Cold weather has a great effect, on how our minds and our bodies work. Maybe that is why there are so many expressions that use the word “cold”. For centuries, the body’s blood has been linked closely with the emotions. People who show no human emotions or feelings, for example, are said to be cold-blooded. Cold-blood people act in a merciless way. They may do brutal things to others, and not by accident. For example, a newspaper says the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer. The killer murdered someone, not in self-defense. He seemed to kill with no emotion.
Cold can affect other parts of the body, the feet, for example. Heavy socks can warm your feet, if your feet are really cold. But there is an expression ---- to get cold feet--- that has nothing to do with cold or your feet. The expression means being afraid to do something you decided to do. For example, you agree to be president of an organization. But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned. All the work of the organization will be your responsibility. You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation.
Cold can also affect your shoulder. You “give someone the cold shoulder” when you refuse to speak to them. You treat them in a distant, cold way. The expression probably come from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face-to- face. You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you or to someone who has lied about you to others.
“A cold fish” is not a fish. It is a person. But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and show no love or warmth. A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone.
“Out in the cold” is and expression often heard. It means not getting something that everybody else got. A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise. He was left our in the cold. And it is not a pleasant place to be.
小題1: The text is intended to tell us that ______.
A．cold weather has a great effect on human bodies
B．“cold” is a word closely linked with human emotions
C．many English expressions contain the word “cold”
D．the word “cold” has many different meanings in English
小題2:The underline word “brutal” in paragraph 1 most probably means ______.
A．mercilessB．illegalC．impoliteD．extreme
小題3:Which phrase can best describe a person who is unwilling to offer anything to others?
A．Cold-blooded. B．To get cold shoulder.
C．A cold fish.D．A cold shoulder.
小題4:If the teacher gives all the boys except Tom a pen as a prize, you can say he ______.
A．is given the cold shoulderB．is punished by a cold fish
C．has got cold feetD．is left out in the cold

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:D 

試題分析：文章大意：本文選自VOA Special English，介紹了英語中一些含有cold這個單詞的習(xí)慣用語。
小題1:B主旨大意題。本題考查考生對文章主旨大意地把握，文章重點解釋了很多含有cold的習(xí)語，故選B。A、C選項都很片面。
小題2:A猜測詞義題。根據(jù)前文Cold-blooded people act in merciless ways可知brutal意為“殘忍的，野蠻的”。故A正確。
小題3:C詞義理解題。仔細(xì)閱讀文章中與所給四個詞組相關(guān)的地方，特別是文章倒數(shù)第二段的A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone。 故C正確。
小題4:D詞義理解題。本題同樣是考查考生對文中所介紹的含有cold的幾個短語的理解，從文章最后一段可知。be left out in the cold：被冷落；被排斥。故D正確。
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