An old lady in a plane had a blanket（毯子）over her head and she did not want to take it off . The air hostess spoke to her, but the old lady said, “I have never been in a plane before , and I am frightened. I am going to keep this blanket over my head until we are back on the ground again !”
Then the captain came. He said, “Madam, I am the captain of this plane. The weather is fine, there are no clouds in the sky, and everything is going very well. ”But she continued to hide.
So the captain turned and started to go back. Then the old lady looked out from under the blanket with one eye and said, “I am sorry, young man, but I don’t like planes and I am never going to fly again. But I’ll say one thing, ”She continued kindly, “You and your wife keep your plane very clean!”
| A．glasses | B．a blanket over her head |
| C．a coat | D．a basket |
| A．take it off | B．turn it off |
| C．get on | D．talk about it |
| A．The air hostess | B．The man next to her |
| C．her husband | D．one of her friends |
| A．abroad | B．home |
| C．in a plane | D．in hospital |
| A．to fly again | B．to travel |
| C．to go abroad | D．to go home |
Red is used in many American expressions. It can be used to show happiness, as in the expression “a red-letter day”. This is a day when something special happens. The expression is probably based on church customs. For almost 600 years, church calendars have been marked with red to show special holy(神圣的)days. Today’s calendars are still marked that way with the dates of holidays and special days printed in red.
The expression “a red-letter day”is often heard in daily life. “A red-letter day” is a day that people are especially happy. It may be a day that you have waited for a long time, a wedding day, for example. Or it may be a day with a happy surprise. You might tell a friend that yesterday was a red-letter day, because you won some money in the lottery.
“Rolling out the red carpet” is another commonly heard expression. It describes an especially warm welcome of any kind. A city may “roll out the carpet ”for its baseball team, when the team arrives home after winning a championship. A group of supporters go to the air port to the greet the team. The red-carpet welcome includes a lot of cheering by thousands of fans, a parade, music and speech of praise by local statesmen.
Red is also used in some expressions that are not happy. “Red-handed ” is an example. To be caught “red-handed” is to be found in an act of wrong doing. The evidence is clear. You are guilty. Today we use the expression “ to be caught red-handed ”in situation(情况)that are not serious. For example, a mother might say she caught her son red-handed, taking cookies out of the cookie jar.
Some American Expressions with __
Be used for_happiness |
a red -letter day |
a day that people are happy a day with a ___ |
| rolling out the red carpet |
describes an especially warm___ |
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Be used in_ |
to be caught red-hanged |
to be found doing a wrong action can’t be used in a serious situation |
My friend’s grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe. After being processed (移民入境检查) at Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria (自助餐厅) in Lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at a table and waited for someone to take his order. But nobody came to him. Later a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.
“Start out at the end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end he’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”
“I soon learned that’s how everything works in America,” the grandfather told my friend. “Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you are willing to pay the money. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”
| A．Poland. | B．Australia. | C．Canada. | D．Japan |
| A．get help form your friends | B．try to get it by yourself |
| C．know how a cafeteria works | D．get up again if you fail |
| A．The old man sat down opposite the woman so that she could take his order. |
| B．The old woman sat down opposite the old man so that she could serve him. |
| C．Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she told him how to get something to eat in the cafeteria. |
| D．Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she decided to pay the bill for him. |
| A．The food served in the cafeteria. |
| B．The success one wants to get. |
| C．The bill one has to pay in the cafeteria. |
| D．The plate used in the cafeteria. |
| A．From Eastern Europe to America |
| B．Eating in an American Cafeteria |
| C．How to Eat in a Cafeteria |
| D．Life Is Like a Cafeteria in America |
A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a man came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. “It’s 8 a.m.,” he said. Then he went to sleep again.
But soon he woke up because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you have the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told the man it was 8:30 a.m..
At this rate (照此下去), he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and put it up on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t have the time.”
Again the man lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came along and began knocking at the window. “Hey, sir,” he said, “it’s a quarter to nine.”
| A．didn’t know the time | B．lost his watch | C．saw his friend | D．was very tired |
| A．a few minutes later | B．half an hour later |
| C．forty-five minutes later | D．the next morning |
| A．had a very good rest |
| B．was woken up again very soon |
| C．really forgot the time |
| D．made a phone call to the third person |
| A．ask the time | B．have a sleep | C．tell him the time | D．ask for help |
| A．the driver didn’t have his own house |
| B．the first two persons liked the driver’s watch |
| C．the third person was kind and friendly |
| D．the driver had a good sleep last night |
This is my family. My father’s name is Mr. White. He is 35 years old. His birthday is October twenty-third. He likes football. He likes vegetables, but he doesn’t like meat. My mother’s name is Mrs. White. She is 34 years old. Her birthday is July fourth. She doesn’t like to watch TV, but she likes to play on the computer. She likes ice cream and all the fruits: apples, oranges, bananas, but she doesn’t like mangoes. My name is George. I’m thirteen years old. My birthday is May fifth. I like all vegetables and fruits. And I like Chinese food and ice cream, but I don’t like hamburgers, because mom says hamburgers are not good.
| A．Mr. White | B．Mrs. White | C．George | D．George’s sister |
| A．to watch TV | B．to go shopping |
| C．to watch movies | D．to play on the computer |
| A．his mother says hamburgers are not good |
| B．his father doesn’t like hamburgers |
| C．he likes Chinese food |
| D．he likes all the fruits |
| A．35 years old | B．34 years old | C．33 years old | D．23 years old |
| A．December sixth | B．July fourth |
| C．May fifth | D．October twenty-third |
The coldest and most difficult place in the world in which to live is Antarctica. Antarctica is the land of snow and ice near the South Pole. Most people do not think there is much life in the icy waters around it. They are wrong.
Antarctica's seas are full of life. There are many kinds of fishes, water birds, seals and whales. They eat the thick plant life in the sea and the smaller water animals. Some whales, for example, eat more than a ton of food every day.
The most famous animal of Antarctica is the penguin. It struts around the icy as if it were a movie star walking down the street.
| A．Thick Plant Life | B．Life Around Antarctica |
| C．Tons of Food | D．Penguins |
| A．whale | B．seal | C．penguin | D．fox |
| A．much ice | B．warm weather | C．flocks of geese | D．warm water |
| A．are many people | B．is little plant life | C．are many animals | D．is little snow |
| A．swims gracefully | B．walks proudly | C．runs swiftly | D．jumps happily |
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