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People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many expressions about the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice.

For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say “Do not bad mouth me.”

Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts that people’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to. The speaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time”. If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth, In other words, he might feel afraid for saying the wrong thing.

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happens, the friend might say: “You took the words right out of my mouth!” Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person. He might say that experience “left a bad taste in my mouth”. Or the person has possibly had a very scary experience, like being chased by an angry dog. He might say, “ I had my heart in my mouth.”

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth”. This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from “hand to mouth”. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.

1.When a man says “I had my heart in my mouth”, usually he means he is ________.

A.scared B.excited C.surprised D.satisfied

2.Your best friend Tony said what you were going to say, you might say:“________”

A.You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth

B.You took the words right out of my mouth

C.You really left a bad taste in my mouth

D.You really put my foot in my mouth.

3.A person who lives from “hand to mouth” is very________.

A.happy B.healthy C.rich D.poor

4.According to the passage, ________ are not so nice.

A.some bad people’s mouths B.some people using the word “mouth”

C.some expressions about mouth D.some things people use their mouths to do

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There was a kingdom long, long ago. It was ruled by king who loved riddles. Once a year the king made a new riddle. He gave a prize to the person who could solve the riddle.

There was a baker who also lived in this kingdom. Everyone agreed that he baked the finest breads. The baker had almost everything he needed except for a horse. If the baker had a horse, he could sell his fine breads from one end of the kingdom to the other.

One year the king made a new riddle that puzzled everyone. "I will give a prize to the person

who can solve my riddle, " the king said. Whoever wins will have the pick of one of my strongest

horses." He then drew a line down the middle of the courtyard "Make this line shorter without erasing(清除) any part of it,” the king challenged.

People came from far and wide. They looked at the line and squinted at it. They even put their

noses to the ground and scratched their heads.

How can you make a line shorter without erasing any part of it?” the people in the crowd asked each other. Some of them tried. The dressmaker kicked dirt(泥土)over the line to hide it. The farmer poured water over the line to make it disappear. None of these efforts worked, and the people went home disappointed. Everyone was puzzled about how to solve this new riddle.

A week passed, and nobody had any new ideas. Then one day the baker came into the courtyard with a bag of flour(面粉).

Your Majesty, "the baker said to the king, I can make your line shorter without erasing any part of it. "Then the baker opened his bag of flour. He poured out a line of flour right next to the king’s line. The line the baker made was longer than the king’s line.

Now, good king, "the baker smiled, "your line is shorter.

The people were amazed. The king laughed and clapped his hands. "You have won the prize. I will give you a horse of your choice.

The baker was excited. Now he could sell his breads from one end of the kingdom to the other.

1.What was the baker's problem at the beginning of the story?

A.He couldn't make fine breads

B.He needed money to open more stores

C.He didn’t have enough flour to make more breads

D.He had difficulty selling breads all over the kingdom

2.The dressmaker and the farmer failed because they both__________.

A.tried to erase the line B.poured water over the line

C.kicked dirt over the line D.put their noses to the ground

3.The baker smiled because _______.

A.he was glad to see he king B.he wanted to make the king happy

C.he felt sure that he solved the riddle D.he sold a lot of breads to the villagers

4.This story shows that the king liked _______.

A.to be rich B.to train horses C.to eat breads D.to have fun

5.Who tells this story?

A.The king B.The farmer and the dressmaker

C.The baker D.Someone who is not a character in the story

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