题目内容
Everyone has his problems to worry about.Son: I try to be a good son, but no matter how hard I try, my parents never seem to be satisfied. They think I should eat healthier food, I should wear nicer clothes, and I should get better grades. And according to them, my hari should be shorter, my room should be neater(整洁), and my friends should be more polite when they come to visit. You know it isn’t easy to be a teenager.
Parents: We try to be good parents, but no matter how we try, our children never seem to be satisfied. They think we should wear more fashionable clothes, we should buy a faster car, and we should listen to more interesting music. And according to them, we should be more sympathetic(富有同情心的) when they talk about their problems, we should be more friendly when their friends come to visit, and we should be more understanding when they come late from a Saturday night date. You know it isn’t easy being parents.
根据材料内容,判断正(T)误(F)。
1. There are four people in the boy’s family.
2. The boy’s parents want him to have shorter hair and make his room cleaner.
3. According to the boy, it’s hard to have polite friends.
4. The parents try their best to be good.
5. According to the passage, children always want their parents to eat much healthier food.
略
The American expression “shoo-in” means someone or something that seems sure to win a race or competition.
Before a big football game, supporters of each are certain to argue about which side will win.
Sometimes, however, one team appears so much stronger than the others that everyone agrees it will win.. The stronger team is a shoo-in. There is no way that it can lose.
The expression “shoo-in” comes from horse racing. It comes from the world “shoo”. That is not the shoe we wear on our feet. It’s another word, S-H-O-O. To shoo is an expression hundreds of years old that means to force an animal to move in a desired direction.
Many years ago dishonest riders sometimes agreed secretly to control their horses so that one chosen horse would win the race. but one of the riders would hold back their horses. The chosen rider would shoo his horse ahead of the others, and win the race.
The other riders would secretly bet large amounts of money that the chosen horse would win. The public soon learned about such about such race. They began to call the winners of such a race a “shoo-in”
These days, people use shoo into describe any athlete or competition that seems certain to win, even without cheating.
American runner Edewin Moses won more than hundred races before he ran the hurdle race in the 1984 Olympic Games. Everyone said Moses was a shoo-in, and that he could not lost. And they were right. He won the gold medal.
阅读上面的短文,从每题所给的四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案
【小题1】One of the dishonest riders was sure to win the race because_______.
A.be used to be the best in riding |
B.the pubic had belief in him |
C.he could not control his horse easily |
D.the other riders had agreed to fail in the race |
“Shoo-in” is _________.
A.due to his honest in the races he ran in |
B.duo to his great effort(努力) shown in more than one hundred races |
C.that he won over 100 competitions before the 1984 Olympic Games |
D.that the old meaning of “shoo-in’ had changed |
A.“Shoo-in” came from the word “shoo”. |
B.The US runner Moses was worthy of (配得上 ) a shoo-in. |
C.The public did not know they were being cheated |
D.Some riders bet a lot of money on the chosen horse. |
A.used for anyone or anything that is certain to win a game |
B.used to admire( 钦佩 ) a person who seems to be sure to win a race |
C.A word used to describe a dishonest person |
D.used for any athlete or competitor that too clever to be cheated |
A.who Edewin Moses was |
B.Moses won a lot of races |
C.Moses was the best runners in America |
D.We can use “shoo-in” to describe an excellent runner. |