Question

【題目】閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（≤3個(gè)單詞）或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

American English has its own idioms. Let’s say you buy something in a shop. And 【1】 you pay for it, you say: this cost 【2】 an arm and a leg! What do you really mean by 【3】 (say) so? Do you have to give them an arm and a leg? I hope not. Let’s listen to an American English conversation 【4】 (see) if we can find out what this means.

A: Did you buy that new computer?

B: Yeah, I did. But I 【5】 (buy) it.

A: Why do you say so? Is there anything wrong with it?

B: Not exactly, but , as a matter of fact, it cost the way more than I 【6】 (expect) it to be.

A: 【7】 did you pay for it?

B: Let me just tell you it cost an arm and a leg.

When you say in American English that something costs an arm and a leg, it actually means that 【8】 price is very, very high, much 【9】 (high)than we can expect. If you use this idiom in the United States, everyone will understand you. But this is a(n) 【10】 phrase, so don’t use it in a formal business setting.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】when/after

【2】me

【3】saying

【4】to see

【5】shouldn’t have bought

【6】had expected

【7】How much

【8】the/its

【9】higher

【10】informal

【解析】

試題分析：通過一個(gè)故事和對話告訴了我們一個(gè)英語習(xí)語的用法。

【1】when/after.考查連詞。句意：當(dāng)你付款時(shí)∕后，你說……。根據(jù)語境填when/after.

【2】me.考查代詞。句中cost是動詞，后加賓語要用賓格形式，故填me.

【3】saying.考查動詞。句意：這樣說的真正意思是什么？句中有介詞by，后面用動詞的-ing形式，故填saying.

【4】to see.考查不定式。句意：讓我們聽一段美國人的英語對話來看看我們能否找到它的真正意思。此處是不定式表目的，故填to see.

【5】shouldn’t have bought.考查情態(tài)動詞。shouldn’t have+過去分詞，表示“本不該”，此處表示本不該買新電腦，但實(shí)際上買了。故填shouldn’t have bought.

【6】had expected.考查時(shí)態(tài)。句意：事實(shí)上比我原預(yù)想的花錢多。cost是過去時(shí)，expect的動作發(fā)生的比cost早用過去完成時(shí)，故填had expected.

【7】How much.考查疑問詞。此處問買電腦花了多少錢，How much“多少錢”，故填How much.

【8】the/its.考查冠詞或代詞。事實(shí)上指它的價(jià)格非常高。the price表特指，its price“它的價(jià)格”，故填the/its.

【9】higher.考查形容詞。句中有than并且有程度副詞much修飾用比較級，表示“高得多”，故填higher.

【10】informal.考查形容詞。句意：但是這是一個(gè)非正式的短語，所以在正式的商業(yè)環(huán)境不要用。與formal對應(yīng)，故填informal.