Question

Have you ever considered all the English expressions that include words about clothes? Let’s see if I can name a few proverbs “off the cuff” since I haven’t prepared for it.

English expressions with “pants”

People wear pants to cover the lower part of their bodies. We sometimes say that people who are restless or nervous have “ants in their pants.” They might also “fly by the seat of their pants” -- they use their natural sense to do something instead of their learned knowledge. Sometimes, people may “get caught with their pants down” -- they are found doing something they should not be doing. And, in every family, one person takes control. Sometimes a wife tells her husband what to do. Then we say “she wears the pants in the family.”

When people want to say something about money

Pants usually have pockets to hold things. Money that is likely to be spent quickly can “burn a hole in your pocket.” Sometimes you need a belt to hold up your pants. If you have less money than usual, you may have to “tighten your belt” -- you may have to live on less money and spend your money carefully. But once you have succeeded in budgeting your money, you will have that skill “under your belt.”     I always praise people who can save their money and not spend too much. I really “take my hat off to them.” Yet, when it comes to my own money, I spend it “at the drop of a hat” -- immediately, without waiting. And sadly, you cannot “pull money out of a hat” -- you cannot get money by inventing or imagining it.

English expressions with “shoes”

Boots are a heavy or strong kind of shoes. People who are “too big for their boots” think they are more important than they really are. I dislike such people. I really do. You can bet your boots on that!     Yet, truly important people are hard to replace. Rarely can you “fill their shoes” -- or replace them with someone equally effective.

English expressions with “shirt”

My father is an important person. He runs a big company. He wears a suit and tie and a shirt with sleeves that cover his arms. Some people who do not know him well think he is too firm and severe. They think he is a real “stuffed shirt.” But I know that my father “wears his heart on his sleeve” -- he shows his feelings openly. And, he knows how to “keep his shirt on” -- he stays calm and never gets angry or too excited.

1.. What is this passage mainly about? 

A. How to say English correctly and properly.

B. Why English expressions include words about clothes.

C. Which words can be used to describe my father.

D. What people mean when they use some proverbs.

2.. Which of the following proverbs are not related to money?

A. tighten one’s belt                            B. burn a hole in one’s pocket

C. get caught with their pants down             D. take one’s hat off to them

3.. Tim often considers himself the most important person in the world, which is far from the truth. We may say __________.

A. he is “too big for their boots”.                           B. he “bet his boots on that”.

C. he “fill their shoes”.                                             D. he “wears his heart on his sleeve”.

4. If you want to praise somebody for his calmness when facing danger, you may say__________.

A. “You really fill your shoes.”                      

B. “Awesome! You wear your heart on your sleeve!”

C. “Amazing! How can you keep your shirt on at that time!”  

D. “Cool! You are truly a stuffed shirt”.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了日常生活中的一些小諺語，這些諺語中都用了一些衣服的詞語，比如說褲子，我們說休息很少的人或者是非常焦慮的人叫著ants in their pants.褲子上的螞蟻。當我們的錢少的時候，我們會說tighten your belt, 要扎緊你的腰帶，下文也提到了用shoes和shirts作的諺語等等。

1.D文章大意題。Have you ever considered all the English expressions that include words about clothes? Let’s see if I can name a few proverbs “off the cuff” since I haven’t prepared for it.你有沒有考慮過包含“衣服”單詞的習慣用語嗎，下文分別舉例說明了含有pants, belts, shoes, shirts英語單詞的用語所表達的含義，故答案應為D。A如何正確地合適地使用英語，B為什么英語習慣用語里面含有衣服的詞語。C哪些話用來描述我的父親。均不符合題意。

2.C細節理解題。Money that is likely to be spent quickly can “burn a hole in your pocket.”大意為：花得太快的錢就意為“口袋里燒了一個洞”； If you have less money than usual, you may have to “tighten your belt” 大意為：如果你的錢比平常要少的多了，你就不得不“扎緊你的腰帶”I always praise people who can save their money and not spend too much. I really “take my hat off to them.”大意為我總是贊揚那些很會節省錢，不花那么多錢的人，我真是脫下帽子向他們（致敬），所以答案應為C。

3.A細節理解題。People who are “too big for their boots” think they are more important than they really are.凡是“boo big for their boots”的人總是認為，他們要重要得多比實際情況。這里是指總認為自己很重要，而事實并非如此。故答案應為A。

4.C細節理解題。he shows his feelings openly. And, he knows how to “keep his shirt on” -- he stays calm and never gets angry or too excited. 他顯示出他的感受是（向外）展示的，他知道怎么樣去“keep his shirt on”(把襯衫穿在身上)，他總是很平靜，從來不會生氣或者是太激動。   

【考點】考查日常生活類文章的閱讀理解。