题目内容
________ he is well again, he can go on with his English study.
| A．Ever since | B．Now that | C．So that | D．As if |
B
解析
A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. "Last week," said he, "my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, 1 spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn't get it back."
"How did you write your advertisement?" asked one of the listeners, a merchant.
"Here it is," said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, "Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings on leaving it at No l0 Broad Street."
"Now," said the merchant, "I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance. Let us try your umbrella again, and if it fails, I will buy you a new one."
The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: "If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn't wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street. He is well-known."
This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colors that had been thrown in and his own was among them. Many of them had notes fastened to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.
【小题1】 This is a story about_______.
| A．how a man lost and found his umbrella |
| B．how to make an effective advertisement |
| C．how to find lost things |
| D．how to put an advertisement in the newspaper |
| A．he was rich enough to afford an umbrella | B．he was quite sure of his success |
| C．he was not sure he would get the umbrella back | D．he was ready to help others |
| A．the man got his umbrella back | B．the man wasted some money advertising |
| C．the man found his umbrella | D．someone found his umbrella |
| A．left the umbrella in the City Church | B．found the umbrella at No. I 0 Broad Street |
| C．gave the message to the man | D．left the umbrella at No. 10 Broad Street |
Though he is a(n) looking person, he is well received in his country.
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A．common |
B．ordinary |
C．normal |
D．usual |
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 using the word “mouth.”
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 person’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. 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 sad for saying the wrong thing.
Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. The other person might protest: “I did not say that. Do not put words 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.
Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment for saying bad things. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she might be described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off.
But enough of all this talk. I have been running my mouth long enough.
1.In what kind of situation will a person say “Do not bad mouth me.” ?
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A．When he feels down. |
B．When he feels regretful. |
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C．When he is spoken ill of. |
D．When he feels innocent. |
2.If a person feels sorry for what he has said, he might say “ .”
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A．Do not bad mouth me |
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B．I really put my foot in my mouth this time |
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C．Do not put words in my mouth |
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D．Stop mouthing off |
3.If a person lives from hand to mouth, it implies .
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A．he is badly – off |
B．he is hard – working |
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C．he is well – off |
D．he has enough to eat |
4.By saying, “I have been running my mouth long enough”, the speaker means “ ”.
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A．I have run a long way |
B．I have been a mouthy person |
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C．I have learned a lot |
D．I have talked too much |