阅读理解。
Expressionsaboutwaterarealmostascommonaswateritself.Butmanyoftheexpressionsusingwater
haveUnpleasantmeanings.
Theexpression"tobeinhotwater"isoneofthem.Itisaveryoldexpression."Hotwater"wasused500
yearsagotomeanbeingintrouble.Onestorysaysitgotthatmeaningfromthecustomofthrowingextremely
hotwaterdownonenemiesattackingacastle.
Thatnolongerhappens.Butwestillgetin"hotwater".Whenwearein"hotwater"weareintrouble.It
canbeanykindoftrouble-seriousornotsoserious.Apersonwhobreaksalawcanbeinhotwaterwiththe
police.Ayoungboycanbeinhotwaterwithhismotherifhewalksinthehousewithdirtyshoes.
Beingin"deepwater"isalmostthesameasbeinginhotwater.Whenyouareindeepwater.youareina
difficultposition.Imagineflpersonwhocannotswimbeingthrowninwateroverhishead.
Youareindeepwaterwhenyouarefacingaproblemthatyoudonothavetheabilitytosolve.Theproblem
istoodeep.Youcanbeindeepwaterforexampleifyouinvestinstockswithoutknowinganythingaboutthe
stockmarket.
"Tokeepyourheadabovewater"isacolorfulexpressionthatmeansstayingoutofdebt.Acompanyseeks
tokeepitsheadabovewaterduringeconomichardtimes.Amanwholoseshisjobtriestokeephisheadabove
wateruntilhefindsanewjob.
"Wateroverthedam"isanotherexpressionaboutapastevent.Itissomethingthatisfinished.Itcannotbe
changed.Theexpressioncomesfromtheideathatwaterthathasflowedoveradamcannotbebroughtback
again.
1.Whichofthefollowingtwoexpressionshavealmostthesamemeaning?
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A.Tobeinhotwater;Tobeindeepwater.
B.Tobeinhotwater;Tokeepyourheadabovewater.
C.Tobeindeepwater;Wateroverthedam!
D.Wateroverthedam;Tobeinhotwater.
2.Ifapersontriest0keephisheadoutofwaterwecansaythat_____.
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A.heisindangeroflosinghislife
B.heistryingtopayoffhisdebt
C.heistryingtokeephispromise
D.heistryingnottogetintodebt
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