题目内容
Being afraid of being beaten, the little boy________ that he hadstolen the money.
- A.refused
- B.insisted
- C.admitted
- D.excused
名校课堂系列答案Cold weather has a great effect on how our minds and our bodies work. Maybe that is why there are so many expressions that use the word “cold”. For centuries, the body’s blood has been linked closely with the emotions. People who show no human emotions or feelings, for example, are said to be cold-blooded. Cold-blooded people act in merciless ways. They may do brutal things to others, and not by accident. For example, a newspaper says the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer. The killer murdered someone, not in self-defense. He seemed to kill for no reason, and with no emotion, as if taking someone’s life meant nothing.
Cold can affect other parts of the body, the feet, for example. Heavy socks can you’re your feet, if your feet are really cold. But there is an expression—to get cold feet—that 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. All the work of the organization will be your responsibility. You are likely to get cold feet about being the president when you understand the situation.
Cold can also affect your shoulder. You give someone the cold shoulder when you refuse to speak to them. You treat them in a distant and cold way. The expression 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, unemotional and shows no love or warmth. A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone.
Out in the cold is an expression often heard. It means not getting something that everybody else got. A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise, and that he was left out in the cold. And it is not a pleasant place to be.
71、The passage is intended to tell us that ______ .
| A．cold weather has a great effect on human bodies |
| B．many English expressions contain the word “cold” |
| C．cold is a word closely linked with human emotions |
| D．the word “cold” has many different meanings in English |
72、The underlined word “brutal” in Paragraph 1 most probably means “______”.
| A．impolite | B．illegal | C．cruel | D．extreme |
73、Which of the following expressions can best describe a person who is unwilling to offer anything to others?
| A．Cold-blooded. | B．To get cold feet. | C．A cold shoulder. | D．A cold fish. |
74、You can say Tom ______ if the teacher gives all the boys except him a pen as a prize.
| A．is given the cold shoulder |
| B．is left out in the cold |
| C．has got cold feet |
| D．is murdered by a cold-blooded killer |
75、We can draw a conclusion from the passage that ______ .
| A．all the expressions containing the word “cold” have a negative meaning |
| B．all the expressions containing the word “cold” have something to do with cold |
| C．people who show no human emotions or feelings have cold blood |
| D．many parts of the human body can be badly affected by cold |
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 killer．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, and all the work of the organizations 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, unemotional 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．
【小题1】There are _____ expressions related to cold that are mentioned in the passage．
| A．3 | B．4 | C．6 | D．7 |
| 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 |
| A．she is a cold-blooded killer |
| B．she gets cold feet |
| C．she is a cold fish |
| D．she is out in the cold |
| A．cold-blooded | B．cold shoulder | C．cold feet | D．cold-hearted |
| 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 |
Young people are definitely less courageous (勇敢的) than they were 30 years ago. Why is this? It’s because they are spoiled, and take for granted everything that they have or are given.
Thirty years ago, there wasn’t nearly as much blatant (公然的) disrespect for elders, peers, or other people in general. At that time, young people were taught that to get anything or get anywhere in life, they’d have to work for it and earn it.
If young people aren’t being taught the basics of respecting others, and aren’t being taught that they need to work to make a living, then where are they to learn courage?
Courage isn’t necessarily about risking your life, for whatever reason. It is about being able to face any kind of hardship, and to make decisions and face the consequences of those decisions.
Courage means being able to learn from hard times, and to take those lessons with you through life. It means having the resourcefulness (足智多谋) to find ways to deal with your problems yourself, and not being afraid to do so.
Too many young people now rely on parents, siblings, older relatives and others to get them through life. Too often they turn to these figures whenever they get into trouble, and expect to have their problems solved for them.
If we are to help our young people become more courageous, we should stop spoiling them, stop doing everything for them, and teach them the skills necessary to make basic life decisions on their own.
Once these basic principles are instilled (灌输) in our young people, I think we’ll find that they are more courageous than we could have dreamed, and more like the young people of thirty years ago than we had ever imagined.
It’s time to go back to older values and ideas, and to bring courage back into our young people and society.
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Theme |
1._____with young people 30 years ago, those are less courageous. |
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The behavior of young people today |
*They generally show 2._____for elders and other people. *They take for granted whatever they have or receive. *Many of them are too3._____ on their parents or other relatives to get them through life. |
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4.______ |
*They are not5._____ of the basics of respecting others. *They are not taught to work hard to 6.____ their dreams *They don’t have the 7.______ to make wise decisions and overcome difficulties independently. *They tend to expect others, such as their parents or siblings, to help them out when they are in8.____. |
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Tips |
*Never 9.____ them; only help them when necessary. *Teach them the skills they need to make basic life decisions by themselves. |
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Conclusion
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It’s time we went back to older values and ideas, and10.____ courage back into our young people and society. |
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1.The suggestion ________________ by the chairman was rejected at yesterday’s meeting.
2._____________ to sunlight for too much time will do harm to your skin.
3.Doing sports on a regular basis _____________ our health.
4.His car __________ constantly ___________, which makes him crazy especially when he is in a hurry.
5.In order to calm their child down, the mother _____________ the story where the father left off the night before.
6.______________ to live in the countryside, he has never thought of seeking fortune in the big cities.
7.He couldn’t ____________________ his experiment with so much noise going on outside the labs.
8.Being afraid of falling behind the times, he has always been keeping himself ____________ the latest development of technology.
9.The young man _________________ stealing three times since he left high school.
10.He demanded that a car _______________ to pick him up at the airport.