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【题目】①Cold 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”.

②For example, people who show no human emotions or feelings are thought to be cold-blooded. Cold can influence other parts of the body. But 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 a CEO of company. But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned(辞职), and all the work of the company will be your responsibility. You are likely to get cold feet about being CEO when you understand the situation.

③The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back towards someone, instead of speaking to him face to face. You may give the 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.

④“A cold fish” is not a fish. It is a person. But it is a person who shows no love or warmth to others. A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone. Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted. He or she will never feel sorry for those in bad situation.

⑤“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.

【1】If you get cold feet, this means that .

A. you feel brave to do something B. you feel too afraid and nervous to do something

C. you feel too cold to do something D. you feel very angry about doing something

【2】Henry got the cold shoulder when he invited Mary for dinner, that means .

A. Henry was treated politely when he asked Mary to have dinner together.

B. Henry was afraid to invite Mary to have dinner with him.

C. Mary didn’t care about Henry’s invitation and didn’t plan to have dinner with him

D. Mary behaved kindly and went to have dinner with Henry happily.

【3】What’s the passage mainly about?

A. Opinions about cold weather B. Expressions connected with “cold”

C. Relation between cold and body. D. Examples of people who have a cold.

【4】Which of the following shows the structure of the passages? (P=paragraph)

A. B. C. D.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 B

【2】 C

【3】 B

【4】 D

【解析】

文章主要介绍了一些含有 cold 的英语的意义，如cold-blooded，a cold fish，out in the cold等等．

【1】细节理解题。根据文章The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to可知，这个表达的意思是对已经决定好的事情，感到恐惧，故选B

【2】细节理解题。根据文章The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back towards someone, instead of speaking to him face to face.可知，这个表达的意思是用后背对着某人，而不是面对面，也就是说不想和某人待在一起，故选C

【3】主旨大意题。根据文章Maybe that is why there are so many expressions that use the word “cold”.可知，文章主要介绍了一些含有 cold 的英语的意义，如cold-blooded，a cold fish，out in the cold等等．故选B

【4】文章结构题。根据文章可知，本文是总分结构，第一段文章主要介绍了说有一些含有 cold 的英语的意义，第二-第五段分别介绍了cold-blooded，a cold fish，out in the cold等等短语的意思．故选D