2025届高考英语周测（2024年12月份第1周 英语）好题推荐（含解析）.docxVIP

2024年12月份第1周英语好题推荐

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一、阅读理解

Englishisfulloffunnyexpressionsthatdon’talwaysmakesense.Idiomsarephrasesandsentencesthatdonotmeanexactlywhattheysay.Evenifyouknowthemeaningofeachword,youmaynotunderstandtheidiombecauseyoudon’tunderstandtheculturebehindit.HerearesomeEnglishidiomsbasedonanimals.

Whenchildrenjumparoundandactsilly,theirparentsmaytellthemtostop“monkeyingaround”.To“monkeyaround”meanstodothingsthatarenotusefulorserious,ortosimplywastetime.

ManyAmericanfamilieshaveandlovepetdogs.Butforsomeunknownreason,Americansuse“dog”inaphrasethatmeanstofeelunwell.Ifyouare“assickasadog”,you’rereally,reallysick.

Sometimesyoumayalsohearcatsmentionedinconversations,“Itoldyoutokeepthatsecret,butyouhavejust‘letthecatoutofthebag’!”Youprobablyguessedit—thatidiommeanstorevealasecretortellfactsthatwerepreviouslyunknown.

Dogsandcatsdon’talwaysgetalong,buttheyappearsidebysideinacommonlyusedidiom.Whenitrainsheavily,peoplemightsayit’s“rainingcatsanddogs”．

Heavyrainoftenruinspeople’splansforoutdooractivities.Butonalovelyday,youcanhaveapicnic.Ifaswarm(一群)oftinybugsloveyourfoodandstarttohover(盘旋)aroundyou,itwouldbereallyannoying.Thatexperienceperfectlyexplainswhypeopleoftentellsomeonewhokeepsbotheringthemto“stopbuggingme”．

IdiomsareverycommoninbothspokenandwrittenEnglish.IfyouwanttohaveabetterunderstandingofEnglish,youhavetolearnidioms.

1．AccordingtoParagraph1,whichisrightaboutidioms?

A.Expressionswhicharebasedonanimals.

B.Expressionswithrichculturalbackground.

C.Expressionsthatalwaysmakesense.

D.Expressionswhichareeasytounderstand.

2．Whatcan“monkeyingaround”beusedtodescribe?

A.Childrenjumparoundandwastetime.

B.Children