D. do something that we want to

2. In the third paragraph, "If..."really means "If____ ".

A. we don't do a good job B. we get an"A" in the exam

C. the exam is easy D. the exam is difficult

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. "To face the music" is well known in the United States.

B. "To face the music" has a history of more than 100 years.

C. The young Americans know what "to face the music" means.

D. Only the old in the United States know the meaning of "to face the music".

难句注释

①I guess Ill have to face the music.

我想这下我得自食其果了。

face the music 指由于自己的决定或行为而接受批评、承担后果等。

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Reading time:____

Reading speed: ____

②It is something far less unhappy than you are called in by your leader to explain why you did this and that or why you did not do this or that.

它要比你被老板喊进去解释为什么这样那样做，或者为什么不这样那样做要难过得多。

Passage B

阅读理解

Julia lived in the countryside, but one year she decided to visit the capital city to do some shopping and to see the sights. She stayed at a hotel near the central market. She had seldom been to the city before, and was very excited about what she would find.