每年的 3 月 3 日是联合国大会（United Nations General Assembly）设立的“世界野生动植物日 World Wildlife Day”，它旨在提高人们对野生动植物的认识。你喜欢动物吗？英语里有不少包含动物名称的短语、习语。这些短语通常利用自然界里动物的习性来映射人类生活中的场景。比如：用“the lion's share 狮子的份额” 表示“最大的份额”。做下面六道题，考考自己对此类短语的理解。

 

1. If Jane gets 75% of the cake, and John gets 25%, you can say ______.

 

a) Jane got the lion's share

 

b) John got the lion's share

 

c) Jane got the tiger's share

 

d) John got the tiger's share

 

2. If there is a big problem which is very important but nobody wants to talk about it, we can say that there is: ______.

 

a) an octopus¹ around the light

 

b) an elephant in the room

 

c) a tiger under the bed

 

d) a zebra in the kitchen

 

3. This idiom means you are going to pay very close attention to someone's behaviour.

 

a) to watch like a tiger

 

b) to watch like a lion

 

c) to watch like a shark

 

d) to watch like a hawk²

 

4. Someone bad who is pretending to be good can be described as ______.

 

a) a tiger in a clown's hat

 

b) a wolf in sheep's clothing

 

c) a scorpion³ in a jacket

 

d) a wasp⁴ in a bee's coat

 

5. Without my glasses, I can't see anything. I'm ______.

 

a) as blind as a mole⁵

 

b) as short-sighted as a zebra

 

c) as blind as a bat

 

d) as short-sighted as a snake

 

6. Someone who is very clumsy is like ______.

 

a) a lion in kindergarten

 

b) a fish in a barrel

 

c) a rabbit in headlights

 

d) a bull in a china shop

 

答案

 

1) a, 2) b, 3) d, 4) b, 5) c, 6) d.

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