Question

【題目】

Every language has interesting words and phrases. Some are easy to understand, others are not obvious. It’s fun to learn where these phrases came from. Here are a few 【1】 phrases with interesting histories.

Know the ropes

When people “know the ropes,” they know how to do a job well. Similarly to “show someone the ropes” means to explain how something【2】 . These phrases likely come from the time of sailing ships. Men had to understand how to handle the ropes to 【3】 a ship. If a sailor didn’t “know the ropes,” he couldn’t sail the ship.

An arm and a leg

Anything that costs “an arm and a leg” is high-priced. You’d likely have to sacrifice to buy it. This phrase means the speaker would like to 【4】 an arm and a leg. He would do this in order to get or do something he really wants.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】E

【4】B

【解析】

每一種語(yǔ)言都有有趣的單詞或者短語(yǔ)。一些容易懂，一些則不是。學(xué)習(xí)這些短語(yǔ)的來(lái)源很有意思。本文介紹了一些普通短語(yǔ)的有意思的歷史。

【1】句意：這是一些有著有趣的歷史的普通短語(yǔ)。

此空是形容詞作定語(yǔ)修飾名詞phrases，備選詞匯中common為形容詞，意為“普通的”。故選C。

【2】句意：類(lèi)似的“向某人展示繩索”意思是解釋一件事怎么被完成的。

根據(jù)Similarly to可知know the ropes和show someone the ropes意思相似，know the ropes意為“知道怎么做好一個(gè)工作。”因此可推測(cè)show someone the ropes是“解釋一件事怎么被完成的”，從句主語(yǔ)something與謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞之間是被動(dòng)關(guān)系。故選A。

【3】句意：一個(gè)人想要操作一條船就不得不懂得如何控制繩索。

此處不定式作目的狀語(yǔ)，此空應(yīng)為動(dòng)詞原形。operate表示“操作；操控”。故選E。

【4】句意：這個(gè)短語(yǔ)意思是說(shuō)話者想要放棄他的一只胳膊和一條腿。

此空是謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，would like to do sth.表示“放棄做某事”。根據(jù)You’d likely have to sacrifice to buy it.“為了買(mǎi)它你很有可能不得不犧牲。”可知此處表示犧牲一只胳膊和一條腿，give up表示“放棄”。故選B。