Question

【題目】For centuries, the body’s blood has been linked closely with the emotions. People who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killer. For example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer. He seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someone’s life as nothing.

Cold can affect other parts of the body. The expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feet. The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do. For example, you agree to be president of an organization. But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibility. You are likely to get cold feet about being president 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 is a person.But it is a person who is unfriendly, 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. Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy.Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers.

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】When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by “____”.

A.I think he is a cold fish

B.I give him the cold shoulder

C.I think he is a cold-blooded man

D.I’m likely to get cold feet

【2】If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say _________.

A. she is a cold fish B.she is out in the cold

C.she is a cold-blooded killer D.she gets cold feet

【3】We can use the expression “__________” to describe a man who abandons or hurts his lover without mercy.

A. cold feet B.cold shoulder

C.cold-hearted D.cold-blooded

【4】The topic of this passage is about _________.

A.some expressions about friendship

B.how cold weather comes into being

C.some expressions connected with cold

D.the relationship between cold and our body

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】C

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述與冷有關(guān)的表達(dá)的含義。例如：cold-blooded即無人類情感，get cold feet即害怕做你決定了的事，give someone the cold shoulder即背對(duì)某人不想與之交談……。

【1】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第一句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. “give someone the cold shoulder來自于背對(duì)某人這個(gè)身體動(dòng)作，即不想同他面對(duì)面交談，故選B

【2】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的倒數(shù)第二句Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted. Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy，cold fish可能是一個(gè)心很冷的人，即沒有同情心的人，對(duì)非洲挨餓孩子的照片無動(dòng)于衷就是沒有同情心，故選A

【3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers.心冷的人，沒有情感，傷了他們愛人的心，可知毫無仁慈地傷害愛人的人就是心冷的人，故選C

【4】C推理分析題。本文闡述了cold-blooded，get cold feet，give someone the cold shoulder，cold fish，cold-hearted，Out in the cold這些詞的含義，即本文主要就是介紹一些與冷有關(guān)的表達(dá)，故選C

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