16.Americans use many expressions with the word dog.People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well.They take their dogs for walks,let them play outside and give them good food and medical care.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 life.
Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world.That means many people are competing for the same things,like good jobs.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 dog-tired.And,the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.
Still,people say every dog has its day.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.
Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways.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.But 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 also are 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.We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.
28.A person who lives an unhappy life can be described as"B".
A.becoming sick as a dog
B.leading a dog's life
C.living in a dog-eat-dog world
D.Working like a dog
29.The underlined word"mean in Paragraph 4most probably means"C".
A.wild
B.selfish
C.violent
D.Poor
30.What can we learn from the text?D
A.Everyone can be successful if he learns from the old.
B.It might be difficult for the young to learn new skills.
C.Junkyard dogs are careful in money arrangement.
D.Fierce persons aren't so awful as their appearance sometimes.
31.To support his idea,the author develops the text mainly byC.
A.listing reasons
B.using idioms
C.giving examples
D.Making comparisons.
分析 本文主要介紹美國人使用許多帶有狗字的英語習(xí)慣表達.
解答 28--31 BCDC
28.B 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段The expression,to lead a dog's life,describes a person who has an unhappy life.可知,表達方式-過著狗一般的生活,是描述一個過著不快樂的生活的人.故選B.
29.C 詞義猜測題,根據(jù)第四段But mean dogs are often used to guard this property.They bark or attack people who try to enter the property.可知,這種狗經(jīng)常被用來保護這種"財產(chǎn)".它們大聲喊叫或攻擊進入"財產(chǎn)"的人.即:猛烈的狗.故選C.
30.D 細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)第四段However,sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad.可知,然而,有時看起來兇猛、有危險性的人實際上并不那么糟糕.故選D.
31.C 考查文章寫作特色題.綜合全文,可知作者每講述一種帶狗字的表達方式長加以例子來解釋.故選C.
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