Many English words and phrases have stories behind them.Sometimes these stories can help us look back into old Western history.Let's take a look at some of the common English words and phrases：
OK "OK" was an American who lived in the 19th century.His name was"Old Kinderhook".In one year he was trying to take the place of the leader of his town.His supporters went around the town shouting， "OK!OK!" The supporters thought their future leader was "all right".The expression caught on，and now if something is"all right"，people like to say，"OK!"
Boss Is your boss nice to you？If not，just be glad you are not living in the old times.Back to that time，bosses could do anything bad to their men and could even beat（打） them!That explains why the word"boss" comes from an old German word meaning"to beat" .
A piece of cake A famous American writer named Ogden Nash lived in the 1930s.Many readers enjoyed his poems and wrote them down in their notebooks.In one of his poems，Nash wrote， "Her picture's in the papers now，and life's a piece of cake." His readers found these words interesting and quickly wrote them down.They thought that if one picture in a newspaper could make you famous，wouldn't life be easy？For nearly 80 years， "a piece of cake" has meant any task or activity that is easy. （244 words）
（1）The best title of the passage is BB.
A．How to learn English well
B．Stories behind some English expressions
C．The history of English language
D．Learning English is a piece of cake
（2）What did Old Kinderhook's supporters do for their future leader？ AA
A．They shouted "OK!" around the town.
B．They gave new meaning to the old word"OK".
C．They called the old leader of the town"OK".
D．They fought with policemen in the town.
（3）The word "boss" in English might be borrowed from BB.
A．Chinese
B．German
C．French
D．Greek
（4）In this passage "a piece of cake" means AA.
A．a(chǎn)n easy task or activity
B．a(chǎn)n interesting poem in a notebook
C．a(chǎn) simple newspaper to read
D．a(chǎn) famous picture in a newspaper
（5）You can find this passage most probably in DD.
A．a(chǎn) poster
B．a(chǎn)n email
C．a(chǎn) cartoon
D．a(chǎn) magazine
【答案】B；A；B；A；D
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A．For two hours.
B．For a day.
C．For a week.
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B．It costs almost 50，000 kgs of tomatoes each time.
C．It takes place on the first Wednesday of August.
D．The crowds go back home to wash themselves after it.
（3）What's Paragraph 3 mainly about？
A．When the tomato fight starts.
B．Where the tomato fight happens.
C．What people do during the tomato fight.
D．Why the locals like attacking tourists with cameras.
（4）Where can we most probably read this passage？
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B．In a self-protect handbook.
C．In a Chinese textbook.
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On the morning of La Tomatina ，eight big trucks full of soft tomatoes pull into the center of the town．Official starters climb into the trucks and start throwing tomatoes at the crowd．That is the signal that the fight is about to start．From then on it is a wild scene，as everybody tries to get into the truck to get to the tomatoes．Nobody on the streets is safe from attack（攻擊）．And there is nothing the locals like more than throwing tomatoes at camera-carrying tourist．
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B．For a day
C．For a week
D．For a year
（2）What can we know about the tomato fight？
A．A bell rings to signal the start of it．
B．It costs almost 50，000 kg of tomatoes each time．
C．It takes place on the first Wednesday of August．
D．The crowds go back home to watch themselves after it．
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A．When the tomato fight starts？
B．Where the tomato fight happens？
C．What people do during the tomato fight？
D．Why the locals like attacking tourists with cameras？
（4）Where can we almost probably read this passage？
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B．In a self-protect handbook．
C．In a Chinese textbook．
D．In a tourist magazine．發(fā)布：2024/12/17 8:0:2組卷：50引用：1難度：0.4
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