A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful, too. Here is an interesting phrase(短語), “to let the cat out of the bag”. In meaning it is the same as “to tell the secret(秘密)”. And there is an old interesting story about it.
Long ago, when farmers wanted to sell chickens at the market, they would usually just throw the chickens in cloth (布) bags. But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens. One day, a woman asked a man for a chicken. The man gave her a cloth bag in which there was a cat. When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a chicken! The man’s secret was out and everyone knew it.
Now when we say someone gives away a secret, we say “he lets the cat out of the bag”. And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.
1.The underlined word “it” in the passage refers to (指的是) .
A. the useful bag B. the phrase C. the cat D. the chicken
2.The farmers put cats but not chickens in the bags to when they sold chickens.
A. tell the secret B. sell the cats
C. get more money D. keep the cats quiet
3.Which is the best for the blank (空白處) in the passage?
A. The woman was angry to see a cat. B. The man put a cat in the bag.
C. The man asked her to see the chicken. D. The woman wanted to see the chicken.
4.The writer wrote the story to tell us .
A. the woman was smart B. how farmers sold their cats
C. the phrase is useful D. where the phrase came from
1.B
2.C
3.D
4.D
【解析】
試題分析:這篇短文重點(diǎn)介紹了英語中一個(gè)短語的由來.
1.聯(lián)系前文Here is an interesting phrase(短語), “to let the cat out of the bag”.描述,可知it指的是這個(gè)短語,故選B。
2.根據(jù)第二段But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens. 描述,人們把貓當(dāng)做雞是為了多賣錢,故選C.
3.聯(lián)系上下文,可知此處指的是,這個(gè)女人想看看這些雞.故選D.
4.這篇短文重點(diǎn)介紹了英語中一個(gè)短語的由來,故選D.
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