The eyes are extremely precious(宝贝的) to us. That is why we say “Mind your eye!” when telling someone to be careful.
Not only human beings and animals have eyes; many things also have “eyes” —the eyes of a ship, the eye of a needle, the eye of a typhoon(台风), and so on. Some electric apparatuses(设备) also have an eye — a magic eye(电眼). It is an electronic device that controls something like the automatic opening of a door.
Our eyes have a completely different use from that of animals’ and the eyes of things. When you “have an eye to doing something”, it means you “plan to do it”. If you “see eye to eye with your friends in this respect”, it means you agree on that point. If you “have an eye for pictures”, you can tell whether they are good or not.
The most important use of our eyes is “opening our eyes”. “To see with half an eye the truth of a situation” is to see if somebody is lying.
1. What do you mean by saying “Mind your eye!”?
A. Do you mind using your eyes? B. Take care of your eyes.
C. Be careful. D. Can you see everything clearly?
2. When we use “a magic eye”, in fact we use ____________.
A. he automatic opening of a door B. the eye of electric apparatuses
C. the way to make something workD. the thing which controls something automatically
3. What’s the Chinese for “have an eye for…”?
A. 对……有鉴赏力 B. 有一只看……的眼睛
C. 能观察…… D. 喜欢看……
4. You can see __________ that he and his wife are happy together.
A. with your eye open B. with half an eye
C. with eye to eye D. with your eye over
5. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Take care of our eyes. B. Everything has an eye.
C. We must love our eyes. D. Eye.
1. C。由于眼睛对于人们来说是很重要的器官,没有它们人们会感觉非常不便。所以当人们想说当心的时候,自然就用eye这一词来表示。
2. D。根据第二自然段eye与不同的词搭配会有不同的意思,但eye始终是每一词语的中心词,起着关键的作用。
3. A。根据第三自然段的最后一句可以得到该判断。
4. B。在第四自然段中“see with half an eye”为“很容易看出”。
5. D。该选项既简洁又有一种“千言万语尽在不言中”的感觉。
‘USA? Britain? Which country is better to study in?’ We often hear such discussions. As China opens its door, it is a dream for many Chinese students to study abroad. They want to learn about the outside world.
It’s true that studying abroad can help students develop themselves. Their foreign language skills will be improved and it may be easier to find jobs.
But there are problems that should be considered. Language is the first. Students must spend a lot of time learning another language.
Students must also learn to live without parents’ care and deal with all kinds of things they haven’t had to do before, like looking after themselves. There are reports about Chinese students abroad running into an ocean of difficulties and giving up finally. When they have to take care of themselves, it is hard for students to study well.
Finally, studying abroad brings a heavy burden(负担)to the family. For most Chinese parents, the cost of studying abroad is very high. But is it worth it?
We know that there are many famous people who have achieved success through their hard work in China. Liu Xiang is a good example. Once an American teacher invited him there, but he refused. He kept training hard with his Chinese teacher. He surprised the world when he won a gold medal at the Athens Olympic Games. So when you wonder which country is better to study in, think again.
Title: Studying at 56 or abroad | |
Phenomenon(现象) | Studying abroad has become a 57 for Chinese students. |
Advantages | ◆ It is helpful to the future 58 of Chinese students. |
◆ It helps to 59 foreign language skills. | |
◆ It enables Chinese students to find jobs more 60 . | |
61 | ◆ It 62 Chinese students too much time to learn a foreign language. |
◆ It’s hard for Chinese students to get used to the life abroad 63 parents’ care. | |
◆ Parents may be under pressure(压力)because the cost of studying abroad is very 64 . | |
Purpose: To tell us studying abroad is not the only way to be 65 by describing Liu Xiang’s example. |