Question

Believe it or not, a rain check is not a weather report. A rain check is a small piece of paper. When can you get a rain check? Well, if you are going to a ball game or some other open-air activity and it is called off because of rain or some other reason, you may receive a rain check. With it you may go there again without paying.

You may also receive a rain check at a shop. As you know, sometimes when you go to a shop to buy something which is on sale, it is sold out. You may ask the assistant to give you a rain check and with it you can go again next time to buy what you need at the sale price.

Here’s another way to use this word. If someone invites you to go somewhere, you would like to go very much but cannot, you may say “May I have a rain check?” This means, “I will come next time.” But you can never say “May I take a rain check?” when your teacher gives you some homework.

根據短文內容，判斷一下句子的正（T）誤（F）。

1.A rain check is a piece of paper with weather report on it.    (  )

2.When a ball game is called off because of rain, we can get a rain check.    (  )

3.We can buy something we need without paying with a rain check.    (  )

4.Sometimes a rain check means “I will come next time.”    (  )

5.Teachers will be glad to give their students a rain check when they ask them to do some homework.    (  )

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.F

2.T

3.F

4.T

5.F

【解析】

試題分析：本文敘述了rain check是流行口語，當在露天舉行的球類比賽或戶外活動時，如比賽或活動在進行時天不作美，突然之間下起了傾盆大雨，比賽不得不取消，這時觀眾可以領取“雨票”，或用原票存根作為“雨票”(rain check)，即球賽改期舉行時可憑之入場。rain check這句話后來有了引伸意思，日常生活中普遍應用。 比方說有人請你去某個地方，假如你剛巧因事不能奉陪，你可用婉謝的口吻說：May I take a rain check？ 直譯是：可以給我一張雨票嗎？ 地道英語的引伸義是：這次抱歉不能赴約，下次有請必到。

1.根據a rain check is not a weather report.故判斷F.

2.根據it is called off because of rain or some other reason, you may receive a rain check. 故判斷T.

3.根據You may ask the assistant to give you a rain check and with it you can go again next time to buy what you need at the sale price. 故判斷F.

4.根據“May I have a rain check?” This means, “I will come next time.” 故判斷T.

5.根據But you can never say “May I take a rain check?” when your teacher gives you some homework. 故判斷F.

考點：判斷正誤。

點評：判斷正誤主要考查考生對于短文大意必須有個正確的理解，會判斷所給句子是否與原文相符，其實這樣的題就像考生做的細節理解題，這樣的題是比較容易得分的。