高中英语(外研版)必修五：6阅读强化训练(六).doc

阅读强化训练（六）
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I 阅读理解
The English language is full of phrases about the weather.Some of these phrases are easy to understand, but others are not really about the weather at all. If you say you “ hit rough weather ”， you may not be struck by a real storm, but you do experie nee difficulties or problems. If you don know what such^phrases mean, they might leave you “in a fog （雾）"！
In En glish, you can “shoot the breeze", or have an in formal chat. But things can also be a
breeze 」f you take an exam and find it very easy , you'd tell your friends : It was a breeze! " The
which way the wind blows " , they have a good idea about how things will work out.But don ' t "throw caution （警惕）to the wind " —that means taking a great risk!
Clouds sometimes bring rain, and in English they often represent problems or difficulties. If some one “sees a cloud on the horizon （地平线）",there may be problems ahead. And if someone
is “ under a cloucT, then people think the person might have done something wrong. But clouds are not always bad; in fact, people say that " every cloud has a silver lining " . This means that there is a
good side to every situation, no matter how bad it may seem. You may even end up " on cloud nine '； which means you are very happy! But some people have their
“ headsin the clouds ；' not payi ng atte ntion to real it y.
No one likes to be stuck in the rain o 「storm, so it ' s no surprise that phrases about them are gen erally n egative ・ When someon e says “it n ever rains but it pour,s they are co'mplai ning （抱怨） “ get wind of "anda jsfesne oxf rrea/v s ； knows wind can also bring information. You can
that when things go wrong, they go very wrong. People who talk about u weathering a storm" just want to get through a difficult period or situation.
【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文。

文章介绍了英语中与天气有关的一些习语及其用法。

1 ・ What does the underlined part “ such phrases" in the first paragraph refer to?
A ・ The old phrases about the weather.
B ・ The funny phrases about the weather.
C・ The simple phrases about the weather.
D ・ The confusing phrases about the weather.
D 解析：词义猜测题。

由第一段的Some of these phrases... about the weather at all.If you say you hit rough weather "・..you do experience difficulties or problems・可矢th such phrases 扌旨那些不好理解、容易产生误解的与天气有关的习语。

2. It may be dangerous when you _______
A ・ know which way the wind blows
B ・ find that something is a breeze
C・ get wind of a piece of news
D ・ throw caution to the wind
D 解析：细节理解题。

由第二段的But don't “throw caution（警惕）to the wind” —that means taking a great risk!可知，"把警惕抛在风中”有"毫无警惕”之意，这样做非常危险。

3・ If you look at something in a positive way, you may say _____ ・
A ・ you are under a cloud
B ・ your head is in the clouds
C・ every cloud has a silver lining
D ・ you see a cloud on the horizon
C 解析：细节理解题。

由第三段的This means that there is a good side to every situation , no ma社er
how bad it may seem・可矢IL every cloud has a silver lining 有“乌云背后有阳光 " 之o
4. Phrases like “it never rains but it pours "and u weatheringa storm "are related to something .
A ・ changeable
B ・ unfavorable
C・ acceptable D・ unbelievable
B 解析：推理判断题。

由最后一段的No one likes to be stuck in the rain or storm , so it's
no surprise that phrases about them are generally negative.可知，包含雨和暴风雨的习语通常与不利
的事情有关。

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The sky was getting dark as we walked through the forest. My two friends and I felt hot and —!_・ We were heading for a small village in northern India. The villagers were —2 us, but we were already four hours late・
As the last of the daylight —3亠， we began to feel very _4=and afraid・ We tried to find our way to the village, but it was —5_Jo tell which path we should follow in the darkness・ All around us, strange creatures made —noises as they woke up and began to hunt for food・ We hoped they wouldn ' t want to eat us!
Then George, who was in front , —Z_ suddenly. He ran towards us rapidly, pointing at a large, dark shape moving through the trees・ We could —8_the black stripes（条纹）and shining yellow eyes of the most dangerous animal in the —9一・ We stared at the tiger, too—1_Q_to move・
After a few seconds that felt like hours, there was the sound of branches（树枝）breaking, and the tiger jumped at us, roaring（卩包哮）loudly. We—11_ , because we were sure it would kill us.
_though, the tiger stopped—and then I noticed that it had six legs, two of them。