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阅读理解。Expressionsaboutwaterarealmostascommonaswateritself.ButmanyoftheexpressionsusingwaterhaveUnpleasantmeanings.Theexpression"tobeinhotwater"isoneofthem.Itisaveryoldexpression."Hotw
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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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