Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

Americans use many expressions with the word “dog”. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well. __【1】__ However, dogs without owners to care for them lead a different kind of life. The expression, to lead a dog's life, describes a person who has an unhappy existence.

Some people say we live in a dogeatdog world. __【2】__ They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dogtired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.

_【3】__ This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.

_【4】___ People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they do not want. Mean dogs are often used to guard this property. They bark or attack people who try to enter the property. However, sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite.

Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rainstorm may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. _【5】__

A．Still, people say every dog has its day.

B．We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.

C．Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways.

D．Dogs are their best friends and they are loyal to people.

E．There are many other expressions waiting for you to explore.

F．That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs.

G．They take their dogs for walks, let them play outside and give them good food and medical care.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】F

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

试题分析：本文为一篇说明文。文章介绍了一些与dog 相关的俗语。

【1】G根据空格前一句内容可知，美国人喜爱而且善待狗，故选G项，即举例说明美国人的待狗之道。此题易错选D项。狗的忠诚与上下文毫无关系。

【2】F根据篇章结构，每提出一个新的俗语，下文便有文字对前面的俗语进行解释。故此处选用作解释的内容最为合适。故选F项。

【3】A根据空格后：这意味着每个人一生中都有一个成功的时期。空格后的内容正是对选项的解释，故选A项。

【4】C根据空格后一句，那些不友好、不关心他人的人通常被描述成meaner than a junkyard dog可知，本段应该是用dog 的短语来比喻不好的人。故选C项。

【5】B根据空格前提到的rain 可知，只有B项与此有关。B．We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.我们不想让它下倾盆大雨。