The price has been　　　.Can you go and buy one?

A.gone up　　　　　　　　　　　　B.brought up

C.gone off　　　　　　　　　　　D.brought down

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　　Can you imagine what life would be like if there were not 　1　？You could not call 　2　 your friends on the phone and talk to them．If fire 　3　 out in your house you could not 　4　 the fire department．If somebody were 　5　，you could not call a 　6　．

　　In our daily life we need to communicate with 　7　．We do this 　8　 by speaking to other people and listening to 　9　 they have to say to us，and when we are 　10　 to them we can do this very 　11　．However，our 　12　 will not travel very far even when we 　13　，and it is thanks to the 　14　 of the telephone that we are 　15　 able to communicate with each other Cleary 　16　 we were in the 　17　 boat．

　　The man who 　18　 this possible was Alexander Graham．a(chǎn) Scotsman．born in Edin-burgh in 1847． Bell，a teacher of visible speech who later moved to Canada．　19　 all his spare time experimenting． 　20　 enthusiastic（熱情的）was he in his research for a means for sending speech by electricity that he left little time for his day-to-day work and at one time was almost penniless．

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The price has been　　　.Can you go and buy one?

1. A.
   gone up
2. B.
   brought up
3. C.
   gone off
4. D.
   brought down

　　Can you imagine what life would be like if there is no telephone? You could not call your friends 1 the phone and talk to them. If fire 2 out in your house, you could not 3 the fire department. If somebody were 4 , you could not call a doctor.

　　In our 5 life, we need to communicate with one another. We do this 6 by speaking to other people and listening to 7 they have to say to us, and as we are 8 to them we can do this very 9 . However, our voices will not travel very far even when we 10 . It is thanks to the 11 of the telephone that we are 12 able to communicate with each other 13 hold conversations when we are far 14 . We can hear each other clearly 15 we were in the same room.

　　The man who 16 this possible was Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman. Bell, a teacher of visible speech 17 later moved to Canada, 18 all his spare time experimenting. He was 19 active in his research for a means of sending speech by electricity that he left 20 time for his day-to-day work and at one time was almost penniless.

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Idioms are phrases and sentences that do not mean exactly what they say. Even if you know the meaning of each word you see or hear, you may not understand the idiom because you don't understand the culture behind it.
　　 For example, if an American boy asks his mother what's for dinner tomorrow, she may say "I'll play it by ear", that means she doesn't have plans for dinner and she will decide later. "Play by ear" used to mean playing music using the sheet music, but now people often use it when they're not talking about music.
　　 There're many idioms in English. If you learn to use them, your English will be more vivid and colorful. English idioms are more common in spoken English. They can be difficult to remember sometimes. Next time when you hear somebody saying to you, "Give me a hand", you don't necessarily stretch out your hand to him/her, but you do need to be helpful. And when the situation is out of hand, you usually can do very little to manage all that. What about a green hand? It's not about the color of your hand! You're a green hand when you are very new at your work and don't have much experience. If you and your partner always work together hand in glove, you two definitely work together very well.
　　 Can you guess the meanings of some common English idioms to do with parts of your body?
【小題1】An idiom is _______.