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1、中考英語專項突破：閱讀理解精練(28) Idiomsarephrasesandsentencesthatdonotmeanexactlywhattheysay.Evenifyouknowthemeaningofeachwordyouseeorhear,youmaynotunderstandtheidiombecauseyoudon’tunderstandtheculturebehindit. Forexample,ifanAmericanboyaskshismotherwhat’sfordinnertomorrow,shemaysay“I’llplayitbyear”,tha
2、tmeansshedoesn’thaveplansfordinnerandshewilldecidelater.“Playbyear”usedtomeanplayingmusicusingthesheetmusic,butnowpeopleoftenuseitwhenthey’renottalkingaboutmusic. There’remanyidiomsinEnglish.Ifyoulearntousethem,yourEnglishwillbemorevividandcolorful.EnglishidiomsaremorecommoninspokenEnglish.T
3、heycanbedifficulttoremembersometimes.Nexttimewhenyouhearsomebodysayingtoyou,”Givemeahand”,youdon’tnecessarilystretchoutyourhandtohim/her,butyoudoneedtobehelpful.Andwhenthesituationisoutofhand,youusuallycandoverylittletomanageallthat.Whataboutagreenhand?It’snotaboutthecolorofyourhand!You’reagr
4、eenhandwhenyouareverynewatyourworkanddon’thavemuchexperience.Ifyouandyourpartneralwaysworktogetherhandinglove,youtwodefinitelyworktogetherverywell. CanyouguessthemeaningsofsomecommonEnglishidiomstodowithpartsofyourbody？ 51.Anidiomis_______. A.aphraseorasentencethatmeansexactlywhatthewordss
5、ay B.aphraseorasentencethatdoesn’tmeanexactlywhateverywordsays C.sodifficultthatnobodycanunderstand D.somethingtodowithpartsofyourbody 52.Ifamothersays“I’llplayitbyear”totalkaboutthedinner，shemeans_______. A.shewillcookdinnerwhilelisteningtomusicatthesametime B.shedoesn’thearwhatothersa
6、retalkingabout. C.shewillplaymusicusingthesheetmusicinsteadofcookingdinner D.Shedoesn’thaveplansfordinnerandwilldecidelater 53.Whenonesays“Canyougivemeahand?”hemeans_______. A.heneedstoholdyourhand. B.heworkswellwithyou C.heneedsyourhelp D.heisanewcomerandcan’thelpwiththesituation 54.
7、WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage? A.PeopleuseEnglishidiomsmoreinspokenEnglishthaninwrittenEnglish. B.Tounderstandtheculturebehindanidiomisimportantinunderstandingtheidiom. C.IdiomsmakeyourEnglishmorevividandcolorfulsotheya
