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Unit 5 语言学习

I told them to “ 4 your horses”—wait until I finish what I am doing. My two boys like to compete

against each other and play in an unkind way. I always tell them to 5 “horsing around” in a loud

voice or someone could get hurt.

Last night, I got a telephone call while I was watching my favorite television show. I decided not to

6 it because “wild horses could not drag me away” from the television—there was 7 that could

stop me from doing what I wanted to do.

Sometimes you get information “straight from the horse s mouth”. It comes 8 from the person

who knows most about the subject. 9 your teacher tells you there is going to be a test tomorrow,

who is the best 10 . You could say you got the information “ straight from the horse s mouth”.

However, you would not want to call your teacher a 11 !

You may have heard this expression, “You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him

drink. ” That means you can give someone 12 but you cannot force him to do something he dislikes

doing. In 13 , a “ dark-horse candidate” is someone who is not well known to the 14 .

Sometimes, a dark horse 15 wins an election. (原创)

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A. dangerous B. exciting C. popular D. expensive

2. A. disturbing B. surprising C. lasting D. coming

3. A. fine B. strong C. beautiful D. tall

4. A. watch B. find C. hold D. raise

5. A. spend B. stop C. continue D. lead

6. A. answer B. hold C. remove D. fix

7. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing

8. A. suddenly B. directly C. probably D. early

9. A. Ask B. Hope C. Suppose D. Believe

10. A. person B. source C. example D. guy

11. A. betrayer B. bookworm C. gardener D. horse

12. A. advice B. information C. help D. gift

13. A. economy B. culture C. politics D. science

14. A. strangers B. adults C. young D. public

15. A. unexpectedly B. unfaithfully C. undoubtedly D. unpleasantly

词义匹配 选词填空(并使用正确形式)

1. compete a. clearly or directly
candidate compete force. . . to. . .

2. drag b. all the people, especially all those in one
stop. . . from. . . source

place or country

1. It s difficult for a small shop to against/ with the
3. straight c. make someone go somewhere they do not

big supermarkets.
want to go

2. Once I m determined to do a thing, no one can me
4. public d. try to be more successful than someone or

doing it.
something else
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