Question

閱讀理解 　　First Frenchman：I once heard someone shout, "Look out," I put my head out of a window and a basin(盆)of water fell on me．It seems that "Look out" may mean "don‘t look out．" 　　Second Frenchman：Once I was on a ship and heard the captain(船長(zhǎng))shout, "All hands on deck," I put my hands on the deck and someone walked on them． 　　Third Frenchman：I once visited an English friend early in the morning and the maid who came to the door and said, "He’s not up yet．Come back in half an hour," When I went again for him, she said, "He‘s not down yet．" 　　"If he’s not up and he’s not down, where is he?" I asked． 　　She said, "He’s still in bed．When I say ‘He’s not up ’ I mean ‘he has not yet got up’．When I say ‘He’s not down ’ I mean ‘he has not yet come downstairs,’" (1) "Look out" here means “ ________”． [　　] A． put your head out of the window and look B． Take care C． I’m going to pour the water D． Help me (2) "All hands on deck" means “ ________ ”． [　　] A． All the sailors gather( 集合 )on deck B． Give your hands to me C． Put your right hand and left hand on deck D． Shake your hands with me (3) When the maid said, “He’s not up yet．” She meant that ________． [　　] A． he has not grown up yet B． he has not yet got up C． he has not woke up yet D． he has not yet come upstairs (4) When the third Frenchman went back, the English friend ________． [　　] A． was washing his face B． was having his breakfast C． was still in an upstairs room D． was reading a newspaper (5) Which do you think is the best title for this article? [　　] A． Three Frenchmen and their English Friends B． The English Language C． Three French Stories D． What a Language!

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．A;3．B;4．C;5．D;
解析：

(1)	由英語(yǔ)知識(shí)或根據(jù)“I put my head out of a window and a basin of water fell on me．It seems that ‘Look out’ may mean ‘don’t look out．’”可知．
(2)	根據(jù)整體意思及“…and someone walked on them．”可知這是集合的口令．
(3)	文中“When I say ‘He’s not up ’, I mean ‘he has not yet got up’．”一句已經(jīng)說得很明白．
(4)	“…I mean ‘he has not yet come downstairs,’”這句話是解題的關(guān)鍵．
(5)	整篇文章講了三個(gè)由于對(duì)英語(yǔ)不很精通而誤解以致于鬧了笑話的故事．行文間流露出作者對(duì)英語(yǔ)這門語(yǔ)言的“不可望文生義”發(fā)出了感嘆．選D既合題意又具有極強(qiáng)的幽默味道． 　　習(xí)語(yǔ)是最讓英語(yǔ)學(xué)習(xí)者感到頭疼的東西．本文講述了三個(gè)法國(guó)人曲解英語(yǔ)習(xí)語(yǔ)的經(jīng)歷，讀后讓人忍俊不禁．第一個(gè)法國(guó)人誤將“Look out！”理解為“向外看”(實(shí)際意義是“當(dāng)心！”)；第二個(gè)法國(guó)人將“All hands on deck”誤認(rèn)為是“把手放到甲板上”的意思(實(shí)際上該短語(yǔ)的意思是“所有海員到甲板上集合”)；第三名法國(guó)人對(duì)那位女仆話語(yǔ)中的“up”和“down”弄得昏了頭，以致于鬧了個(gè)“If he’s not up and he’s not down, where is he？”的笑話．