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A．The old Dutch expressions had the same meaning as before.
B．One person will pay the whole bill in a Dutch treat.
C．The Dutch live only in the state of Pennsylvania.
D．The Dutch parents are very strict with their kids.
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A.the Dutch
B.the English
C.the Germans
D.the Spanish and Portuguese
In the first paragraph, the Netherlands refers to ______.
A．the land below sea level
B．the people of the nation
C．the nation of the Dutch
D．the land reclaimed from the sea
Some of those old expressions are still used today, with a little different meaning.
Dutch treat is one example. Long ago, a Dutch treat was a dinner at which the invited guests were expected to pay for their own share of the food and drink. Now, Dutch treat means that when friends go out to have fun, each person pays his own share. Another common expression heard a few years ago was in Dutch. (33) If someone told you that you were in Dutch, they were telling you that you were in trouble.
Some of the Dutch expressions heard in American English have nothing to do with the Dutch people at all.
In the seventeen hundreds, Germans who moved to the United States often were called Dutch. (34) This happened because of mistakes in understanding and saying the word Deutsch, the German word for German. Families of these German people still live in the eastern United States, many in the state of Pennsylvania. They are known as the Pennsylvania Dutch.
President Theodore Roosevelt once noted that anything foreign and non-English was called Dutch. One expression still in use -- to talk to someone like a Dutch uncle -- did come from the Dutch. (35) The Dutch were known for the firm way they raised theft children. So if someone speaks to you like a Dutch uncle, he is speaking in a very severe way. And you should listen to him carefully!
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A．Because Americans used them very often in the seventeenth century.
B．Because England wanted to win the naval competition against the Netherlands.
C．Because British people used them for things that were not good to hear.
D．Because American people hated the Dutch people.
Who is the writer of this short story from which the passage is taken？
The old people believe that ______.
A．the old values they have kept to should also change with the advancing society
B．they know more because they have experienced much more of life
C．young people are good successors to their ideals
D．young people should not continue to live the way they did
A．The pianist is an old friend of hers.
B．Many people have come to the presentation.
C．The auditorium has an excellent sound system.
D．She enjoys going to concerts.
A．The old should lead a simple life.
B．The old should take more exercise.
C．The old should face the fact of aging.
D．The old should fill themselves with curiosity.
A．The woman is examining some old houses.
B．The woman is going to rent the house.
C．The woman is discussing the house condition with her colleagues.
D．The woman is telling the man to change the wiring.
A．The speakers want to rent the Smiths’ old house.
B．The man lives two blocks away from the Smiths.
C．The woman is not sure if she is on the right street.
D．The Smiths’ new house is not far from their old one.
The passage is mainly about ______.
A．the average life expectancy
B．the situation of being old
C．the differences between the old and the young
D．the way to stay young when one is actually old
