there are many idioms in English.An idiom is a phrase that we can't understand from the meaning of each word.The following are some of them.

As the crow flies

When a bird flies from place to place, it takes the most direct route. But when people drive, they have to follow roads and often go farther. When people give a distance "as the crow flies", they mean the shortest distance between the two points, not the distance you would have to travel by following roads.

  As Dan and his mum drove along the river,they could see the beach on the opposite side, Dan asked "How far is it to the beach?"

  "It's only about a quarter of a mile as the crow flies" his mother said.

Blow hot and cold

  In one of Aesop's Fables, a man blow on his fingers to warm them up and then blow on his soup to cool it down. In both cases, the man is opening his mouth, but what comes out is different. If a person says one thing and later says the opposite, we say that the person is blowing hot and cold.

  "Is Felicia going to try out for the soccer team this year?" Stacy asked.

"I don't know," Tricia replied." Last week she was saying yes,but this week she's saying no. She's really blowing hot and cold."

Break the ice

   Nowadays people use the phrase to refer to ending an awkward silence by beginning a conversation.

  It was the first day of summer camp. The four girls began to make their beds in silence. None of the girls knew each other, and no one knew what to say. Finally, one of them broke the ice by saying"Hey, where's everybody from?"

Bury the hatchet

  In native American culture, when two nations agreed to end their war, they buried the hatchet. So to bury the hatchet is to make peace with someone else.

  Colin could not excuse his sister for breaking his tennis racket. Finally ,his sister said,"Colin, can't we bury the hatchet?"

56.What does "as the crow flies" mean?

A.In the smoothest way   B.By plane    C.In a straight line   D.At top speed.

57."Blow hot and cold " can be used to talk about someone's ______.

A. poor health        B. Bad manner  C. Communication skills  D. changing attitudes

58.When the four girls were making their beds in silence, they probably felt _____.

A. shy               B. disappointed   C. excited        D. Curious

59. It can be inferred that Colin's sister hoped that Colin would ______.

A. buy a new tennis racket           B. forgive her mistake

C. stay away from her               D. make an apology to her

Recently I experienced a wonderful lesson in how little things still mean a lot. I live on the Island of Hawaii. About a month ago, when I    36   my car and was about to drive off, I glanced down at the roadside. A piece of paper   37  my eye. I picked it up and read it   38  . Instantly I was grateful that I had done that.

The form   39  to be a receipt from the State Motor Vehicle Division, documenting the owners’   40   of their Vehicle’s Registration fees. Quickly I put myself in their   41  and figured: no one would throw this away, especially if it was current. I also  42  the form for contact or any   43  data, perhaps a license tag(牌照) or telephone number. But that seemed   44  .

Although the form had been   45  on the wind, where in the busy, crowded parking lot would I find the   46  ? So I checked the date and    47  the names of the owners, who must be in our town. I believed that the best and easiest step to  48  was to put the form in a(n)   49  addressed to the couple and mail it by post. Further, I imagined how frantic (狂亂的) I’d be   50   I had misplaced the receipt. It is much easier to make a(n)   51  to return it than to leave them angry, upset etc. over the  52  , so I did as I thought.

My hunch(預(yù)感) was right. On the weekend a happy couple called  53  my house and brought me a big gift. They said they had panicked and searched for the receipt  54    everywhere before giving up. Without it they would lose $8,000. It felt great to know I’d helped someone avoid a major trouble by doing   55  that at first glance seemed minor.

36. A. parked                     B. bought                    C. started                    D. found

37. A. blocked                    B. caught                    C. kept                        D. covered

38. A. suddenly                  B. carefully                  C. gladly                     D. b riefly

39. A. came out                 B. worked out              C. turned out                     D. gave out  

40. A. permission        B. plan                        C. care                        D. payment

41. A. side                         B. shoes                            C. place                      D. position

42. A. held up                    B. knocked over          C. kept up                   D. looked over

43. A. personal                  B. secret                            C. public                     D. open

44. A. important                 B. possible                  C. impractical              D. useful

45. A. born                         B. played                    C. fetched                   D. grown

46. A. hosts                       B. guests                    C. partners                 D. owners

47. A. recalled                   B. noted                      C. called                     D. changed

48. A. set                           B. make                      C. take                        D. do

49. A. envelope                 B. pocket                    C. bag                         D. dustbin

50. A. as                            B. if                      C. though                    D. since

51. A. attempt                    B. experiment              C. promise                  D. request

52. A. pain                         B. luck                         C. loss                        D. mistake

53. A. on                            B. at                            C. to                            D. in

54. A. violently                   B. severely                  C. angrily                    D. madly

55. A. anything                  B. nothing                   C. everything              D. Something

With so many people ____ in English every day, it will become more and more important to have a s good knowledge.

A.communicate      B.communicating     C.communicated      D.being communicated

John as well as the other children who ____ no parents _____ good care of in the village.

A.have, is being taken  B.have, has taken  C.has, is taken   D.has, have been taken

_____ train his daughter in computer, he put an ad like this in the paper, "_____, a computer teacher for a ten-year-old girl."

A.Determined;Wanted                B.Determined;Wanting

C.Determined;Wanted                D .Determined;Wanting

Tiangong-1 is reported _____ on September.28 in China, which ____ worldwide attention.

A.being launched;attaches            B.to be launched;attracted

C.having been launched;attached       D.having been launched;attracted

Misunderstands ____  from lack of social communication, unless ____ properly, may lead to serious problems.

A.arisen;handling     B.arising;handled     C.rising;handled     D.risen; handling

I can _____ the house being untidy, but I hate it if it's not clean.

A.come up with      B.put up with        C.turn to            D.stick to

The experiment turned out to be a complete failure, _____ wasn't _____ they wanted.

A.it;what           B.as;that            C.which;what        D.that;that

She was told to wear flat shoes _____ her back problem.

A.on account of     B.regardless          C.in terms of        D.in case of