Question

【题目】

People use their mouths for many things. In the English language, there are many meanings using 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（抗议）and say “Do not bad mouth me.”

Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret because it hurts（伤害） person’s feelings, Or they tell the person something they didn’t mean to tell. The speaker might say, “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.” In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say. When this happens, the friend might say, “You took the words right out of 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】The underlined word “regret” in paragraph 2 means _________.

A. feel sorryB. feel excited

C. feel proudD. feel worried

【2】When your friend took the words right out of your mouth, you can say “_________”.

A. You are cleverB. I am very lucky

C. We have the same ideaD. I am very angry

【3】The passage mainly tells us _________.

A. English people say hurtful things more often

B. people use their mouths do to lots of things

C. the rich have different mouths from the poor

D. the word “mouth” has different meanings in English

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【解析】

这篇短文给我们讲述的是英语单词“mouth”。它有很多意思，用在不同的表达和情景中。作者给我们总结了一些这样的表达，并举例告诉我们这些表达的意思。

【1】词义猜测题。根据后面的句子because it hurts（伤害）person’s feelings, Or they tell the person something they didn’t mean to tell.可知，人们对朋友或家人说过的话伤害了别人的感情，因此会对自己说过的话感到后悔，答案选A。

【2】细节理解题。根据第三段中Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say.可知，有时候别人说的话正是你想说的，这个时候你就可以说“You took the words right out of my mouth!”，即你们有相同的想法。故选C。

【3】主旨大意题。这篇短文中作者告诉了我们一些跟“mouth”这个词有关的表达，并且给我们举了很多例子，让我们知道这些表达具体应该怎么用。故D mouth这个单词在英语中有很多意思，这个选项最符合文意，答案选D。