高级写作 习语
Choose the one that best
completes the sentences
.
•1) The term “his name is mud” came from...
a.an assassin’s name.
b.a doctor’s name.
c.a mud man’s name.
d.a president’s name.
•2) To be “fishy” means...
a.to be suspicious-looking.
b.to be looking at a fish.
c.to be looking at suspicious fish.
d.to be suspicious of fish looking
•3) If you can’t talk momentarily,then someone may say...
a.“stop horsing around!”
b.“stop being fishy!”
c.“cat got your tongue?”
d.“you are worth your salt!”
•4) Which idiom means to play around foolishly?
a.fishy
b.cat got your tongue.
c.horse around
d.for the birds
•5) Which idiom means that something is uninteresting?
a.It’s for the birds.
b.It’s fishy.
c.The cat’s got your tongue.
d.It’s horsing around.
•6) If you are worth your salt,you are ….
a.working for the Roman army.
b.doing a good job.
c.disappointed and you want to
hide it.
d.joining something popular.
•7) What is the origin of “worth one’s salt”?a.an ancient Roman fable
b.an ancient Greek fable
c.ancient Roman army payroll
d.an American election ritual