Expressionsaboutwaterarealmostascommonaswateritself.Butmanyoftheexpressionsusingwaterhaveunpleasantmeanings.

Theexpression“tobeinhotwater”isoneofthem.Itisaveryoldexpression.“Hotwater”wasusedfivehundredyearsagotomeanbeingintrouble.Onestorysaysitgotthatmeaningfromthecustomofthrowingextremelyhotwaterdownonenemiesattackingacastle.

Thatnolongerhappens.Butwestillgetin“hotwater”.Whenwearein“hotwater”weareintrouble.Itcanbeanykindoftrouble---seriousandnotsoserious.Apersonwhobreaksalawcanbeinhotwaterwiththepolice.Ayoungboycanbeinhotwaterwithhismotherifhecomesintothehousewithdirtyshoes.

Beingin“deepwater”isalmostthesameasbeinginhotwater.Whenyouarein“deepwater”youareinadifficultposition.Imagineapersonwhocannotswimbeingthrownintowateroverhishead.

Youareindeepwaterwhenyouarefacingaproblemthatyoudonothavetheabilitytosolve.Youcanbeindeepwaterforexampleifyouinvest(投资)instocks(股票)withoutknowinganythingaboutthestockmarket.

“Tokeepyourheadabovewater”isacolorfulexpressionthatmeansstayingoutofdebt.Acompanyseekstokeepitsheadabovewaterduringeconomichardtimes.Amanwholoseshisjobtriestokeephisheadabovewateruntilhefindsanewjob.

“Wateroverthedam”isanotherexpressionaboutapastevent.Itissomethingthatisfinished.Itcannotbechanged.Theexpressioncomesfromtheideathatwaterwhichhasflowedoveradamcannotbebroughtbackagain.

53.1.Thepassagemainlytellsus_______.

A.theimportanceofwaterinourlife B.someexpressionsaboutwater

C.somesadstoriesaboutwater D.somelessonsaboutdailylife

54.2.Whenafriendistroubledbyamistakeshehasmadeyoumighttellhertoforgetaboutit.Yousay“_______”.

A.Youareinhotwater B.Youareindeepwater

C.Keepyourheadabovewater D.Itiswateroverthedam

55．3.Twoofthephrases“tobeinhotwater”“tobeindeepwater”mentionedinthepassagehavethesamemeaningof“_______”.

A.tobeindebt B.tobeindifficulty

C.tobeuseless