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    Candy comes in many flavors. Some taste like fruit. Some taste like flowers. Some are chewy, like taffy (太妃糖) and gum. Hard candies are, well. hard! So, they last a long time.

But, in spoken English, there are some types of candy that you cannot eat. For example, you can’t eat eye candy. Eye candy is a person-man or woman-who is very good-looking. So, looking at this person is a treat for the eye, just like candy is a treat for the taste buds.

Do you hear of candy coat? Of course it is not a coat made of candy. But you can say I don’t candy coat the truth. What does candy-coating something mean? Well, some pills are covered with a coat of thin, sweet candy. The coating makes swallowing the pill easier, and it may hide a bad taste. So, candy coating a difficult truth or situation means you don’t directly discuss its bad parts.

After talking about candy you may want to eat some candies. However, some people dislike things that are very sweet, especially adults. But even if you do not like candy, you can still be called a kid in a candy store. This expression means a person is very happy to do something or to simply be somewhere. Imagine a child going from one candy display to the next, not knowing which candy to choose!

Talking about children brings us to another expression: as easy as taking candy from a baby. Think about a small, helpless baby holding a piece of candy. Taking it would be very easy—mean, but easy. So, use this expression when you are talking about something that may be simple to do, but probably not right.

1.What kind of girl can be described as “eye candy”?

A.Beautiful B.Optimistic

C.Hardworking D.Warmhearted

2.What does the underlined word “swallowing” mean in English?

A.Making. B.Taking.

C.Selling. D.Testing.

3.Which of the following expressions means you are doing something with wrong intention?

A.Hard candies. B.Candy coat.

C.A kid in a candy store. D.As easy as taking candy from a baby.

4.What is the best title of the passage?

A.Candy. Enjoy It or Avoid It B.Various Candies in English

C.The Best Candy in the World D.Candies’ Different Flavors

 

1.A 2.B 3.D 4.B 【解析】 这是一篇说明文,短文介绍了英语中一些与糖果相关的一些地道的英语表达。 1. 细节理解题。根据第二段“Eye candy is a person-man or woman-who is very good-looking”可知,“Eye candy”指长相非常好看的人,可以是男人,也可以是女人。由此可知,漂亮的女孩可以被描述为“eye candy”。故选A项。 2. 词义猜测题。根据第三段“Well, some pills are covered with a coat of thin, sweet candy.” 有些药丸外面覆盖着一层薄薄的糖果。再根据“the pill easier, and it may hide a bad taste. 药片可能隐藏着糟糕的味道。根据上下文语境可以判断出,糖衣使药片更容易吞咽。故判断出,划线词的意思是“服(药)”。故选B项。 3. 细节理解题。根据最后一段“So, use this expression when you are talking about something that may be simple to do, but probably not right.”可知,因此,这个表达一般用在讨论容易做、但不一定正确的事情。所以“As easy as taking candy from a baby.”这个表达是说你在做一件带有错误意图的事情。故选D项。 4. 主旨大意题。根据第二段“But, in spoken English, there are some types of candy that you cannot eat. Eye candy is a person-man or woman-who is very good-looking.” 但是,在英语口语中,有些糖果是不能吃的。Eye candy指长相非常好看的人,可以是男人,也可以是女人。根据第三段“So, candy coating a difficult truth or situation means you don’t directly discuss its bad parts.” 给难以启齿的事实或情况涂上一层糖就意味着不好的事情不会直接摆在台面上说。根据第四段“This expression means a person is very happy to do something or to simply be somewhere.” 这个表达的意思是:一个人只要能做某件事或者去某个地方就会很激动或者很开心。根据第五段“So, use this expression when you are talking about something that may be simple to do, but probably not right.” 因此,这个表达一般用在讨论容易做、但不一定正确的事情。所以短文的最佳标题为“英语中一些与糖果相关的一些地道的英语表达”切题。故选B项。
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