Question

From birth to death, the word kick has been given an important part in expressing human experience. The proud and happy mother feels the first signs of life kicking inside her body. And that same life------many years later------ comes to its end in a widely-used expression, to kick the bucket( 吊桶) .  The expression to kick the bucket is almost 200 years old.  One belief is that it started when an English stableman(馬夫) killed himself by hanging  while standing on a bucket. He put a rope around his neck and tied it to a beam(梁柱) in the ceiling, and then kicked the bucket away from under him.

Another old expression that comes from England is to kick over the traces. Traces were the chains（鏈子） that held at horse or mule to a wagon(貨運馬車)or plow. Sometimes, an animal refused to obey and kicked over the traces.

Kick around is an expression that is heard often in American English. A person who is kicked around is someone who is treated badly. Usually he is not really being kicked by somebody's foot. He is just not being treated with the respect that all of us want. A person who has kicked around for most of his life is someone who has spent his life moving from place to place. In this case, kicking around means moving often from one place to another. Kick around has another meaning when you use it with the word idea. When you kick around an idea, you are giving that idea some thought.

There is no physical action when you kick a person upstairs, although the pain can be as strong .You kick a person upstairs by removing him from an important job and giving him a job that sounds more important, but really is not.

Still another meaning of the word kick is to free oneself of a bad habit, such as smoking cigarettes. Health campaigns urge smokers to kick the habit.

1.It is clear that the author wants to help readers _____________.

A．know English has a long history

B．understand the development of English

C．enjoy the interest of English idioms（習語）

D．learn English expressions with Kick

2.What does the idiom "kick over the traces" in "All kids seem to want to kick over the traces and do what they like to" means ____________.     

A．disobey the commands                   B．obey the traditions

C． ride a horse or mule                    D．punish animals strictly

3.Mr. Smith always kicked his sons around with no excuse, in other words, his sons___________

A．expressed their ideas freely               B．were looked after well

C．moved their family often                  D．were treated badly

4.How many different kinds of meanings are talked about on;'kick around' in the text?

A．One.             B．Two.              C．Three.            D．Four.

5.Though Tom got raised to a better position by his boss, he had no power, we can say __________

A．the boss kicked Tom upstairs               B．Tom kicked the bucket

C．Tom kicked the bad habit                  D．Tom kicked around an idea

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：可知本文主要講述的就是英語中與kick有關的多個短語，以及這些短語的多種意思。

1.D 主旨大意題，根據文章第一段From birth to death, the word kick has been given an important part in expressing human experience.可知本文主要講述的就是英語中與kick有關的多個短語，故D項正確。

2.A 推理題。根據第二段最后一句Sometimes, an animal refused to obey and kicked over the traces.說明該詞是指不守規矩，故該句子是指A項的語義。

3.D 細節題。根據第三段第二句A person who is kicked around is someone who is treated badly說明該詞是指不公平對待某人，故D項正確。

4.C 細節題。根據第三段In this case, kicking around means moving often from one place to another. Kick around has another meaning when you use it with the word idea.

和 person who is kicked around is someone who is treated badly說明在該段中該短語有3種意思，故C正確。

5.A 推理題。根據文章倒數第二段.You kick a person upstairs by removing him from an important job and giving him a job that sounds more important, but really is not.

說明A項的內容與之相符。故A正確。

考點：考查文化類短文閱讀

點評：可知本文主要講述的就是英語中與kick有關的多個短語，本文細節題居多，答題時在文章找到對應的地方，用筆進行標記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細理解作者所講的意思，再結合選項，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案。