Question

【题目】 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 about 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 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 people’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to. 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 afraid for saying the wrong thing.

Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happens, the friend might say: “You took the words right out of my mouth!” Sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasant experience with another person. He might say that experience “left a bad taste in my mouth”. Or the person has possibly had a very scary experience, like being chased by an angry dog. He might say, “ I had my heart 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.

【1】When a man says “I had my heart in my mouth”, usually he means he is ________.

A.scaredB.excitedC.surprisedD.satisfied

【2】Your best friend Tony said what you were going to say, you might say:“________”

A.You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth

B.You took the words right out of my mouth

C.You really left a bad taste in my mouth

D.You really put my foot in my mouth.

【3】A person who lives from “hand to mouth” is very________.

A.happyB.healthyC.richD.poor

【4】According to the passage, ________ are not so nice.

A.some bad people’s mouthsB.some people using the word “mouth”

C.some expressions about mouthD.some things people use their mouths to do

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

本文讲述了一些和mouth有关的习语。

【1】细节推理题，根据倒数第二段“Or the person has possibly had a very scary experience,...”意为“一个人很可能有一次非常害怕的经历。”结合选项，即害怕的。故选A。

【2】细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend was going to say. When this happens, the friend might say: “You took the words right out of my mouth!””意为“有时当一个人说话时，他说的和他的朋友说的一样。可知，有时候别人说的话正是你想说的，即你们有相同的想法。”故选B。

【3】细节推理题。根据最后一段“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.”意为：这个富人与“仅能糊口”的人正好相反。这个人很穷，只有足够的钱买生活中最重要的东西，比如食物。由此可知，如果有人的生活是 from hand to mouth,那意思就是他生活得很贫穷，故选D。

【4】细节推理题。根据第一段“ there are many expressions about the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice.”意为“有很多关于‘嘴’这个词的表达。但是他们中的一些并不那么好。”可知，是关于嘴的一些表达，不是那么好。故选C