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[1]Some expressions describe people who are important,or who at least think they are.One such expression is bigwig.
[2]In the seventeenth century,important men in Europe began to wear false hair,called wigs.As years passed,wigs began to get bigger.The size of a man’s wig depended on how important he was. The more important he was—or thought he was一                 .Today,the expression bigwig is used to make fun of a person who feels important.People never tell someone he is a bigwig.They only use the expression behind his back.
[3]Big wheel is another way to describe an important person.A big wheel may be the head of a company,a political leader,a famous movie star.They are big wheels because they are powerful.What they do affects many people.Big wheels give the orders.Other people carry them out.As in many machines,a big wheel makes the little wheels turn.Big wheel became a popular expression after World WarⅡ.It probably comes from an expression used for many years by people who fix parts of cars and trucks.They said a person roiled a big wheel if he was important and had influence.
[4]The top of something is the highest part.So it is not surprising that top is part of another expression that describes an important person.The expression is top banana.A top banana is the leading person in a comedy show.The funniest comedian is called the top banana.The next is second banana.And so on.Why a banana?A comedy act in earlier days often included a part where one of the comedians would hit the others over the head with a soft object. The object was shaped like the yellow fruit:the banana.Top banana still is used mainly in show business.Yet the expression can also be used to describe the top person in any area.
小題1:What’s the best title of the text ?(no more than 7 words)
                                                                         
小題2:Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 6 words)
                                                                         
小題3:How and when is “bigwig” used in a proper way nowadays?(no more than 20 words)
                                                                        
                                                                        
小題4:Complete the following sentence with proper words from Paragraph 3 . (no more than 3 words)
As a big wheel makes the little wheels turn in many machines, powerful people give orders for others to            .
小題5:Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 into Chinese.
                                                                        

小題1:The expressions(words)to describe important people
小題2:the bigger the wig he wore
小題3:It is used behind one's back to make fun of someone who feels important.
小題4:carry out
小題5:在早期的喜劇中,常有這樣的場景:其中一名喜劇演員會用柔軟的物件敲打別的演員們的腦袋。

試題分析:
小題1:The expressions(words)to describe important people
主旨大意題。本文主要講述的就是在英語中一些用來描述重要人物的短語。
小題2:the bigger the wig he wore
推理題。根據(jù)前一句The size of a man’s wig depended on how important he was.說明所佩戴的wig說明了這個(gè)人的重要程度,那么一個(gè)人越重要,他所佩戴的wig就越大。
小題3:It is used behind one's back to make fun of someone who feels important.
細(xì)節(jié)題。就第二段最后兩句the expression bigwig is used to make fun of a person who feels important 。People never tell someone he is a bigwig.They only use the expression behind his back.說明這個(gè)詞現(xiàn)在被用來取消那些自以為重要的人。
小題4:carry out
推理題。根據(jù)第三段第三行Big wheels give the orders.Other people carry them out.說明有權(quán)的人被稱為Big wheels,別人是執(zhí)行他的命令。故使用carry out執(zhí)行。
小題5:在早期的喜劇中,常有這樣的場景:其中一名喜劇演員會用柔軟的物件敲打別的演員們的腦袋。
翻譯題,本題的難點(diǎn)在于上下文的語境和解決詞匯的障礙。
點(diǎn)評:本文講述了在英語中一些用來描述重要人物的短語如big wheels等。要求學(xué)生有較好的跨文化的意識,在閱讀的時(shí)候要注意上下文的語義串聯(lián)。本文以推理題的考查為主,要求考生根據(jù)上下文的關(guān)聯(lián)性來考慮答案的選擇。
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