多項選擇:Slang Animals 俚語 動物(英語測試)答案:

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多項選擇:Slang Animals 俚語 動物(英語測試)答案:(ZT)

1. Daniel said he had a _______ of a time at the jazz festival and he wants to go again next year. The possible answers were:

goose
whale
shark
swan

whale

To have a whale of a time 是成語,意思是好開心。

2. A _______ crossing is a place for people to cross the road. The possible answers were:

algebra
zara
horizontal
zebra

zebra

Zebra crossing 就是斑馬線或人行橫道線。

3. The investigators knew that examining the company's books(賬本) might open a can of _______. They suspected there'd be evidence of serious crimes. The possible answers were:

worms
snails
slugs
fish

worms

A can of worms(蚯蚓)的字麵意思是如果打開一罐蠕蟲,全部蟲子就會到處蠕動爬行,要想控製,可不容易。引伸而言,就是增加麻煩,添加困難或製造更多的問題。

4. He was late no more than a few times, and the boss sacked him – that was making a mountain out of a_______. The possible answers were:

dog kennel
camelhill
molehill
pigsty

molehill

詞句的意思是他不過是遲到了幾次,老板就把他開除了,真是小題大做。擴大其詞或小題大做就可以用to make a mountain of out a molehill ( 鼴鼠丘).

5. Did you say you forgot your girlfriend’s birthday? I bet you are in the _______. The possible answers were:

dog house
dog kennel
dog home
dog bed

dog house

To be in the dog house 就是被冷落,被打入了冷宮或受懲罰的意思。

6. When a person likes to work very late and gets up late you can call him/her_______. The possible answers were:

a nightingale
a lazy bones
a night owl
a sleepy head

a night owl

漢語中的夜貓子就是a night owl.