would not open her door for the people who received the dish.

But there is a twist(轉(zhuǎn)折)to this story. "Door-closing thick soup" was said to be so tasty that people started coming to Shi's door--not to marry her, but to have a taste of the soup!

【1】Shi would agree to meet men who were .

A.honestB.good-lookingC.richD.talented

【2】The underlined word "this" refers to .

A.asking her admirers to read poems

B.asking her admirers to write poems

C.asking her admirers to eat a bowl of"geng

D.helping her admirers to write poems happily

【3】Shi's admirers would get a bowl of"geng"to eat if .

A.Shi liked their poemsB.Shi refused them

C.they were polite enoughD.they wanted to marry Shi

【4】"Having door-closing thick soup" is used to describe a situation in which someone .

A.cannot open a doorB.wants to get married

C.is refused by othersD.wants to drink soup

【5】The story is mainly about .

A.an ancient beauty named Shi Feng

B.how to make "door-closing thick soup

C.how ancient people refused others

D.the story behind the saying“吃閉門羹”

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

在中國，如果你被拒絕了，你常說“吃了一個閉門羹”，那么為什么這么說呢？這篇短文給我們介紹了“閉門羹”這個說法的由來。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段和第三段She did this to see how talented they were.

If Shi liked someone's poems, she would agree to meet him.可知，史鳳讓每個來向她求婚的人都寫詩，看看他們是否有才華。如果她喜歡某個人的詩，才會同意見他。由此可知應(yīng)選D。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)語境She asked her admirers (追求者)to write poems and show them to her. She did this to see how talented they were.可知，“她這樣做”指的是上句話中說的她讓追求者寫詩給她看。故應(yīng)選B。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段If she didn' t, she wouldn't meet him. But then, to be polite, she would at least give him a bowl of "geng "to eat.可知，如果史鳳不喜歡這個人的詩，她就會給他一碗羹，其實就拒絕他的意思，由此可知應(yīng)選B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文意尤其是短文的開頭In China, when you refused someone, he or she might say he or she eats a bowl of door-closing thick soup.可知，如果你拒絕了某個人，他/她就會說他/她吃了一碗閉門羹。所以這個詞使用的語境應(yīng)該是當(dāng)你被拒絕的時候，故應(yīng)選C。

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文意以及短文第一段最后一句話What is the story behind this saying?可知，這篇短文給我們講述了“吃閉門羹”這個說法的由來。故應(yīng)選D。

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