Categories: 英语小测验

2018-08-10 小测验 — 表“懒惰”的英语词汇

突然想犯懒,想窝在沙发里什么都不干?八月里的有趣节日 “国际懒惰节” 就是一个让人们光明正大 “犯懒” 的好日子。在英语里,人们会用缤纷多彩的各式表达来宣布自己要“偷懒”。做《英语小测验》的六道小题,了解与“懒惰”有关的表达。

1. Someone who spends a lot of time in front of the TV not doing anything can be called a ______.

a) couch cabbage

b) sofa sticker

c) couch potato

d) chair cheater

2. He’s such a ______: he never helps around the house.

a) lazybones

b) lazyarms

c) lazyhead

d) lazylegs

3. When I was a child, I used to love ______ the summer afternoons doing nothing.

a) idling along

b) idling away

c) idling up

d) idling down           

4. If you don’t do the work you should in a team, then you aren’t ______.

a) pushing your strength

b) standing your height

c) pulling your weight

d) reaching your height           

5. I’m not going to school today, I’m going to ______.

a) play off

b) bunk off

c) stay off

d) strike off

6. He’s so ______ I’m not surprised he failed his exams. He really didn’t study at all.

a) workafraid

b) workwary

c) worknervous

d) workshy

答案

1) c, 2) a, 3) b, 4) c, 5) b, 6) d.

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