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In many places, ice is as widely used as bread, and it would be surprising indeed if ice did not give birth to many special phrases.
The expression, "to break the ice", meant, to make your first move, to do something for the first time; it was not possible until the ice was broken. Later, the expression developed another meaning, covering a relationship between people. When you have not broken the ice with someone, you have not yet cleared the. way to his trust in you, to his friendship, You must get through to him, just as the small boats had to clear the river’s ice jam.
When you tell someone that he "cuts no ice" with you, you are making certain things clear to him — that you are not moved or impressed or influenced by him in any way. You are putting it to him straight — that he is getting nowhere with you.
"Skating on thin ice" is something else again. This means that a man may be doing or saying some- th
A. One may be doing something quite difficult.
B. One may be doing something quite risky.
C. One may be doing something quite annoying.
D. One may be doing something impossible.

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In many places, ice is as widely used as bread, and it would be surprising indeed if ice did not give birth to many special phrases. The expression, "to break the ice", meant, to make your first move, to do something for the first time; it was not possible until the ice was broken. Later, the expression developed another meaning, covering a relationship between people. When you have not broken the ice with someone, you have not yet cleared the. way to his trust in you, to his friendship, You must get through to him, just as the small boats had to clear the river’s ice jam. When you tell someone that he "cuts no ice" with you, you are making certain things clear to him — that you are not moved or impressed or influenced by him in any way. You are putting it to him straight — that he is getting nowhere with you. "Skating on thin ice" is something else again. This means that a man may be doing or saying some- thing risky. It might be o
A. You will not persuade him.
B. He is getting nowhere with you.
C. You cannot sell your ice to him.
D. You should not waste time cutting ice with him.

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 In many places, ice is as widely used as bread, and it would be surprising indeed if ice did not give birth to many special phrases. The expression, "to break the ice", meant, to make your first move, to do something for the first time; it was not possible until the ice was broken. Later, the expression developed another meaning, covering a relationship between people. When you have not broken the ice with someone, you have not yet cleared the. way to his trust in you, to his friendship, You must get through to him, just as the small boats had to clear the river’s ice jam. When you tell someone that he "cuts no ice" with you, you are making certain things clear to him — that you are not moved or impressed or influenced by him in any way. You are putting it to him straight — that he is getting nowhere with you. "Skating on thin ice" is something else again. This means that a man may be doing or saying some- thing risky. It migh
A. One may be doing something quite difficult.
B. One may be doing something quite risky.
C. One may be doing something quite annoying.
D. One may be doing something impossible.

[填空题]How many quarts of ice cream have been eaten by Americans ’in one year The Americans eat more than ______quarts of ice cream in a year.

[填空题]The range of milk fat used in ice cream can go ______________________________.

[单项选择] Many sentences used to describe monetary policy, such as "steering the economy to a soft landing" or "a touch on the brakes", makes it sound like a precise science. Nothing could be further from the troth. The relation between interest rates and inflation is uncertain. And there are long, variable lags before policy changes have any effect on the economy. Hence the analogy that likens the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car with a blackened windscreen, a cracked rearview mirror and a faulty steering wheel. Given all these disadvantages, central bankers seem to have had much to boast about. Average inflation in the big seven industrial economies fell to a mere 2.3 % last year, close to its lowest level in 30 years, before rising slightly to 2.5 % this July. This is a long way below the double-digit rates which many countries experienced in the 1970s and early 1980s. It is also less than most forecasters had predicted. In late 1994 the panel of economists which T
A. there is a clear relationship between inflation and interest rates.
B. the economy always follows particular trends.
C. the current economic problems are entirely predictable.
D. the present economic situation is better than expected.

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Many phrases used to describe monetary policy, such as "steering the economy to a soft landing" or "a touch on the brakes", makes it sound like a precise science. Nothing could be further from the truth. The relation between interest rates and inflation is uncertain. And there are long, variable lags before policy changes have any effect on the economy. Hence the analogy that likens the conduct of monetary policy to driving a car with a blackened windscreen, a cracked rearview mirror and a faulty steering wheel.
Given all these disadvantages, central bankers seem to have had much to boast about. Average inflation in the big seven industrial economies fell to a mere 2.3% last year, close to its lowest level in 30 years, before rising slightly to 2.5% this July. This is a long way below the double-digit rates which many countries experienced in the 1970s and early 1980s.
It is also less than most forecasters has predicted. In late 1994 the
A. the low inflation rate will continue.
B. the inflation rate will rise again.
C. inflation will disappear entirely.
D. there is no inflation at present.