Question

　 First Frenchman: I once heard someone shout，“Look out.” I put my head out of the window and a bucket of water fell on me.It seems that “Look out” may mean “Don’t look out.”

　 Second Frenchman: I was once on a ship and heard the captain shout，“All hands on deck.I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them.”

　 Third Frenchman: I once went early in the morning to the doctor’s and his nurse came to the door and said，“He’s not up yet.Come back in half an hour.” When I went a second time for him，she said，“He’s not down yet.” I had to go away again.Later I thought the doctor should be in the house in the evening，so I went there once more.“Oh，how sorry I am! He’s not in! I’d better tell him to wait for you if you could come tomorrow.” said the nurse.“Well! He’s not up，he is not down，and he is not in.Please tell me where he stays！” I said angrily.

1.When the first Frenchman heard someone shout “Look out.”，here “Look out” means 　 “　　　 ”.

　 A.Put your head out 　　　　　　 B.Take care

　 C.Hurry up 　　　　　　　　　　　 D.Help me

　

2.When the captain shouted“All hands on deck.”，what he meant is 　　　　.

　 A.to put your both hands on deck

　 B.to put up your hands

　 C.to give your hands to me

　 D.that “All the sailors (船員) on deck”

　

3.When the nurse said “He’s not up yet.”，she meant that 　　　　.

　 A.he has not stood up yet　　　　　　 B.he has not got up yet

　 C.he has not woken up yet　　　　　　 D.he has not come downstairs yet

　

4.When the third Frenchman went back for the second time，the doctor 　　　　.

　 A.was still in an upstairs room　　　 B.was reading

　 C.was having his breakfast　　　　　　 D.was washing himself

　

5.Which do you think is the best title (標(biāo)題) for the passage?

　 A.Three Frenchmen　　　　　　　 B.Three French Stories

　 C.What a Language!　　　　　　　　 D.The English Language

 

Answer 1

1.答案　B

　 解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段可知答案。

2.答案　D

　 解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段可知答案。

3.答案　B

　 解析　由習(xí)語“He’s not up yet.”的含義確定答案。

4.答案　A

　 解析　由習(xí)語“He’s not down yet.”的含義確定答案。

5.答案　C

　 解析　標(biāo)題歸納題。通讀全文后確定文章的標(biāo)題，文章選取了英語中幾個典型的非字面

　 含義的詞和句，反映了本文的主題“好怪的語言”。