TOEFL阅读题目分类：题材篇(一)

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9 d" b% l9 Z/ u/ Z: a　　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
- w& v+ V' F; |% g* F　　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 Q5 m- ^% p0 E& a3 [* a5 `# L　　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
* `- a8 e6 _8 J7 P" a/ Y　　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
) |8 g/ @) Y& T  y( e9 n　　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
/ \# ~" h( J; X8 F' y　　13 Now stop beating about the bush and tell me what happened！ beat about the bush=avoid saying directly what you mean
; p: e* N- M1 W6 Y. O　　14 I really must go and lie down for a while ；I've got a splitting headache. Splitting headache=painful headache