There are some stories behind English words．

　　You've spent a lot of time studying how to use English in a proper way．But have you ever wondered why English speakers say some of the things they say?For example, why do they say“an easy task”is“a piece of cake”?Why do the two letters“OK”means“all right”?

　　Many English words and phrases have stories behind them．Sometimes these stories can help us look back into old western history．Let's take a look at a few of the original * common English words and phrases：

　　OK

　　“OK”was an American who lived in the 19th century．His name was“Old Kinderhook”．In one year he was trying to take the place of the leader of his town．His supporters went around the town shouting“OK\OK\”The supporters thought their future leader was“all right”．The expression caught on, and now if something is“all right”, people like to say“OK|”

　　Is your boss nice to you?If not, just be glad you weren't living in the old times．Back to that time, bosses could do anything bad to their men and could even beat* them!That explains why the word“boss”comes from an old German word meaning“to beat”．

　　A famous American writer named Ogden Nash lived in the 1930s．Many readers enjoyed his poems and wrote them down in their notebooks．In one of his poems, Nash wrote,“Her picture's in the papers now, and life's a piece of cake．”His readers found these words interesting and quickly wrote them down．They thought that if one picture in a newspaper could make you famous, wouldn't life be easy?

　　For nearly 70 years,“a piece of cake”has meant any task or activity that is easy．

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　　Jane was born in a worker’s family．But she always 　　1　　 her friends her father is very rich．They 　　2　　 her well, and nobody says anything about it．

　　Last month, Miss Green, one of her friends, 　　3　　 Jane to her birthday party．The girl went there with some 　　4　　．She got on a bus, but there were a lot of people in it．She couldn’t find any seats．A young man saw this and 　　5　　 said, “Take my seat, please．” Jane 　　6　　 him and sat down．

　　To her surprise, she saw him again at the party．She was very 　　7　　 and went to say hello to him．They began to dance．The young man 　　8　　 a piece of music and liked it very much．He told the girl he was a piano teacher．“I 　　9　　 a piano ten years ago,” said Jane．“You must play it well, I think．”“　　10　　, I can’t．I can’t get the lid open．” answered the girl．

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阅读短文，然后根据其内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案。

　　While Tom and Mary were on holiday－at the seaside, they enjoyed 　　1　　 the seagulls．They 　　2　　a lot about these lovely birds．

　　They will often come close to you on the beach(海滩)when you are eating something．If you 　　3　　 a piece of bread to them they soon snatched(抓住)it away．

　　Seagulls swim well, but they do not often dive for fish．They are also good at flying 　　4　　 their large wings．When a seagull is flying, he puts his legs 　　5　　 his body．

　　Tom often watched them 　　6　　 close to the ground because he liked the way they 　　7　　 the air with their wings and brought down their feet before they 　　8　　 the ground．

　　Mary liked to see them gliding(滑翔)over the 　　9　　 as they often do, without their 　　10　　 moving, but she said she didn't like the noise they make．

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