【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 to talk about people in general. For example, if your friend is being mean or nasty for no reason, then you can tell them that they need to get their act together.⒉Pull yourself together (Meaning: calm down) This is a somewhat impolite way of telling someone that they are overreacting and that they need to relax. Only use this if you think the person you are speaking to is getting upset over something insignificant. If your friend tells you that their close relative has died, it is NOT the time to tell them to pull themselves together.⒊I39。m feeling under the weather (Meaning: I39。m sick) Yes, it39。s longer and more difficult to say than 39。I39。m sick39。, but if your English teacher asks you why you haven39。t done your homework, he or she is more likely to forgive you if you say that you were feeling under the weather. You may not have done your English homework, but your teacher might be impressed that you know how to make eloquent excuses in a foreign language.⒋It39。s a piece of cake (Meaning: it39。s easy) I don39。t know why this means what it does, but sometimes you just have to accept that English people use weird phrases.⒌Break a leg (Meaning: good luck!) This is perhaps one of the most confusing yet wellknown English idioms. If someone says this to you, do not take offence or think they are threatening you。 they are just wishing you luck. It is most often used for people wishing success to actors and actresses before they perform on the stage, but it can be said in other situations, too. All in all, learning a new language can be challenging. It39。s definitely not a piece of cake, especially when there are so many confusing idioms. However, with enough hard work and interest, you will succeed in no time. Break a leg!（1）Which idiom is proper for you to say to your worried classmate who is to take part in the 800metre race at the school sports meet? your act together. yourself together. a leg.39。s a piece of cake.（2）How should you respond when you hear your deskmate say, I am feeling under the weather. A.What39。s wrong with you?B.Don39。t worry. Let39。s call 120.C.Get up and finish your homework.D.Why don39。t you take an umbrella with you?（3）According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about idioms? sometimes make no sense at all. speakers have trouble understanding idioms sometimes. are the hardest part of learning a language. can guess the meaning of an idiom from the words in it.【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，習(xí)語是學(xué)習(xí)語言最困難的部分之一，作者列舉了五個常見習(xí)語的用法。 （1）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)It39。s a piece of cake (Meaning: it39。s easy)意思是很容易，可知可以表達(dá)你對即將參加800米比賽的同學(xué)的擔(dān)憂，故選D。 （2）考查推理判斷。根據(jù)I39。m feeling under the weather (Meaning: I39。m sick)可知，當(dāng)你聽到你的同桌說“我感覺不舒服”時，你該怎樣回答。故選A。 （3）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“They are like puzzles and even native speakers can get confused when someone uses a phrase that they39。ve never heard of.”它們就像謎題一樣，當(dāng)有人使用他們從未聽說過的短語時，甚至以英語為母語的人也會感到困惑?？芍xB。 【點評】本題考點涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷兩個題型的考查，是一篇教育類閱讀，考生需要準(zhǔn)確捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 When someone is rude to you, it can put you in a bad mood. It may even lead you to be rude to someone else, creating a chain of rudeness. In fact, this troubling chain may even be caused by simply seeing someone be rude to another person. You don39。t even have to be the target of the had behavior, stated a researcher. The researchers worked with 81 persons, with occupations ranging from security to business to medicine, who were asked to plete online surveys over a 10day period. Participants recorded their moods when they woke up。 and in the evening, they described their experiences over the course of that day. Each morning the participants also viewed a short video, describing workplace interaction of some kind. Half of the mornings, the video included some kind of rudeness while the other half had some kind of warm interaction in the workplace. Rudeness was conveyed through various means, including a lack of eye contact or unpleasant language. Participants who watched the rudeness videos reported seeing or experiencing rudeness during the day, and they were also more likely to escape from fellow employees to avoid being the victims of rudeness themselves. They reported their overall work suffered that day as a result. Not all participants were affected by the rudeness videos, however. A few weeks before the study began, the participants pleted an evaluation that measured their selfconfidence and emotional stability among other things. The participants who scored higher on this evaluation were significantly less likely to be influenced by the rudeness. Consequently, one of the researchers remended that panies hire managers who can limit exposure to rudeness, provide plenty of positive reinforcement (強(qiáng)化) and build a civil workplace environment. This, in turn, could help employees build their confidence levels and help them better handle workplace rudeness.（1）What is Paragraph 1 intended to show? A.The popularity of rudeness.B.A regular cause of rudeness.C.A new finding about rudeness.D.The mon disadvantage of rudeness.（2）Why are the short videos played for the participants? A.To make them spread rudeness.B.To educate them on workplace interaction.C.To expose them to various aspects of rudeness.D.To teach them how to use right body languages.（3）What is the probable effect of watching the videos on some participants? A.Being unwilling to work.B.Poor ability to do their work.C.Serious emotional sufferings.D.Less interaction wi