Question

【題目】Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself. But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings.

The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression, which can be 【1】 back to 500 years ago. The expression is used to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.

Being in “deep water” is almost the same as being in “hot water”. When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult 【2】. Imagine a person who cannot swim being thrown in water over his head. You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you do not have the ability to solve. The problem is too deep. You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks in complete 【3】 of the stock market.

"Water over the dam" is another expression about a past event. It is something that cannot be 【4】. The expression comes from the idea that water that has 【5】 a dam cannot be brought back again. When a friend is 【6】 by a mistake she has made, you might tell her to forget about it. You say it is water over the dam.

Another common expression, "to hold water," is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. It probably comes from the way of testing the 【7】 of a container. If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your 【8】 can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes. If it does not hold water, then it is weak and can not be 【9】.

"Throwing cold water" also is an expression that deals with an idea or 【10】. For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But you wife "throws cold water" on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】K

【3】H

【4】A

【5】G

【6】F

【7】B

【8】I

【9】J

【10】E

【解析】

本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，介紹了有關(guān)water的幾種表達(dá)。

【1】考查固定短語(yǔ)。句意：這是一個(gè)非常古老的表達(dá)，可以追溯到500年前。根據(jù)“It is a very old expression”可知此處表示“追溯到”，be traced back to是固定短語(yǔ)，表示“追溯到”，故填D。

【2】考查名詞。句意：“你在深水中”的意思是你處于一個(gè)困難的境地。作介詞in的賓語(yǔ)用名詞，根據(jù)“When you are in deep water”可知此處表示“位置、境地”，故填K。

【3】考查名詞。句意：例如，如果你在完全不了解股市的情況下投資股票，你可能會(huì)陷入困境。作介詞in的賓語(yǔ)用名詞，in ignorance of表示“不了解、不知道”，故填H。

【4】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：“木已成舟”是另一個(gè)關(guān)于過(guò)去事件的表達(dá)，意思是結(jié)果是無(wú)法改變的（既成事實(shí)）�？蘸笠痪湔f(shuō)這個(gè)表達(dá)來(lái)自于這樣一種觀點(diǎn)，即已經(jīng)溢出水壩的水不能再流回來(lái)了，因此此處表示“改變”， that指代先行詞something與change之間是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，用的是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，此處需要填過(guò)去分詞，故填A。

【5】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：這個(gè)表達(dá)來(lái)自于這樣一種觀點(diǎn)，即已經(jīng)溢出水壩的水不能再流回來(lái)了。此處缺少動(dòng)詞作謂語(yǔ)，根據(jù)“a dam cannot be brought back again”可知此處表示“溢出”，空前的“has”表明用的是現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，此處需要填過(guò)去分詞，故填G。

【6】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：當(dāng)一個(gè)朋友因?yàn)榉噶艘粋�(gè)錯(cuò)誤而感到不安時(shí)，你可以告訴她忘掉這件事。根據(jù)“by a mistake she has made”可知此處表示“使不安”，用的是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，此處需要填過(guò)去分詞，故填F。

【7】考查名詞。句意：它可能來(lái)自于檢查容器的狀況的方法。作動(dòng)詞test的賓語(yǔ)用名詞，空后一句說(shuō)如果它能裝水，它就是堅(jiān)固的，上面沒(méi)有洞，因此此處表示“狀況”，故填B。

【8】考查名詞。句意：如果你的論據(jù)站得住腳，它就是有力的，沒(méi)有任何漏洞。此處缺少名詞作主語(yǔ)，根據(jù)空前的“rguing about”可知此處表示“論據(jù)”，故填I。

【9】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：如果它站不住腳，那么它是無(wú)力的，就不能作為例證。根據(jù)“it is weak”可知此處表示“為……例證”，it與illustrate之間是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，用的是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，此處需要填過(guò)去分詞，故填J。

【10】考查名詞。句意：“潑冷水”也是處理一個(gè)想法或提議的表達(dá)方式。作動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)deal with的賓語(yǔ)用名詞，根據(jù)“idea”可知此處表示“提議”，故填E。