题目内容：

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C 和D 项中，选出最佳选项。

People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and theykiss. In the English language, there are many expressions using the word “mouth.”

For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest and say “Do notbad mouth me.” Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they laterregret because it hurts that person’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they were notsupposed to tell. The speaker might say: “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.” If thisshould happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth. In other words, he might feel sad forsaying the wrong thing.

Another situation is when someone falsely claims another person said something. The otherperson might protest: “I did not say that. Do not put words in my mouth.”

Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is anexpressionfor this, too. You might say such a person, “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.”

This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very

poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.

Parents might sometimes withhold sweet food from a child as a form of punishment forsaying bad things. For example, if a child says things she should not say to her parents, she mightbe described as a mouthy child. The parents might even tell the child to stop mouthing off.But enough of all this talk. I have been running my mouth long enough.

1.In what kind of situation will a person say “Do not bad mouth me.”?

A. When he feels down.

B. When he feels sad.

C. When he is said bad things to.

D. When he feels disappointed.

2.If a person feels sorry for what he has said, he might say “__________”.

A. Do not bat mouth me

B. I really put my foot in my mouth this time.

C. Do not put words in my mouth.

D. Stop mouthing off.

3. If a person lives from hand to mouth, he is __________.

A. poor  B. rich  C. lazy  D. hard-working

4.What does the last underlined sentence mean?

A. I have run a long way.

B. I have stopped talking.

C. I have learned a lot

D. I have talked too much

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A. People use their mouths for many things.

B. There are many different mouths in English.

C. There are many expressions about “mouth” in English.

D. People make good use of “mouth”.