7.閱讀下面的短文,并根據(jù)短文后的要求答題.(請注意問題后的詞數(shù)要求)
[1]Some expressions describe people who are important,or who at least think they are.One such expression is bigwig.
[2]In the seventeenth century,important men in Europe began to wear false hair,called wigs.As years passed,wigs began to get bigger.The size of a man's wig depended on how important he was. The more important he was-or thought he was一 .
Today,the expression bigwig is used to make fun of a person who feels important.People never tell someone he is a bigwig.They only use the expression behind his back.
[3]Big wheel is another way to describe an important person.A big wheel may be the head of a company,a political leader,a famous movie star.They are big wheels because they are powerful.What they do affects many people.Big wheels give the orders.Other people carry them out.As in many machines,a big wheel makes the little wheels turn.Big wheel became a popular expression after World WarⅡ.It probably comes from an expression used for many years by people who fix parts of cars and trucks.They said a person roiled a big wheel if he was important and had influence.
[4]The top of something is the highest part.So it is not surprising that top is part of another expression that describes an important person.The expression is top banana.A top banana is the leading person in a comedy show.The funniest comedian is called the top banana.The next is second banana.And so on.Why a banana?A comedy act in earlier days often included a part where one of the comedians would hit the others over the head with a soft object. The object was shaped like the yellow fruit:the banana.Top banana still is used mainly in show business.Yet the expression can also be used to describe the top person in any area.
76.What's the best title of the text?(no more than 7 words)
The expressions(words)to describe important people
77.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words.(no more than 6 words)
the bigger the wig he wore
78.How and when is"bigwig"used in a proper way nowadays?(no more than 20 words)
It is used behind one's back to make fun of someone who feels important.
79.Complete the following sentence with proper words from Paragraph 3.(no more than 3 words)
As a big wheel makes the little wheels turn in many machinex,powerful people give orders for others tocarry out.
80.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 into Chinese.在早期的喜劇中,常有這樣的場景:其中一名喜劇演員會用柔軟的物件敲打別的演員們的腦袋..
分析 本文講述了在英語中一些用來描述重要人物的短語如big wheels等.
解答 76.The expressions(words)to describe important people 主旨大意題.本文主要講述的就是在英語中一些用來描述重要人物的短語.
77.the bigger the wig he wore 推理題.根據(jù)前一句The size of a man's wig depended on how important he was.說明所佩戴的wig說明了這個人的重要程度,那么一個人越重要,他所佩戴的wig就越大.
78.It is used behind one's back to make fun of someone who feels important.細(xì)節(jié)題.就第二段最后兩句the expression bigwig is used to make fun of a person who feels important.People never tell someone he is a bigwig.They only use the expression behind his back.說明這個詞現(xiàn)在被用來取消那些自以為重要的人.
79.carry out 推理題.根據(jù)第三段第三行Big wheels give the orders.Other people carry them out.說明有權(quán)的人被稱為Big wheels,別人是執(zhí)行他的命令.故使用carry out執(zhí)行.
80.在早期的喜劇中,常有這樣的場景:其中一名喜劇演員會用柔軟的物件敲打別的演員們的腦袋.在翻譯這句話時,注意句子里where引導(dǎo)一個定語從句,修飾a part.另外,hit…over 意為打某人某個部位.
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