Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（≤3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

American English has its own idioms. Let’s say you buy something in a shop. And 【1】 you pay for it, you say: this cost 【2】 an arm and a leg! What do you really mean by 【3】 (say) so? Do you have to give them an arm and a leg? I hope not. Let’s listen to an American English conversation 【4】 (see) if we can find out what this means.

A: Did you buy that new computer?

B: Yeah, I did. But I 【5】 (buy) it.

A: Why do you say so? Is there anything wrong with it?

B: Not exactly, but , as a matter of fact, it cost the way more than I 【6】 (expect) it to be.

A: 【7】 did you pay for it?

B: Let me just tell you it cost an arm and a leg.

When you say in American English that something costs an arm and a leg, it actually means that 【8】 price is very, very high, much 【9】 (high)than we can expect. If you use this idiom in the United States, everyone will understand you. But this is a(n) 【10】 phrase, so don’t use it in a formal business setting.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】when/after

【2】me

【3】saying

【4】to see

【5】shouldn’t have bought

【6】had expected

【7】How much

【8】the/its

【9】higher

【10】informal

【解析】

试题分析：通过一个故事和对话告诉了我们一个英语习语的用法。

【1】when/after.考查连词。句意：当你付款时∕后，你说……。根据语境填when/after.

【2】me.考查代词。句中cost是动词，后加宾语要用宾格形式，故填me.

【3】saying.考查动词。句意：这样说的真正意思是什么？句中有介词by，后面用动词的-ing形式，故填saying.

【4】to see.考查不定式。句意：让我们听一段美国人的英语对话来看看我们能否找到它的真正意思。此处是不定式表目的，故填to see.

【5】shouldn’t have bought.考查情态动词。shouldn’t have+过去分词，表示“本不该”，此处表示本不该买新电脑，但实际上买了。故填shouldn’t have bought.

【6】had expected.考查时态。句意：事实上比我原预想的花钱多。cost是过去时，expect的动作发生的比cost早用过去完成时，故填had expected.

【7】How much.考查疑问词。此处问买电脑花了多少钱，How much“多少钱”，故填How much.

【8】the/its.考查冠词或代词。事实上指它的价格非常高。the price表特指，its price“它的价格”，故填the/its.

【9】higher.考查形容词。句中有than并且有程度副词much修饰用比较级，表示“高得多”，故填higher.

【10】informal.考查形容词。句意：但是这是一个非正式的短语，所以在正式的商业环境不要用。与formal对应，故填informal.