release
resign
reform
regard
第1题:
Wolfgang's father told him he couldn't play the piano yet because______.
A. his sister was taking lessons
B. he had to help his mother
C. he was too small
D. he had to wait for his sister to finish practising
第2题:
A、have canceled
B、has to cancel
C、must cancel
D、had to cancel
第3题:
Because ________ bad weather we had to have our physical education class in the classroom.
A、of
B、it was
C、of the
D、the
第4题:
25. Why didn’t Michael go to the island for picruc?
A. He had to go to school.
B. He did not like the island.
C. Something was wrong with his foot.
D. The weather was bad that day.
第5题:
The patient died ______.
A. because of the doctor
B. because Of the nurse
C. because his illness was too bad
D. because of the wrong medicine he had taken
第6题:
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第8题:
Lucky is the man who has no "skeleton in his closet". When
a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to
hide, he is said to have a "skeleton in his closet". Some people may have more
than one skeleton.
As we have noted many times, it is
hard to find out how these expressions begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts.
But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase,
which came from England.
Before 1932, English law did not
permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless
it was the corpse (尸体) of an executed (处决) criminal.
But when
it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific
study of medicine. It was helping in the advance of modern medicine. The demand
had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors
at high prices.
We are told that a doctor would usually buy
just one skeleton for scientific study. It became very important in his work.
But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a
thing. As a rule, the doctor would keep his skeleton in some dark corner where
it could not be seen, or hide it in a closet.
After a time,
people began to suspect (怀疑) every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet.
From this suspicion, the phrase "a skeleton in the closet" took on a broader,
more general meaning to describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from
discovering. It could be proof of a criminal act, or something much less
serious. Well, that is one theory.
One writer, however,
believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened. It
is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have
turned up a real skeleton, clear proof of some old family shame or crime. Well,
one man’s guess is as good as another. But this sounds like a story by the great
French novelist, Balzac.
Baizac tells us of a man who suspected
his wife of having a lover. The husband comes home by surprise. But she hears
him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom. He enters her room
and asks her if she is hiding her lover. He says he will not open the door to
the closet if she promises him there is no one there; He will believe her. She
answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet.
The
husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife
watches, knowing that her lover will never come out alive. But she will not
change her story and admit her guilt.Which of the following situations is suitable for using the phrase
"skeleton in the closet"
第9题:
postponed
concealed
retarded
cancelled
第10题:
nebulous
legitimate
effusive
exorbitant
arguable
第11题:
must have looked after
would have to look after
had to look after
should have looked after
第12题:
becoming a professional writer was his goal.
he had something secret in his heart.
learning to write was his childhood dream.
people blamed him for his laziness.
第13题:
A、of
B、in
C、from
D、after
第14题:
There are many misunderstandings about American Indian names
A.He had done something odd
B.American Indians liked to give nicknames
C.He was courageous
D.He liked the animal best
第15题:
His wife thought Christopher suddenly quit his job because he______.
A.couldn't wait to get promoted
B.had experience in interior design
C.wanted to do something he enjoyed
D.couldn't bear the pressure from his job
第16题:
Because of the bad weather, the sports meet had to be __.
A. shutdown
B. done away
C. taken off
D. called off
第17题:
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第19题:
第20题:
routinize
safeguard
sacrifice
prolong
第21题:
release
resign
reform
regard
第22题:
empty
bare
blank
hollow
第23题:
release
resign
reform
regard
第24题:
You have stolen something precious and don’t want it discovered.
You are a doctor and have to keep a skeleton for research.
If you have cut open a dead human body for scientific examination you should keep the skeleton secret.
You have done a crime or done something foolish, but you want to keep other from discovering it.