江苏省铜山县2014高考英语提升训练：14（及答案）.docVIP

江苏省铜山县2014高考英语提升训练（14）及答案 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 A Dutch treat is a late-nineteenth-century term, and it originally refers to a dinner where everyone is expected to pay for his own share of the food and drink. If people go “Dutch treat”, or simply “go Dutch”, it means that they will share the expenses of a social engagement. There are many other “Dutch” expressions in English, many of which were invented in Britain in the seventeenth century, when the Dutch and the English were commercial and military rivals. The British used “Dutch” to refer to something bad, cheap and shameful. A “Dutch bargain” at that time was an uneven, one-sided deal; “Dutch reckoning” was an unitemized account; and “Dutch widow” was slang for prostitute. Later centuries brought in “Dutch courage”, for bravery induced by drink; “Dutch concert”, for discordant music; “Dutch nightingale”, meaning a frog; and “double Dutch”, for incomprehensible language, or unintelligible talk. Some of the expressions are still in use today, but some are not. In fact, in American English, some “Dutch” expressions have nothing to do with the Dutch, but something with the German. It was probably because of the similar spelling and pronunciation that people made a mistake in distinguishing between “Dutch” and “Deutsch” (the German word for German), when German immigrants came to America in the 1700s. For instance, “the Pennsylvania Dutch” refers to the German descendants, instead of the Dutch descendants, living in Pennsylvania. 56. Many of the “Dutch” expressions were invented with derogatory (贬义) sense, because . A. The Dutch were underdeveloped people. B .Britain and Holland were competitors at that time. C. The Dutch had many bad habits. D. The British were superior to the Dutch. 【答案】B 【解析】细节理解题。根据when the Dutch and the English were commercial and military rivals. 57. With the information you get from Paragraph 2, make a guess at the meaning of the sentence “You are in Dutch”. It