毛衣针河北专接本-精通教育-英语每日精练-阅读理解-1117

2021年1月7日发(作者：吴鹏)
Passage One
The human nose has given to the languages of the world many interesting expressions. Of
course, this is not surprising. Without the nose, we could not breathe or smell. It is part of the face
that a large nose showed a great man--courageous, courteous, manly and intellectual. A famous
woman poet wished that she had two noses to smell a rose! Blaise Pascal, a French philosopher,
made an interesting comment about Cleopatra’s nose. If it had been shorter, he said, it would have
changed the whole face of the world.
Historically, man’s nose has had a principle role in his imagination. Man has referred to the
nose in many ways to express his emotion. Expressions concerning the nose refer to human
weakness: anger, pride and so on.
In English there are a number of phrases about the nose. For example ’s nose
expresses a basic human feeling--pride. People can hold their noses at people, things and places.
The phrase, ’s weakness. A person who is led around by
the nose lets other people control him. On the other hand, a person who
instinct guide him.
For the human emotion of rejection, the phrase to have one’s nose put out of joint is very
descriptive. The expression applies to persons who have been turned aside because of a competitor.
Their pride is hurt and they feel rejected. This expression is not new. It was used by Erasmus in
1542.
This is only a sample of expressions in English dealing with the nose. There are a number of
others. However, it should be as plain as the nose on your face that the nose is more than an organ
for breathing and smelling!

1. According to Blaise Pascal, ’s nose ______
A. did change the whole face of the world
B. should be shorter
C. represents her powerful character
D. had been cut shorter
2. The nose expresses _______
A. some human weakness or other
B. nothing but the human emotion of rejection
C. a basic human feeling
D. more than one human emotion
3. A person who is led around by the nose ______
A. lets his instinct guide him
C. is strong-minded
A. it is easy to solve
B. it is a hard nut to crack
C. it is something quite easy to understand
D. there is a plain-looking nose on your face


B. has no will of his own
D. is full of imagination
4. The underlined phrase