题目内容
This is a list of the origins of some slang words or phrases that we all use regularly．These words are common in almost all English speaking nations．
Cool
Who hasn't used this word at least once in their life when speaking highly of something? This meaning of the word is relatively new in English，but not as new as you might think．The earliest record found so far is from 1884 in the phrase“Dat’s cool!”
Kick the Bucket
This means“to die”．Many people consider the term to have come from a guilty man standing on an upturned bucket which was then kicked out from under his feet leaving him to hang，but there is no written evidence that this is the case．In fact，it is more likely from a different type of bucket entirely．In butchery(肉食店)，when a pig was killed it would be hung from a pole．It is mostly likely that in his death throes(垂死挣扎)，the pig’s feet would bang against the rail(横杆)to which they were tied．Therefore，kicking the bucket was a term referring to the last actions of the pig before he finally died．
Bob’s Your Uncle
Bob’s your uncle generally means that something is simple or easy or a“job done”．It is most likely that this phrase came about as a result of nepotism(裙带关系)．In the late 1800s， Lord Salisbury(first name Robert)was prime-minister of Great Britain．After his third term he was succeeded by his nephew Arthur．Arthur had been made Chief Secretary of Ireland in 1886． Suspicions arose that Robert was favoring his nephew Arthur．The term“Bob’s your uncle”could be used at the time as a reference to this charge of nepotism．
36．What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．The most commonly used slang words in the world．
B．The origins of some most．commonly used slang words or phrases．
C．The origins of English words and phrases．
D．Common words and phrases in English speaking countries．
37．If you want to praise something，the slang words or phrase you may use is“ “．
A．Cool B．Kick the Bucket
C．To Die D．Bob’s Your Uncle
38．From the passage we can infer that the slang phrase“Kick the Bucket”――．
A．is the oldest in meaning among all the English slang words or phrases
B．has the same meaning as“Kick the Ball”
C．will be never used in the future
D．has something to do with pigs
39．The underlined word“succeeded’’in Paragraph 4 means“ “．
A．taken position of B．brought up C．killed D．driven away
40．You may read this passage in ．
A．a science fiction B．a cook book
C．an English vocabulary text D．an advertisement
Let children learn to judge their own. A child who learns to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time; if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Little by little, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s, in the same way, children learn to do all the other things without being taught—to walk, run, climb, ride a bicycle—compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not. If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time in doing such work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know.
1.According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is ___
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A．to listen to skilled people’s advice |
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B．to ask older people many questions |
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C．to make mistakes and have them corrected |
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D．to do what other people do |
2.According to the writer, teachers in school should ___
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A．allow children to learn from each other |
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B．point out children’s mistakes whenever they are found |
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C．correct children’s mistakes as possible as they can |
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D．give children more book knowledge |
3.Which of the following does the writer think teachers should not do?
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A．Give children correct answers |
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B．allow children to make mistakes |
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C．Point out children’s mistakes |
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D．Let children judge their own work |
4.The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ___.
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A．different from learning other skills |
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B．the same as learning other skills |
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C．more important than other skills |
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D．not really important skills |
It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry , but there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it：“Give my dog half a pound of meat.”Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently：“Take this to the butcher（* person whose job is selling meat）and he's going to give you your lunch today.”
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.
At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.
But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled . He said to himeself,“This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today？”
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it！
1.Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite .
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A．cruelly |
B．fairly |
C．kindly |
D．friendly |
2.It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it .
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A．might do it much harm |
B．could do it much good |
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C．would help the butcher |
D．was worth many pounds |
3.The butcher did not give any meat to the dog .
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A．before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith |
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B．when he found that the words on the paper were not clear |
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C．because he had sold out all the meat in his shop |
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D．until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith |
4.From its experience, the dog found that .
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A．only the paper with Mrs. Smith's words in it could bring it meat |
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B．the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it |
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C．Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher |
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D．a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat |
5.At the end of the story, you'll find that .
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A．the dog was clever enough to write on the paper |
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B．the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more |
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C．the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog |
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D．the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal |