【正文】 Meaning: you need to improve your behaviour/work) This might be something your teacher says to you if you score badly in an exam or if you misbehave in class. You can also use it 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。8．閱讀理解 Parents do not owe (欠) their children a college education. If they can afford it, they can certainly send them to a good university. But they needn39。t feel guilty if they can39。t. When children grow up and want to get married, their parents do not owe them an apartment. They do not have the duty to look after their grandchildren, either. If they want to do it, it must be considered a favor, not an obligation. Do parents owe their children anything? Yes, they owe them a great deal.One of their obligations is to give their children a personal worth. Children who are always made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly pared with brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will bee so unsure, so afraid of failing that they won39。t try at all. Of course they should be properly corrected when they do wrong, but it39。s often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves in time. All their parents should do is to trust them, respect them, understand them and give them chances to try and fail. They must learn to stand failure. When criticisms (批評) are really needed, they should be balanced with a smile and a kiss. That is the way children learn. Parents owe their children a set of solid values around which to build their lives. This means teaching them to respect the rights and opinions of others。 it means being respectful to elders, to teachers, and to the law. The best way to teach such values is by deed. A child who is lied to will lie. A child who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have difficulty laughing and loving.No child asks to be born. If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child something.（1）The author thinks parents ________. send their children to college support their children after they get married to buy an apartment for their children39。t feel guilty if they can39。t send their children to universities（2）What does the underlined word obligation in Paragraph 1 mean? ....（3）According to the passage, what should parents do when children make mistakes? them and tell them not to do that again. them learn the mistakes by themselves in time. them with brighter brothers or sisters. their mistakes immediately.（4）What does the author mainly talk about in this passage? duties of parents. best way to teach children. reason why children feel stupid and unworthy. reason why parents owe their children something.【答案】 （1）B（2）C（3）B（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇議論文，就父母對子女真正的責(zé)任是什么進(jìn)行論述，總結(jié)出父母真正要給予孩子的是個人價值和正確的價值觀，這才是父母真正的職責(zé)。 （1）考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段中的“Parents do not owe （欠） their children a college education...But they needn39。t feel guilty if they can39。t.” 父母不欠子女大學(xué)教育......如果他們承擔(dān)不起大學(xué)教育，也不必感到內(nèi)疚，可知，作者認(rèn)為，如果父母不能送子女上大學(xué)，也不必感到內(nèi)疚。故選D。 （2）考查詞義猜測。根據(jù)第一段中的“If they want to do it, it mus