Model Test 5

　　Let’s look at some English idioms and see whether we can discover their origins . For example, you might hear an English person say:“I’ve got a bone to pick with you.”As with all idioms, that doesn’t  1  mean what it says. The speaker means that he wants to discuss something you have done which has upset him in  2  . He probably wants you to explain your  3  —why you did something that caused him a problem .

　　This idiom  4  with the image of a dog picking, or gnawing, at a bone. The dog is  5  a problem—how to get at whatever meat is still there. He  6  the bone about and attacks it from all  7  , trying to crack open the bone and get at t he delicious marrow.

　　  8  this the phrase“a bone to pick”came to mean“a difficulty to solve”. That expression is  9  used in modern English, but we have  10  the more complicated image of two dogs fighting over the same bone, both of them  11  to solve the same problem. It was that which  12  the idiom“having a bone to pick with someone.”

　　  13  “bone”idiom is“to feel something in your bones”. You say that when your  14  tells you that something is true,  15  you cannot prove it. You have a strong feeling, in other words, that  16  from inside. The word“bones”,  17  , is sometimes used for“body”, as in a sentence like:“He ran as fast as his bone could carry him.”That is probably  18  we describe a lazy person contemptuously as“lazy bones”.“Lazy bones”is a  19  version of this phrase, the sort of thing a parent might say  20  to a child.

　　1.〔A〕always〔B〕often〔C〕necessarily〔D〕literally

　　2.〔A〕someway〔B〕someways〔C〕some ways〔D〕some way

　　3.〔A〕words〔B〕behavior〔C〕deeds〔D〕explanation

　　4.〔A〕started〔B〕began〔C〕originated〔D〕came

　　5.〔A〕solving〔B〕facing〔C〕faced with〔D〕confronted

　　6.〔A〕gazes at〔B〕plays with〔C〕throws〔D〕tosses

　　7.〔A〕angles〔B〕ways〔C〕directions〔D〕aspects

　　8.〔A〕Since〔B〕As for〔C〕Because of〔D〕Therefore

　　9.〔A〕still〔B〕no longer〔C〕also〔D〕more often

　　10.〔A〕retained〔B〕reminded〔C〕remained〔D〕restrained

　　11.〔A〕try〔B〕are trying〔C〕trying〔D〕have been trying

　　12.〔A〕resulted to〔B〕caused〔C〕came to〔D〕led to

　　13.〔A〕The other〔B〕Another〔C〕A similar〔D〕A different

　　14.〔A〕intuition〔B〕tuition〔C〕institution〔D〕imagination

　　15.〔A〕although〔B〕if〔C〕even though〔D〕unless

　　16.〔A〕comes〔B〕come〔C〕go〔D〕goes

　　17.〔A〕by contrast〔B〕on the contrary〔C〕b y the way〔D〕moreover

　　18.〔A〕why〔B〕how〔C〕what〔D〕when

　　19.〔A〕better〔B〕stronger〔C〕softer〔D〕milder

　　20.〔A〕sensationally〔B〕affectionately〔C〕consciously〔D〕unconsciously

　　Key to Model Test 5

　　1.〔D〕2.〔D〕3.〔B〕3.〔B〕5.〔C〕6.〔D〕7.〔A〕8.〔C〕9.〔B〕10.〔A〕

　　11.〔C〕12.〔D〕13.〔B〕14.〔A〕15.〔C〕16.〔A〕17.〔C〕18.〔A〕19.〔D〕20.〔B〕

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