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[单项选择]Lucky is the man who has no "skeleton in his closet". When
a man has done something in his life that he is ashamed of, that he wants to
hide, he is said to have a "skeleton in his closet". Some people may have more
than one skeleton.
As we have noted many times, it is
hard to find out how these expressions begin. Sometimes, we get some hard facts.
But more often we have to depend on guesswork. And that is true of this phrase,
which came from England.
Before 1932, English law did not
permit a doctor to cut open a dead human body for scientific examination, unless
it was the corpse (尸体) of an executed (处决) criminal.
But when
it became legal, more and more doctors demanded skeletons for a more scientific
study of medicine. It was helping in the advance of modern medicine. The demand
had become so strong that men began to rob tombs and sell skeletons to doctors
at high prices.
We are told that a doctor would usually buy
just one skeleton for scientific study. It became very important in his work.
But he had to keep it hidden because most people objected to keeping such a
thing. As a rule, the doctor would keep his skeleton in some dark corner where
it could not be seen, or hide it in a closet.
After a time,
people began to suspect (怀疑) every doctor of hiding a skeleton in the closet.
From this suspicion, the phrase "a skeleton in the closet" took on a broader,
more general meaning to describe anything that a man wanted to keep others from
discovering. It could be proof of a criminal act, or something much less
serious. Well, that is one theory.
One writer, however,
believes that the phrase might have come from something that really happened. It
is his guess that a hidden closet in some old English country home may have
turned up a real skeleton, clear proof of some old family shame or crime. Well,
one man’s guess is as good as another. But this sounds like a story by the great
French novelist, Balzac.
Baizac tells us of a man who suspected
his wife of having a lover. The husband comes home by surprise. But she hears
him and quickly hides her lover in the closet of her bedroom. He enters her room
and asks her if she is hiding her lover. He says he will not open the door to
the closet if she promises him there is no one there; He will believe her. She
answers firmly that she is not hiding anyone in the closet.
The
husband then begins to build a solid brick wall against the closet. His wife
watches, knowing that her lover will never come out alive. But she will not
change her story and admit her guilt.Which of the following situations is suitable for using the phrase
"skeleton in the closet"
[单项选择]A person who has lost his inner balance may soon feel
A. fit and healthy.
B. under-or overworked.
C. irritated, tired and exhausted.
D. relaxed and happy.
[单项选择]The hero who has fallen a victim to his own ambition must be ______.
A. Hamlet
B. Othello
C. King Lear
D. Macbeth
[单项选择]A man who always ______ his salary can never be come very wealthy.
A. anticipate
B. articulate
C. manifest
D. monitor
[单项选择]Every man in his country has the right to live where he wants to ________ the color of his skin.
A. with the exception of
B. in the light of
C. by virtue of
D. regardless of
[单项选择]Who has a nice breakfast
[单项选择]The defense lawyer was questioning the old man who was one of the ______ of the murder committed last month.
A. observers
B. witnesses
C. audiences
D. viewers
[单项选择]()children has his brother got?
A. How many
B. How much
C. How about
[单项选择]The man who kept failing over and could not stand up was obviously ______.
A. pessimistic
B. drunk
C. guilty
D. horrible
[单项选择]"The man put on his hat" is transformed into "The man put his hat on". Then which rule is applied according to Transformational Generative Grammar
A. Deletion
B. Copying
C. Reordering
D. None of the above
[单项选择]I am a regular person who exercises his rights, and who is finding it necessarily difficult to do so.
A. 我是一个遵纪守法的人,要行使自己的权利却发现这样做很困难。
B. 我只是一个规规矩矩地行使自己的权利却发现这样做越来越困难的人。
C. 我只是一个经常在行使自己的权利时却发现这样做必定有困难的人。
D. 我只是一个普通人,不断锻炼自己右手的肌肉,但发现很难有效果。
[单项选择]
One who desires and impulses are not his own has no character.()
A. his
B. whose
C. whom
D. of whom
[单项选择]A man has to make ______ for his old age by putting aside enough money to live on when old.
A. supply
B. assurance
C. provision
D. storage
[单项选择]A man has to make______for his old age by putting aside enough money to live when olD.
A. supply
B. assurance
C. provision
D. adjustment
[单项选择]The bridge was named () the hero who gave his life for the cause of the people.
A. after
B. with
C. by
D. from