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. 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（辭職）, 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, 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．
小題1:When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by “_____”．
A．I give him the cold shoulder
B．I think he is a cold-blooded man
C．I think he is a cold fish
D．I'm likely to get cold feet
小題2:If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say ______．
A．she is a cold-blooded killerB．she gets cold feet
C．she is a cold fishD．she is out in the cold
小題3:We can use the expression “_____" to describe a man who hurts his lover without mercy．
A．cold-bloodedB．cold-hearted C．cold feetD．cold shoulder
小題4:The topic of this passage is about _____．
A．the relationship between cold and our body
B．some expressions about friendship
C．some expressions connected with cold
D．how cold weather comes into being
  
小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:C

試題分析：文章介紹了cold這一詞的用法，它在各個詞組中有著不同含義，但大都表現(xiàn)了一些十分消極的情緒。
小題1:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段“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，可知不與人直接談話是give a cold shoulder，所以選A
小題2:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段A cold fish is not a fish．It is a person．But it is a person who is unfriendly, and shows no love or warmth，可知描述性格冷漠的人用a cold fish，所以選C
小題3:細節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy….without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers，可知描述傷害他人心的人用cold-hearted，所以選B
小題4:主旨大意題。文章主要介紹了一些和cold有關(guān)的短語，所以得知選擇C
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