TOEFL阅读题目分类指导：题型篇(一)

文章作者 100test 发表时间 2007:02:25 14:36:53
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　　导读：TOEFL的最新成语汇总，非常口语话，非常实用的地道美语，出现在听力及阅读中。一起来学习。

　　1.Those second-hand pianos are selling like hot cakes， if you want one， youd better buy one now before theyre all gone. sell like hot cakes=sell very well or very quickly

　　2.Whenever I have to make a speech I get butterflies in my stomach. get butterflies in ones stomach=get nervous

　　3 He would do anything for his daughter. She was the apple of his eye. be the apple of ones eye=be very precious to sb.

　　4 Lend me ，please， Tom， Im broke at the moment. be broke=doesnt have any money

　　5 The accident was caused by a taxi driver jumping the green light. jump the green light=doesnt wait for the traffic lights to change to green

　　6.You didnt think I was serious， did you， Joe！　It was a joke！ I was pulling your leg， thats all. pull ones leg=tease someone，逗某人玩

　　7 Because the owner wanted a quick sale， the painting went for a song-only. If something "goes for a song"， it is sold very cheaply

　　8 There was a shortage of food； so you had to pay through the nose for what you could find. To "pay through the nose " for something is to pay far more for something than it is really worth

　　9 If he finds out what you did with the companys money， hell hit the roof. hit the roof=get very angry

　　10 The sky got very dark and soon the rain began to bucket down. bucket down = rain very heavily

　　11 They all chip in for the benefit of Simpsons widow and little child. chip in=contribute money捐献

　　12.He usually buys his clothes off the peg. Its cheaper than going to a dressmaker. Off the peg clothes =成衣

　　13 Now stop beating about the bush and tell me what happened！ beat about the bush=avoid saying directly what you mean

　　14 I really must go and lie down for a while ；Ive got a splitting headache. Splitting headache=painful headache