Welcome to our idiom (习语) corner!
To feel very happy and excited (especially when sth. Good has happened)
e.g.Jenny is walking on air because her friend invited her to the school dance.She can’t wait to go.
an unknown person who enters a race and gets a good grade
e.g.Did you hear about the dark horse in the running race yesterday?It was his first race and he finished in the top ten.
to act quickly,without thinking
e.g.I hate working with Mary.She’s quick on the trigger and always ready to get mad.
to encourage sb. to do sth.(especially sth.They shouldn’t do)
e.g.When your classmate eggs you on to copy his test paper,you should say “no” to him.
1. Picture _____ can be chosen to express “to do something without thinking”.
2.We can’t believe Robert won this match. He’s really _______.
A. a walking man B. a trigger
C. a dark horse D. an egg
3. The Chinese meaning to the idiom “to walk on air” is probably “________”.
A. 一无所有 B.欢天喜地
C.愁眉苦脸 D.不假思索
4.The writer didn’t use _______ to help the readers understand the idioms above.
A. explanations (解释) B. pictures
C. examples D. results
阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
A
A man liked shooting arrows (箭). He studied it very hard for years. He thought he did it best and it was time for him to go out into the world.
One day when he walked through a forest, he saw a target (靶子) on a tree, with an arrow right in the center. He went on and found more and more trees with targets and arrows in the center. He was so surprised at this. He wanted to know who did it.
Soon he came to a farmhouse. An old man told him that he could find the person he wanted by the river. When he got there, he saw a little girl playing with her dog on the bank.
“Are you the person who shoots the arrows?” he asked the girl.
“Yes, that’s me,” she replied.
“But how can you do that?” he wondered.
“That’s easy,” said the girl happily. “First shoot an arrow.” Then draw a target.”
1. The man liked _____ and studied it hard for years.
A. fishing B. jumping
C. shooting D. drawing
2.The man was surprised to find many targets with ______ in the centers.
A. arrows B. rivers
C. dogs D. trees
3.________ shot an arrow first and then drew a target.
A. The girl B. The man
C. The old man D. The farmer
完形填空。
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案，并把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
In a history class, our teacher, Mrs. Bartlett asked us to make a poster (海报) in groups about the culture that we were studying. She told us to write the names of three friends we wanted in one group and she would think about our .
The next day, I was told to be in a group I would want ---the boy who was too weak in English, and the two girls who wore strange clothes. Oh, how I wanted to be with my !
With tears in my eyes, I walked up to Mrs. Bartlett. She me and seemed to know what I was there for. I told her I should be in the “good” group. She gently (轻轻地) a hand on my shoulder (肩膀). “I know what you want, Karma,” she said, “but your group needs you. I need you to help them. Only you can help them.” I was and moved. Her words encouraged me.
“Will you help them?” she asked. “Yes,” I replied. Then I walked over to my group. I sat down and we started. Each of us did a part according to our interests. Halfway through the week, I felt enjoying our group. We did a good job together. My group members weren’t thought to be good just because no one cared enough about them Mrs. Bartlett.
At last, our group got an A. But I think we should hand the A back to Mrs. Bartlett. She was the one who should truly it. Mrs. Bartlett brought out the potential (潜能) in four of her students.
1. A. classes B. books C. choices D. clothes
2. A. often B. never C. always D. sometimes
3. A. boys B. girls C. friends D. teachers
4. A. laughed at B. looked at C. lived with D. agreed with
5. A. placed B. pushed C. washed D. pulled
6. A. useful B. surprised C. thirsty D. asleep
7. A. hardly B. deeply C. lazily D. bravely
8. A. myself B. herself C. yourself D. himself
9. A. around B. with C. for D. except
10. A. receive B. start C. give D. throw
--- I like Super Brain very much. Do you know ______ on show?
--- At 10:00 every Friday evening. It’s a good program to make science popular.
A. where it is B. where is it
C. when it is D. when is it
--- I’m feeling terrible! I have a bad cold.
--- ______. You’d better see a doctor at once.
A. I’m afraid not B. Sorry to hear that
C. Sounds great D. You are right
Our Chinese teacher didn’t go to bed ______ he finished his work last night.
A. if B. until C. since D. because
