Question

For centuries, the body’s blood has been linked closely with the emotions. People who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killer. For example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer. He seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someone’s life as nothing.

Cold can affect other parts of the body. The expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feet. The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do. For example, you agree to be president of an organization. But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned, and all the work of the organizations will be your responsibility. You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation.

The expression“give someone the cold shoulder”probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone instead of speaking to him face to face. You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you. Or, to someone who has lied about you to others.

A cold fish is not a fish. It is a person. But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmth. A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone. Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted. Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy. Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers.

“Out in the cold”means not getting something that everybody else got. A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise —— he was left out in the cold. And it is not a pleasant place to be.

1.There are expressions related to cold that are mentioned in the passage.

A. 3 B. 4 C. 6 D. 7

2.When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by “ ”.

A. I give him the cold shoulder

B. I think he is a cold-blooded man

C. I think he is a cold fish

D. I’m likely to get cold feet

3.If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say .

A. she is a cold-blooded killer

B. she gets cold feet

C. she is a cold fish

D. she is out in the cold

4.We can use the expression “ ” to describe a man who abandons or hurts his lover without mercy.

A. cold-blooded B. cold shoulder

C. cold feet D. cold-hearted

5.The topic of this passage is about .

A. the relationship between cold and our body

B. some expressions about friendship

C. some expressions connected with cold

D. how cold weather comes into being

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：人们的情绪被认为和身体的血液有着密切的关系。那么我们来看看和人的血液有关的一些习语吧。

1.cold-blooded killer，get cold feet，give someone the cold shoulder，A cold fish，a cold-hearted person，Out in the cold等6个短语。因此选C。

2.The expression“give someone the cold shoulder”probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone instead of speaking to him face to face.”可知，你不想和某人说话并且和他保持距离可以用give someone the cold shoulder 来形容。故选A。

3.But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmth. A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone.”可知，“a cold fish”用来形容一个人冷酷没有同情心。故选C。

4.Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers.”可知“cold-hearted”可以用来说一个人伤害了他的爱人但是依然没有怜悯之情。故选D。

5.选C

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