Question

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 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（后悔）because it hurts that person’s feelings．Or they tell the person something they were not supposed 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.“I really put my foot in my mouth this time” means _________．

A．I regretted I had done the thing

B．I really did this

C．I have never done this thing

D．I want to do this thing

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

A．You are clever  B．I am very lucky

C．We have the same idea D．I am very angry

3.If a person lives from hand to mouth, he must be very _________．

A．rich B．poor C．happy D．sad

4.The passage mainly tells us _________．

A．everyone in England has the same mouth

B．people use their mouths to eat, talk, shout and sing

C．rich persons’ mouths are quite different with the poor persons’

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

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：人们用嘴巴吃饭、说话、喊叫和歌唱。但是你知道有关mouth的短语吗？

1.A细节理解题。根据第三段文中 “Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret（后悔）because it hurts that person’s feelings．Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell．The speaker might say, “I really put my foot in my mouth this time．”可知做错事情的时候或说了不应该说的事情之后说这句话，故选A。

2.C细节理解题。根据短文第四段中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.B细节理解题。根据短文最后一段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.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B。

4.D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，故选D。

考点：教育类短文类阅读。