《2025年英语同步练习与测评高中英语必修1外研版青海专版》

1 阅读短文,从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
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While visiting London for six weeks to learn English, I read a book named *Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour* by Kate Fox. In that book, she reports a conversation between two regulars (老主顾) and a publican (the keeper of a pub[lic house] ) as follows.
Regular 1: Where’s meat and two veg, then?
Publican: Dunno, should be here by now.
Regular 2: Must be doing a Harry!
(All laugh.)
Regular 1: Put one in the wood for him, then.
Publican: I’ll have one for Ron then.
To decode this conversation, you would need to know that the first question about “meat and two veg” was not a request for a meal. The man actually asks where another regular called “meat and two veg” is because he is rather conservative (保守的) (meat with two vegetables is normally considered as a traditional English meal).
One would also have to know that “doing a Harry”, in this pub, means “getting lost”. Here is a story. There is another regular called Harry, an absent - minded man, who got lost on his way to the pub three years ago. Since then, people have been laughing about that. “Put one in the wood for him” is a more common pub - talk expression used especially in London, meaning “reserve (预留) a pint of beer for him when he arrives and I will pay for it now”. The “Ron” referred to by the publican, is not a person. In fact, it means “later on”.
You see, sometimes even you know the meaning of each word, you may have trouble understanding a sentence.
1. What happens in the pub at the beginning of the conversation?
A. The customer orders a traditional meal.
B. The customer eats meat and vegetables.
C. The customer plays a joke on the publican.
D. The customer asks where another regular is.
(D)
2. What does the underlined word “decode” in paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. To join in.
B. To break off.
C. To make it much longer.
D. To understand correctly.
(D)
3. What could be the best title for the passage?
A. In a Public House
B. Strange British People
C. Our Crazy English Language
D. Jokes Between Customers and a Publican
(C)

答案： 1. D 细节理解题。根据文章中老主顾问的第一个问题以及后面作者对该句的解释可知，meat and two veg 不是菜名，而是一个老主顾的绰号，因此，对话开始时是一个老主顾在酒吧里问另一个老主顾在哪里。
2. D 词义猜测题。根据下文作者的解释可知，decode 是“正确理解”的意思。join in 的意思是“加入”，break off 的意思是“中断”，make it much longer 的意思是“使它变长很多”，均与语境不符。
3. C 主旨大意题。根据全文内容尤其是最后一段可知，即使你知道每个单词的意思，也可能无法理解语句的含义，故 C 选项是最合适的标题。