TOEFL阅读题目分类指导:题型篇(一)
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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, you d better buy one now before they re 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 one s stomach=get nervous
3 He would do anything for his daughter. She was the apple of his eye. be the apple of one s eye=be very precious to sb.
4 Lend me ,please, Tom, I m broke at the moment. be broke=doesn t have any money
5 The accident was caused by a taxi driver jumping the green light. jump the green light=doesn t wait for the traffic lights to change to green
6.You didn t think I was serious, did you, Joe! It was a joke! I was pulling your leg, that s all. pull one s 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 company s money, he ll 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 Simpson s widow and little child. chip in=contribute money捐献
12.He usually buys his clothes off the peg. It s 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 ;I ve got a splitting headache. Splitting headache=painful headache