They’re going to Japan _____ the beginning of July.
A. on B. at C. of D. With
Why are you so sad? Can you tell me the _______?
A. truth B. courage C. advice D. reason
________ useful tool the Internet is!
A. What an B. What a C. How D. How a
缺词填空
Are you going to have dinner at your Western friend’s home? Then be 1. c
with your table manners. Good manners will make you a nice 2. g .
You may find Western table manners are 3. d from Chinese manners. Here is some good 4.a to keep you cool.
When you are 5.r to eat, sit up straight on the chair. Usually, don’t put your elbows (胳膊肘) on the table. First 6. p your napkin (餐巾) up and put it on your lap. You can use it to clean your hands or mouth, but not your face. When you finish eating, put it 7.b on the table.
Don’t make any noise when you eat or drink the soup. It’s not good to speak when your mouth is 8. f . If you do that, people will see the food in your mouth.
If you want to get some food but you can’t9. r it, ask others to pass the dish to you. Put bones on the edge of the plate. And remember, take bread with your 10. h , not with a fork.
词汇运用
1. Don’t (触摸) anything on show in the museum.
2.As everyone knows, (练习) makes perfect.
3.If nobody drops l , the park will be a clean and comfortable place.
4. The s we are going to talk about is “Online Manners”.
5. If you don’t look after your pet bird in p ways, it will get ill easily.
6. Tom didn’t mean to be (polite) when he shouted. He was just too excited.
7. We Chinese often greet each other by (shake) hand.
8. After hours of (discuss), they let through the report in the end.
9. People in our country often queue (patient) while waiting in public places.
10. Mrs Lin is too busy (explain) any of the long sentences right now.
People use their mouths for many things. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice.
Sometimes, people say something to a friend or a family member. Later they regret because it hurts that person’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they didn’t mean to tell. The speaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.”
Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say. When this happens, the friend might say: “You took the words right out of my mouth!” Sometimes a person has a bad or sad experience with another person. He might say that experience “left a bad taste in my mouth.” Or the person possibly has a very frightening (可怕的) experience, like having an angry dog running after him. He might say: “I had my heart in my mouth.”
Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. You might say the person “was born with a silver spoon (银勺) in his mouth”. He is the opposite of a person living from “hand to mouth”. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.
1. The underlined word “regret” may mean .
A. feel sorry B. feel excited
C. feel proud D. feel surprised
2.When a man says “I had my heart in my mouth”, usually he means he was .
A. excited B. afraid
C. surprised D. happy
3. Your best friend Tony has said what you are going to say, you might say: “ !”
A. You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth
B. You really put my foot in my mouth
C. You really left a bad taste in my mouth
D. You took the words right out of my mouth
4. Tom says that he is living from hand to mouth. He means he is living a(n) life.
A. busy B. hard C. easy D. rich
5. Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?
A. Different Uses of Mouth
B. People and Their Mouths
C. Expressions about Mouth
D. The Importance of Mouth
