Question

【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

Americans use many expressions with the word “dog”. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. __【1】__ However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dog's life, describes a person who has an unhappy existence.

Some people say we live in a dogeatdog world. __【2】__ They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dogtired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.

_【3】__ This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.

_【4】___ People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. Mean dogs are often used to guard this property. They bark or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite.

Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. _【5】__

A．Still, people say every dog has its day.

B．We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.

C．Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways.

D．Dogs are their best friends and they are loyal to people.

E．There are many other expressions waiting for you to explore.

F．That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs.

G．They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】F

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文為一篇說(shuō)明文。文章介紹了一些與dog 相關(guān)的俗語(yǔ)。

【1】G根據(jù)空格前一句內(nèi)容可知，美國(guó)人喜愛(ài)而且善待狗，故選G項(xiàng)，即舉例說(shuō)明美國(guó)人的待狗之道。此題易錯(cuò)選D項(xiàng)。狗的忠誠(chéng)與上下文毫無(wú)關(guān)系。

【2】F根據(jù)篇章結(jié)構(gòu)，每提出一個(gè)新的俗語(yǔ)，下文便有文字對(duì)前面的俗語(yǔ)進(jìn)行解釋。故此處選用作解釋的內(nèi)容最為合適。故選F項(xiàng)。

【3】A根據(jù)空格后：這意味著每個(gè)人一生中都有一個(gè)成功的時(shí)期。空格后的內(nèi)容正是對(duì)選項(xiàng)的解釋，故選A項(xiàng)。

【4】C根據(jù)空格后一句，那些不友好、不關(guān)心他人的人通常被描述成meaner than a junkyard dog可知，本段應(yīng)該是用dog 的短語(yǔ)來(lái)比喻不好的人。故選C項(xiàng)。

【5】B根據(jù)空格前提到的rain 可知，只有B項(xiàng)與此有關(guān)。B．We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.我們不想讓它下傾盆大雨。