中考英语专项突破：阅读理解精练及答案

中考英语专项突破阅读理解精练及答案

　　Idioms are phrases and sentences that do not an exactly hat they say. Even if you kno the aning of each ord you see or hear, you may not understand the idiom because you don't understand the culture behind it.

　　For example, if an Arican boy asks his mother hat's for dinner tomorro, she may say "I'll play it by ear", that ans she doesn't have plans for dinner and she ill decide later. "Play by ear" used to an playing music using the sheet music, but no people often use it hen they're not talking about music.

　　There're many idioms in English. If you learn to use them, your English ill be more vivid and lorful. English idioms are more mon in spoken English. They can be difficult to rember sotis. Next ti hen you hear sobody saying to you, "Give a hand", you don't necessarily stretch out your hand to him/her, but you do need to be helpful. And hen the situation is out of hand, you usually can do very little to manage all that. What about a green hand? It's not about the lor of your hand! You're a green hand hen you are very ne at your ork and don't have much experience. If you and your partner alays ork together hand in glove, you to definitely ork together very ell.

　　Can you guess the anings of so mon English idioms to do ith parts of your body?

　　51. An idiom is _______.

　　A. a phrase or a sentence that ans exactly hat the ords say

　　B. a phrase or a sentence that doesn't an exactly hat every ord says

　　C. so difficult that nobody can understand

　　D. sothing to do ith parts of your body

　　52. If a mother says "I'll play it by ear" to talk about the dinner, she ans _______.

　　A. she ill ok dinner hile listening to music at the sa ti

　　B. she doesn't hear hat others are talking about.

　　C. she ill play music using the sheet music instead of oking dinner

　　D. She doesn't have plans for dinner and ill decide later