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16.Americans use many expressions with the word dog.People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well.They take their dogs for walks,let them play outside and give them good food and medical care.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 life.
Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world.That means many people are competing for the same things,like good jobs.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 dog-tired.And,the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.
Still,people say every dog has its day.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.
Some people are compared to dogs in bad ways.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.But 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 also are 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.We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.
28.A person who lives an unhappy life can be described as"B".
A.becoming sick as a dog 
B.leading a dog's life  
C.living in a dog-eat-dog world  
D.Working like a dog
29.The underlined word"mean in Paragraph 4most probably means"C".
A.wild        
B.selfish          
C.violent        
D.Poor
30.What can we learn from the text?D
A.Everyone can be successful if he learns from the old.
B.It might be difficult for the young to learn new skills.
C.Junkyard dogs are careful in money arrangement.
D.Fierce persons aren't so awful as their appearance sometimes.
31.To support his idea,the author develops the text mainly byC.
A.listing reasons    
B.using idioms  
C.giving examples    
D.Making comparisons.

分析 本文主要介绍美国人使用许多带有狗字的英语习惯表达.

解答 28--31 BCDC
28.B 细节理解题.根据第一段The expression,to lead a dog's life,describes a person who has an unhappy life.可知,表达方式-过着狗一般的生活,是描述一个过着不快乐的生活的人.故选B.
29.C 词义猜测题,根据第四段But mean dogs are often used to guard this property.They bark or attack people who try to enter the property.可知,这种狗经常被用来保护这种"财产".它们大声喊叫或攻击进入"财产"的人.即:猛烈的狗.故选C.
30.D 细节理解题,根据第四段However,sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad.可知,然而,有时看起来凶猛、有危险性的人实际上并不那么糟糕.故选D.
31.C 考查文章写作特色题.综合全文,可知作者每讲述一种带狗字的表达方式长加以例子来解释.故选C.

点评 社会文化类阅读理解文章属高考常选材料之一.这类文章常涉及历史、文化、法制、宗教等方面的文学艺术、发明创造、文化遗产保护、宗教与文化、风俗与习惯、道德与法制、中外文学名著节选、等等.这类材料的命题点往往落在主旨大意题、事实细节题上.

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