Question

People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, the word “mouth” has many meanings. 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 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 was 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 in 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.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1.You can say “________!” if you don’t want some people say bad things about you.

A. Down in the mouth            B. Don’t bad mouth me

C. From hand to mouth           D. Put foot in mouth

2.“I really put my foot in my mouth this time” means _________.

A. I really did this

B. I regretted I had done the thing

C. I want to do this thing

D. I have never done this thing

3.When your friend says,“You took the words right out of my mouth!”,you can say  “_____”.

A. I am very lucky    B. We have the same idea

C. I am very angry   D. You are clever

4. If a person lives from hand to mouth, he must be very ________.

A. poor         B. rich         C. happy          D. sad

5.The passage mainly tells us ________.

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

B. everyone in England has the same mouth

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

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

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：该短文给我们讲述的是英语单词mouth（嘴）。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.B细节理解题。根据第二段中if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest(抗议) and say “Do not bad mouth me.” 可知如果你说一个人的坏话，这个人可能会说“Do not bad mouth me.”抗议。所以选B。

2.B句意猜测题。根据短文第三段中Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret(后悔) because it hurts that person’s feelings. The speaker might say, “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.”可知，put my foot in my mouth这个短语的意思是对自己做过的事情感到后悔。故选B。

3.B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B。

4.A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，所以选A。

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考点：社会文化类阅读。