Americans use many expressions with the word dog. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well.
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 if a person wants to be successful he 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(手藝). They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.
Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rain in summer may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.
小題1:If a person without lots of money wants to buy a car, he or she has to ______.
A．treat the dog wellB．live with lots of dogs
C．work like a dogD．become sick as a dog
小題2:The saying you can never teach an old dog new tricks tells us older people ______.
A．have more ways to do thingsB．do things more slowly
C．dislike to learn new thingsD．know wonderful tricks
小題3:Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?
A．Many dogs are loved and treated well by people in America.
B．“Every dog has its day” means dogs are the most successful animal.
C．“It rains cats and dogs” has the same meaning as “It rains heavily”.
D．There are many expressions with the word dog in English.

小題1:C
小題2:C
小題3:B

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了英語中幾條關(guān)于狗的表達(dá)方式.
小題1:根據(jù)沒有錢的人要努力工作掙錢才能買得起車,根據(jù)They say if a person wants to be successful he has to work like a dog 可知選C.
小題2:根據(jù)第三段They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.描述,可知選C.
小題3:根據(jù)第三段Still, people say every dog has its day. This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life描述,可知選項(xiàng)B描述錯誤.
點(diǎn)評：本文淺顯易懂，各個小題都能在文中找到適當(dāng)依據(jù)。只要認(rèn)真閱讀短文，注意前后聯(lián)系，就能順利完成閱讀。文章所設(shè)試題主要考察細(xì)節(jié)查找，做題關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認(rèn)真核查小題和原文的異同。
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